# Elon Musk’s Texts Shatter the Myth of the Tech Genius - The Atlantic

<https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2022/09/elon-musk-texts-twitter-trial-jack-dorsey/671619/>

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## What Jamie wrote

I’m not sure there is all that much to learn from going over these text messages, but this comment from Larry Ellison was wild.

> In a separate exchange, Musk asks Ellison if he’d like to invest in taking Twitter private. “Yes, of course,” Ellison replies. “A billion … or whatever you recommend.” Easy enough.

A billion from a text. Wow. 🤯

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