"That may be because there is a tacit pact between author and subject in the #Isaacson “great man” #biography: The author will unearth unflattering personal anecdotes and share stories about the subject’s capacity to be cruel. In exchange, the subject’s greatness will be treated as an assumption [...]" writes @ac70e44e and what better example than this episode:

#ElonMusk moving servers himself shows his ‘maniacal sense of urgency’ at #X, formerly #Twitter

https://www.cnbc.com/2023/09/11/elon-musk-moved-twitter-servers-himself-in-the-night-new-biography-details-his-maniacal-sense-of-urgency.html 

 @c1b1684c Besser: https://www.techdirt.com/2023/09/12/the-batshit-crazy-story-of-the-day-elon-musk-decided-to-personally-rip-servers-out-of-a-sacramento-data-center/ 

 "Even dumber is that the “lesson” that Walter #Isaacson seems to take from this little episode is not that #Musk’s impulsivity is a dangerous, out of control wrecking ball that is going to destroy some serious stuff, but that (ex)#Twitter’s employees had to learn how to better “manage” the man-baby in charge:" 
by @fc3ee9ea 

https://www.techdirt.com/2023/09/12/the-batshit-crazy-story-of-the-day-elon-musk-decided-to-personally-rip-servers-out-of-a-sacramento-data-center/ 

 @c1b1684c @ac70e44e one context item to understand about this is that the CTO of Amazon cannot enter an AWS data center without permission.