- Elon Musk’s biographer, Walter Isaacson, called Musk’s acquisition of Twitter, now called X, ‘insane’ due to Musk’s lack of empathy.
- Isaacson argued that Musk’s misunderstanding of Twitter as a tech company, rather than an ad business based on emotions, has led to a rocky leadership.
- Musk’s management style at X, marked by 80-hour work weeks and dismissals of critical employees, has been criticized.