How a Painful Childhood Shaped Elon Musk

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Thumbnail source:
Younger image of Elon Musk: @mayemusk | Instagram
Left image of Elon Musk: NASA

Sources:
0:20 Elon Musk image: @mayemusk on Twitter
1:12 Errol Musk interview https://www.702.co.za/podcasts/201/the-best-of-the-money-show/487287/errol-musk-father-of-elon-musk
2:05 OnInnovation CC by ND-2.0 via Flickr https://www.flickr.com/photos/oninnovation/4334979070
2:25 OnInnovation CC by ND-2.0 via Flickr https://www.flickr.com/photos/oninnovation/4334978294/in/album-72157623364617582/
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Maye Musk image: @mayemusk on Instagram
Errol Musk image: Errol Musk on Facebook
4:10 Blaster game https://blastar-1984.appspot.com/
6:11 Paul Weinberg, CC BY-SA 3.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0 via Wikimedia Commons

Articles referenced:
Quora https://www.quora.com/How-can-I-be-as-great-as-Bill-Gates-Steve-Jobs-Elon-Musk-or-Sir-Richard-Branson/answer/Justine-Musk
Elon Musk’s Rollingstone interview https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-features/elon-musk-the-architect-of-tomorrow-120850/