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 "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 nostr:npub143cwgn48edmnfa4z54meaylss4s8glen4kfvwxdfmx3xwv9n3dysde59ma 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