How Science Fiction Led Elon Musk to DOGE

How Science Fiction Led Elon Musk to DOGE

On The New Yorker Radio Hour, Jill Lepore says that the SpaceX C.E.O., an avid sci-fi fan, misreads cautionary tales as instruction manuals—and that his obsessions will shape America’s future.

Jill Lepore has researched Elon Musk. He presents himself as a futurist, but identifies himself with comic heroes of the last century. His world of ideas is even older and more dangerous: it comes from his grandpa.