Elon Musk’s Childhood Reading Habit: A Key to His Genius

From a young age, Elon Musk displayed an insatiable hunger for knowledge. He read for up to ten hours a day, devouring fiction, comics, and nonfiction. His favorites included The Lord of the Rings, Isaac Asimov’s Foundation series, and The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy.

When he ran out of books at his school and local library, Elon turned to the Encyclopaedia Britannica. Reflecting on this, he remarked, “You don’t know what you don’t know,” highlighting the power of curiosity and self-driven learning.