Elon Musk Quotes
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I think that is a mistake and results in cloudy judgment on important technical issues. They can't tell if something is really good or not, so they just do what everyone else does, assuming it to be the safe bet.
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I could either watch it happen, or be part of it.
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It's OK to have your eggs in one basket as long as you control what happens to that basket.
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The future of humanity is going to bifurcate in two directions: Either it's going to become multiplanetary, or it's going to remain confined to one planet and eventually there's going to be an extinction event.
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I think it's very important to have a feedback loop, where you're constantly thinking about what you've done and how you could be doing it better.
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There are really two things that have to occur in order for a new technology to be affordable to the mass market. One is you need economies of scale. The other is you need to iterate on the design. You need to go through a few versions.
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Silicon Valley has some of the smartest engineers and technology business people in the world.
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We're running the most dangerous experiment in history right now, which is to see how much carbon dioxide the atmosphere... can handle before there is an environmental catastrophe.
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I don't spend my time pontificating about high-concept things; I spend my time solving engineering and manufacturing problems.
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The goal of Tesla is to accelerate sustainable energy, so we're going to take a step back and think about what's most likely to achieve that goal.
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I've actually not read any books on time management.
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The heroes of the books I read, The Lord of the Rings and the Foundation series, always felt a duty to save the world.
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To make an embarrassing admission, I like video games. That's what got me into software engineering when I was a kid. I wanted to make money so I could buy a better computer to play better video games - nothing like saving the world.
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You need to be in the position where it is the cost of the fuel that actually matters and not the cost of building the rocket in the first place.
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I think Tesla will most likely develop its own autopilot system for the car, as I think it should be camera-based, not Lidar-based. However, it is also possible that we do something jointly with Google.
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We could figure out ways with small aerospace companies to do a low-cost spacecraft and lander. But we could not find a way to do a low-cost launcher, unless we went to the Russians.
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I think that's the single best piece of advice: constantly think about how you could be doing things better and questioning yourself.
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My approach is simply to seek out very talented people, ensure that the environment at SpaceX is as motivating & enjoyable as possible and establish clear & measurable objectives.
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People should pursue what they're passionate about. That will make them happier than pretty much anything else.
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I'm glad to see that BMW is bringing an electric car to market. That's cool.
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I think we have a duty to maintain the light of consciousness to make sure it continues into the future.
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In the early days of aviation, there was a great deal of experimentation and a high death rate.
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I’m nauseatingly pro-American. It is where great things are possible.
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Even if there's a zombie apocalypse, you'll still be able to travel using the Tesla Supercharging system.