A concise book on Elon Musk, "Character Limit" by Kate Conger and Ryan Mac offers an inside look of Musk's notorious reign at Twitter, now X. It is an absolutely fascinating read that really makes the reader wonder- how can someone so intelligent be so unlikeable, and find so much success despite his poor work abilities?

Elon Musk is, unfortunately for all of us, a consequential person in the world, just not in the way he envisions himself.

Despite having more money than God and the means to retire comfortably to a tropical island for the rest of his days, Musk is painfully, embarrassingly, fixated on people's opinion of him, making any quiet enjoyment of his stupendous resources an utter impossibility. Musk and the world are worse for it.

That's largely what this book is about. One man's myopic pursuit of owning Twitter. This book tells that story, twisty and unbelievable as it is, masterfully. Step by step the authors take you through the billionaires early interest, his initial efforts, and his disastrous acquisition of the platform. Despite being reccent history most of us lived through (and we're made all too familiar with) a thorough, fact based accounting beneficial.