Why did Musk start a rocket company? Why did he buy Twitter? Why has he had fourteen children (and counting)? What might he do next? And what – if anything – can we learn from him? This book provides insights into all these questions and more, focusing on three main areas:

1: The esoteric ‘religion of curiosity’ that drives him;
2: How he applies it through technology and business; and
3: How he tries to protect it through his engagement in politics.

Along the way, we see the influences of writers like Douglas Adams, Isaac Asimov, Iain M. Banks, Robert Heinlein and George Orwell. We analyze his companies through the business frameworks of Peter Thiel, Paul Graham, Clayton Christensen and Jim Collins. And we see how his beliefs mirror those of thinkers like Karl Popper, Friedrich Hayek, Nassim Taleb, Johan Norberg, Jonathan Haidt, and Gad Saad. 

My goal is not to make readers change their minds on Musk but to help them understand him in his own terms, so that they can better make up their own minds. What we discover is a man who is curious in every sense of the word – inquisitive, strange and careful in his work. He is more different than most people can imagine because he is such a curious blend of existential angst and hyper-rationality which he has managed to harness in a constructive way. Whatever one thinks of Musk, the force of his curiosity and creativity are impossible to deny. 

The Curious Mind of Elon Musk will be published at the beginning of 2026 by Greenleaf Book Group.