Extropic founder Guillaume Verdon and investor Alex Rampell back commentary framing Elon Musk as a symbol of civilizational progress

This is from the introduction I wrote to The Book of Elon, my curation of Elon's most important ideas in his own words:

This is why the supporters of @elonmusk work hard to "defend him."

Because it's not about Elon.

He's a symbol of progress.

@beffjezos

@EricJorgenson @elonmusk 🔥

@KekGladiator @elonmusk time to rename the book

@EricJorgenson @elonmusk How to become a Trillionaire 101

@EricJorgenson @elonmusk This gives me goosebumps all over my body. For over 30 secondes .

@EricJorgenson @elonmusk Finishing the book. It was awesome. Congrats.

@EricJorgenson @elonmusk Are you sure it's not because your entire net worth is invested in his companies?

@beffjezos 🤝🏼🤘🏼

@EricJorgenson @elonmusk He is the archetype of the entrepreneur.

@EricJorgenson @elonmusk Left / communist will never understand this.

@EricJorgenson @elonmusk Yep. The left sees our future as “The Flintstones”, Elon sees it as “The Jetsons”.

@EricJorgenson @elonmusk People defend the symbol because they are really defending the direction

@EricJorgenson @elonmusk Thank you for the book , Elon is working hard for humanity 🫶@elonmusk

@beffjezos better than bill nye that's for sure

@JTLonsdale @elonmusk 🫡

@SeedsForbidden @elonmusk It's from my book, The Book of Elon:

http://elonmuskbook.org

@EricJorgenson @elonmusk 100%! Is this from the Ashlee Vance biography on Musk?

That book changed the trajectory of my life. I saw myself as capable of more - not for my own achievements, but to help push humanity forward.

@JohnOfOrion @elonmusk I fucking wish