X Man: The Elon Musk Origin Story Episodes Available now
8. The Terminator
Musk fears a 'Terminator future', where robots destroy humans. So why is he creating AI?
7. Body Snatchers
What the Cold War brainwashing panic tells us about Musk鈥檚 fear of a 'woke mind virus'.
6. Baby X
Which science fiction stories are left out of Silicon Valley futurism?
5. The Dogefather
Jill Lepore traces Silicon Valley's cryptocurrency craze to dystopian science fiction.
4. Iron Man
How Silicon Valley capitalism is as much about storytelling as the bottom line.
3. Planet B
What led to Musk鈥檚 obsession with existential catastrophism and colonising Mars?
2. Dimension X
How did Musk鈥檚 childhood shape the ideas of 鈥楳uskism鈥�?
1. The Dark Knight
What can the history of Batman tell us about Elon Musk?
Introducing X Man: The Elon Musk Origin Story
Elon Musk wants to shape our future. How did science fiction shape him?
