At a time when business leaders seem to be constantly firefighting, there is an even stronger case for them to make space for books. Photograph: iStock

Glee rippled across the internet this week as an octogenarian took shots at the Trillion-Dollar Man.

“So curious that such a wealthy man never posts anything that indicates that he enjoys ... what virtually everyone appreciates,” beloved author Joyce Carol Oates posted on X about Elon Musk. “Scenes from nature, pet dog or cat, praise for a movie, music, a book (but doubt that he reads) ... In fact he seems totally uneducated, uncultured.”

The post hit a nerve. “Oates is a lazy liar ...

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