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This approach enables Isaacson to capture Musk's focus on technical details—like engineering and manufacturing processes—while also observing his behavioral nuances. Musk has a propensity for silences, batch processing information, and moments of intense storytelling when he relaxes. Isaacson notes Musk’s tendency to go into “demon mode,” a term used by Claire Boucher (a friend of Musk), referring to Musk’s ruthless, no-empathy mode when driven by mission urgency.