"The biography of Elon Musk" will be published and released on September 12th, and WSJ has excerpted and released the "Twitter War" section.
On September 2, BlockBeats reported that the Wall Street Journal had excerpted a portion of the book "Elon Musk: Tesla, SpaceX, and the Quest for a Fantastic Future" written by well-known American biographer Walter Isaacson. The book will be officially published and released on September 12. The Wall Street Journal has released exclusive excerpts from the book related to the acquisition of Twitter. According to the book, the following details were revealed:
- Musk's obsession with the "X" brand can be traced back to the time when he founded PayPal 20 years ago.
- Another reason for the acquisition of Twitter is that Musk believes that the "woke culture" is poisoning America.
- Musk has been quietly funding the development of DOGE.
- Musk did consider starting a new social media company based on blockchain technology and including payment functions.
- Musk and SBF were unable to come to an agreement on the matter of investing $5 billion, and they even believed that each other was crazy.
- Musk believed that the existing management team had lowered Twitter's valuation, so he was willing to pay a premium for the "bot accounts".
- Musk believed that Twitter's philosophy was incompatible with his business philosophy. Twitter advocates "psychological safety," while Musk likes to step out of his comfort zone.
- "Clearing all blue bird logos from within the Twitter company" was Musk's first instruction after acquiring Twitter.
- Six minutes after transferring ownership of Twitter, Musk cancelled all executives' email accounts and announced their dismissal.
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