--- title: "Elon Musk’s Autobiography Will Definitely Be a Reliable, Trustworthy Document" description: "Elon Musk teased writing an autobiography in response to critical comments made by his biographer Walter Isaacson." date: "2025-11-23" modified: "2025-11-23" authors: - name: "Frank Landymore" job_title: "Contributing Writer" link: "https://futurism.com/authors/flandymore" url: "https://futurism.com/future-society/elon-musk-autobiography" categories: - "Elon Musk" - "Future Society" - "The Industrialists" --- # Elon Musk’s Autobiography Will Definitely Be a Reliable, Trustworthy Document ![Elon Musk teased writing an autobiography in response to critical comments made by his biographer Walter Isaacson.]() *Illustration by Tag Hartman-Simkins / Futurism. Source: Robyn Beck / AFP via Getty Images* Elon Musk is now teasing the idea of writing an autobiography, which will surely provide an unvarnished and truthful account of the life of one of the most brilliant minds ever to [indulge a ketamine habit]() on planet Earth. The potential [trillionaire-in-waiting]() revealed the idea in response to critical comments made by Walter Isaacson, who wrote the bestselling, nearly 700-page-long [biography about Musk]() published back in 2023. During a talk at *C-SPAN*'s American's Book Club last week, Isaacson [criticized Musk]() for his efforts to dismantle the federal government through DOGE. Musk "could have changed the government for good," Isaacson lamented, but instead gutted foreign aid and fired federal workers en masse. The remarks were seen as sacrilege by Musk's fans, who accused Isaacson of not understanding their dear billionaire's masterplan, and Musk weighed in on one of these barrages. "I need to tell my story myself and highlight lessons that I learned along the way that would be useful to others," he [mused](). In a sense, a memoir would be a natural next step for Musk to take. He has a long-running obsession not just with the "truth," but being the arbiter of it. When he bought Twitter for billions of dollars and turned it into X, "the everything app," one of his promises was that he'd turn it into a haven of free speech on which independently sourced "[citizen journalism]()" could thrive, thereby rendering woke mainstream media sources obsolete. Then he created his "maximum truth-seeking AI" Grok, which he promises will unlock the "true nature of the universe." What that's looked like in effect is the bot not having the filter that other mainstream alternatives like ChatGPT do, producing epic moments of bold truth-telling, like when it called itself "[MechaHitler]()," or by [randomly ranting]() about a supposed "white genocide" in South Africa. His latest effort on this front has been "Grokipedia," his AI-generated rejoinder to the free encyclopedia Wikipedia, which Musk considers to be laden with propaganda. Grokipedia, of course, is objective, and will [convince you that the Cybertruck is worth buying](). Whereas the Wikipedia article's [introduction on Musk]() brings up his position as an extremely polarizing figure for supporting far right politics across the globe, including working with president Donald Trump, the [Grokipedia intro on Musk]() glosses over this entirely and reads more like a punched-up CV. Perhaps this is why Musk [says]() it's a "massive improvement over Wikipedia" and a "necessary step towards the xAI goal of understanding the Universe." In short, we suspect that Musk's personal account of his own life will follow this pattern of hagiography. **More on Elon Musk:** [*Elon Says His Robot Will Follow Criminals Around to Make Sure They Never Offend Again*]() ## Author At Futurism, my work has often centered on bringing a sense of clarity and insight to complex topics ranging from the regulation of emerging technologies to the esoteric ideologies of Silicon Valley executives, while striving not to lose the poetic sense of awe inspired by often-obscure fields like astrophysics and quantum computing. I broke the story of CNET using AI to produce articles that turned out to be riddled with factual errors and plagiarism — a dam-breaking inflection point, as I've reported, that's inspired copycats and endless discourse while beguiling stakeholders ranging from tech giants to purveyors of spam around the web. My work at Futurism has been cited by publications including CBS News, the Los Angeles Times, Vice, Gizmodo, Engadget, the Verge, and Vanity Fair. I grew up in locales ranging from India to China, and now live in the exotic suburbs of Virginia. In my free time, I'm an avid reader of weird sci-fi literature, an aficionado of East Asian cinema, and, regrettably, a relapsed gamer. Allegedly, I’m working on a debut novel, currently untitled. ### Author social links [Bluesky]()