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Narrative Analysis - Report

Key Focus

Isaacson writes that shortly after his purchase, Musk told the journalist Bari Weiss the platform would have to be careful about "the words it used regarding China, because Tesla's business could be threatened.". . One should not single out Musk for locking horns with American politicians while kowtowing to Beijing; the chief executives of lots of companies do the same, from Walt Disney to JPMorgan Chase. ...

As for electric cars, now that Chinese brands have caught up, expect Tesla to be squeezed out of China's market much as other foreign companies have been, once Beijing no longer found them useful. ...

Momentum supporting factors

(influence,security)

(influence,economic)

Challenge supporting factors

(china,california)

(china,factory,california)

(china,factory,ignorant)

(tesla,factory,ignorant)

(china,factory,covid-19)

(china,factory,anti-authority)

(tesla,factory,anti-authority)

(china,ukrainian)

(china,starlink)

(tesla,california)

(tesla,factory,california)

(tesla,factory,covid-19)

(tesla,the_wall_street_journal)

Work-in-progress supporting factors

(china,tesla,beijing)

(china,tesla,factory)

(china,tesla,shortly)

(tesla,shortly)

(china,tesla,politicians)

(china,tesla,media)

(china,tesla,kowtowing)

Time Period	Challenge	Momentum	WIP
Report	27.59	2.59	69.83

High Level Abstraction (HLA) combined

High Level Abstraction (HLA)	Report
(1) (china,tesla,beijing)	100.00
(2) (china,tesla,factory)	72.60
(3) (china,tesla,brands)	62.33
(4) (china,beijing)	52.74
(5) (tesla,beijing)	48.63
(6) (china,spacex)	47.95
(7) (tesla,electric)	46.58
(8) (china,tesla,spacex)	45.89
(9) (tesla,spacex)	44.52
(10) (china,shortly)	43.84
(11) (china,tesla,shortly)	41.78
(12) (tesla,shortly)	40.41
(13) (china,tesla,politicians)	39.73
(14) (china,tesla,media)	39.04
(15) (china,tesla,kowtowing)	38.36
(16) (china,tesla,electric)	34.93
(17) (china,tesla,chinese)	32.88
(18) (china,tesla,cars)	32.19
(19) (china,california)	30.14
(20) (china,factory,california)	28.08
(21) (china,factory,ignorant)	26.03
(22) (tesla,factory,ignorant)	23.97
(23) (china,factory,covid-19)	23.29
(24) (china,factory,anti-authority)	21.92
(25) (tesla,factory,anti-authority)	19.86
(26) (china,walter_isaacson)	19.18
(27) (china,ukrainian)	18.49
(28) (china,ukraine)	17.81
(29) (china,twitter)	17.12
(30) (china,technologies)	16.44
(31) (influence,technologies)	15.75
(32) (china,starlink)	15.75
(33) (tesla,california)	15.07
(34) (tesla,factory,california)	14.38
(35) (tesla,factory,covid-19)	13.70
(36) (tesla,vehicle)	12.33
(37) (tesla,the_wall_street_journal)	11.64
(38) (tesla,starlink)	10.96
(39) (tesla,social-media)	10.27
(40) (tesla,saudi_arabia)	9.59
(41) (influence,technology)	8.90
(42) (influence,wealth)	6.85
(43) (influence,spacex)	6.16
(44) (influence,security)	5.48
(45) (influence,oil)	4.79
(46) (influence,media)	4.11
(47) (influence,loan)	3.42
(48) (influence,global)	2.74
(49) (influence,film)	2.05
(50) (influence,economic)	1.37
(51) (influence,democracy)	0.68

Supporting narratives:

Please refer to knowledge diagram for a complete set of supporting narratives.

momentum - Back to HLA

Musk owes his influence not to the control of oil, capital or private armies, but of technologies vital to economic competitiveness, national security and public opinion. ...
High Level Abstractions:

(influence,security)
(influence,economic)

challenge - Back to HLA

government is his vulnerability to China's. . . Isaacson writes that the factory closures mandated by China and then California to contain Covid-19 "inflamed his anti-authority streak." Yet only California came in for Musk's public wrath; he called lockdowns fascist and the responsible official ignorant ...
High Level Abstractions:

(china,california)
(china,factory,california)
(china,factory,covid-19)
Inferred entity relationships (5)
(covid-19,factory,tesla) [inferred]
(california,china,factory) [inferred]
(california,china) [inferred]
(china,factory,tesla) [inferred]
(china,factory,ignorant) [inferred]

challenge - Back to HLA

Isaacson writes that the factory closures mandated by China and then California to contain Covid-19 "inflamed his anti-authority streak." Yet only California came in for Musk's public wrath; he called lockdowns fascist and the responsible official ignorant. ...
High Level Abstractions:

(china,factory,ignorant)
(tesla,factory,ignorant)
Inferred entity relationships (2)
(factory,ignorant,tesla) [inferred]
(china,factory,tesla) [inferred]

challenge - Back to HLA

Isaacson writes that the factory closures mandated by China and then California to contain Covid-19 "inflamed his anti-authority streak." Yet only California came in for Musk's public wrath; he called lockdowns fascist and the responsible official ignorant ...
High Level Abstractions:

(tesla,california)
(china,factory,anti-authority)
(tesla,factory,anti-authority)
(tesla,factory,covid-19)
(tesla,factory,california)
Inferred entity relationships (2)
(china,factory,tesla) [inferred]
(china,factory,ignorant) [inferred]

challenge - Back to HLA

First, he drew Ukraine's ire over revelations in Walter Isaacson's biography that he declined to activate his satellite service, Starlink, over Crimea, thereby foiling a Ukrainian attack on the Russian navy.. . Days later, Taiwan slammed him for saying the People's Republic of China sees the self-governing island the same way the U.S ...
High Level Abstractions:

(china,ukrainian)
(china,starlink)

challenge - Back to HLA

It's why Saudi Arabia is talking to Tesla about an investment, The Wall Street Journal has reported. Musk called the report false.. . Finally, while Musk's purchase of X has proved immensely dilutive financially, it has been accretive politically, granting him say over who gets heard, amplified, filtered or banned on the world's most influential social-media platform ...
High Level Abstractions:

(tesla,the_wall_street_journal)

WIP - Back to HLA

Isaacson writes that shortly after his purchase, Musk told the journalist Bari Weiss the platform would have to be careful about "the words it used regarding China, because Tesla's business could be threatened.". . One should not single out Musk for locking horns with American politicians while kowtowing to Beijing; the chief executives of lots of companies do the same, from Walt Disney to JPMorgan Chase. ...
High Level Abstractions:

(china,beijing)
(china,tesla,beijing)
(tesla,beijing)
Inferred entity relationships (2)
(beijing,china) [inferred]
(beijing,china,tesla) [inferred]

WIP - Back to HLA

As for electric cars, now that Chinese brands have caught up, expect Tesla to be squeezed out of China's market much as other foreign companies have been, once Beijing no longer found them useful. ...
High Level Abstractions:

(china,tesla,beijing)
Inferred entity relationships (1)
(beijing,china) [inferred]

WIP - Back to HLA

Competitors are hard at work trying to weaken SpaceX's market share in launch and X's in social media. As for electric cars, now that Chinese brands have caught up, expect Tesla to be squeezed out of China's market much as other foreign companies have been, once Beijing no longer found them useful ...
High Level Abstractions:

(tesla,spacex)
(china,tesla,chinese)
(china,tesla,media)
(china,spacex)
(china,tesla,brands)
(tesla,electric)
(china,tesla,spacex)
(china,tesla,electric)
(china,tesla,cars)
Inferred entity relationships (4)
(spacex,tesla) [inferred]
(electric,tesla) [inferred]
(china,spacex,tesla) [inferred]
(china,spacex) [inferred]

WIP - Back to HLA

Isaacson writes that shortly after his purchase, Musk told the journalist Bari Weiss the platform would have to be careful about "the words it used regarding China, because Tesla's business could be threatened." ...
High Level Abstractions:

(china,tesla,shortly)
(china,shortly)
(tesla,shortly)
Inferred entity relationships (3)
(china,shortly) [inferred]
(china,shortly,tesla) [inferred]
(shortly,tesla) [inferred]

WIP - Back to HLA

Isaacson writes that shortly after his purchase, Musk told the journalist Bari Weiss the platform would have to be careful about "the words it used regarding China, because Tesla's business could be threatened.". . One should not single out Musk for locking horns with American politicians while kowtowing to Beijing; the chief executives of lots of companies do the same, from Walt Disney to JPMorgan Chase ...
High Level Abstractions:

(china,tesla,kowtowing)
(china,tesla,politicians)

WIP - Back to HLA

National leaders understandably think hosting a Tesla factory provides a handhold on the industry's future. It's why China let it open a wholly owned subsidiary, a first for a foreign automaker, in Shanghai in 2019, betting correctly that Tesla's presence would invigorate domestic brands ...
High Level Abstractions:

(china,tesla,factory)
Inferred entity relationships (1)
(china,factory,ignorant) [inferred]

WIP - Back to HLA

He said nothing similar publicly about China, even when Tesla's Shanghai factory was closed for 22 days last year.. . Musk's deference to China extends to the former Twitter ...
High Level Abstractions:

(china,tesla,factory)
Inferred entity relationships (1)
(china,factory,ignorant) [inferred]

WIP - Back to HLA

It's why China let it open a wholly owned subsidiary, a first for a foreign automaker, in Shanghai in 2019, betting correctly that Tesla's presence would invigorate domestic brands. ...
High Level Abstractions:

(china,tesla,brands)

WIP - Back to HLA

First, he drew Ukraine's ire over revelations in Walter Isaacson's biography that he declined to activate his satellite service, Starlink, over Crimea, thereby foiling a Ukrainian attack on the Russian navy. ...
High Level Abstractions:

(china,walter_isaacson)
(china,ukraine)

WIP - Back to HLA

He said nothing similar publicly about China, even when Tesla's Shanghai factory was closed for 22 days last year.. . Musk's deference to China extends to the former Twitter. ...
High Level Abstractions:

(china,twitter)

WIP - Back to HLA

Musk's control of key technologies has made him an independent actor on the global stage - except in China. . Most business leaders go a lifetime without creating an international incident ...
High Level Abstractions:

(china,technologies)

WIP - Back to HLA

(Musk has said Starlink was not activated over Crimea, to avoid being "explicitly complicit in a major act of war and conflict escalation."). . Tesla isn't the world's only electric vehicle manufacturer, but it is the most advanced and prestigious. ...
High Level Abstractions:

(tesla,electric)
(tesla,vehicle)

WIP - Back to HLA

(Musk has said Starlink was not activated over Crimea, to avoid being "explicitly complicit in a major act of war and conflict escalation.") ...
High Level Abstractions:

(tesla,starlink)

WIP - Back to HLA

Finally, while Musk's purchase of X has proved immensely dilutive financially, it has been accretive politically, granting him say over who gets heard, amplified, filtered or banned on the world's most influential social-media platform. ...
High Level Abstractions:

(tesla,social-media)

WIP - Back to HLA

It's why Saudi Arabia is talking to Tesla about an investment, The Wall Street Journal has reported. Musk called the report false. ...
High Level Abstractions:

(tesla,saudi_arabia)

WIP - Back to HLA

The difference, of course, is that the fate of nations depends much more on which has the best technology than the best bank loan or animated film. . . Musk's influence over international relations will be diluted if his influence over technology is diluted ...
High Level Abstractions:

(influence,film)
(influence,technology)
(influence,loan)

WIP - Back to HLA

How Elon Musk Came to Influence the Fates of Nations. . Musk's control of key technologies has made him an independent actor on the global stage - except in China. ...
High Level Abstractions:

(influence,technologies)
(influence,global)

WIP - Back to HLA

George Soros has used the wealth earned from betting against the currencies of some countries to press for democracy and human rights in others.. . Musk owes his influence not to the control of oil, capital or private armies, but of technologies vital to economic competitiveness, national security and public opinion. ...
High Level Abstractions:

(influence,technologies)

WIP - Back to HLA

George Soros has used the wealth earned from betting against the currencies of some countries to press for democracy and human rights in others. ...
High Level Abstractions:

(influence,wealth)

WIP - Back to HLA

Musk's influence over international relations will be diluted if his influence over technology is diluted. Competitors are hard at work trying to weaken SpaceX's market share in launch and X's in social media. ...
High Level Abstractions:

(influence,spacex)

WIP - Back to HLA

George Soros has used the wealth earned from betting against the currencies of some countries to press for democracy and human rights in others.. . Musk owes his influence not to the control of oil, capital or private armies, but of technologies vital to economic competitiveness, national security and public opinion ...
High Level Abstractions:

(influence,oil)
(influence,democracy)

WIP - Back to HLA

Competitors are hard at work trying to weaken SpaceX's market share in launch and X's in social media. ...
High Level Abstractions:

(influence,media)

Semantics Relevance

How Elon Musk Came to Influence the Fates of Nations