Elon Musk Quotes.
People should pursue what they’re passionate about. That will make them happier than pretty much anything else.
The U.S. automotive industry has been selling cars the same way for over 100 years, and there are many laws in place to govern exactly how that is to be accomplished.
It would take six months to get to Mars if you go there slowly, with optimal energy cost. Then it would take eighteen months for the planets to realign. Then it would take six months to get back, though I can see getting the travel time down to three months pretty quickly if America has the will.
Over time I think we will probably see a closer merger of biological intelligence and digital intelligence.
A utility can handle up to 20% of production from solar and that helps the grid because it produces electricity when needed. Solar power peaks in the middle of the day and that’s also when air conditioning is running and businesses are operating, so power production matches usage.
If you want to grow a giant redwood, you need to make sure the seeds are ok, nurture the sapling, and work out what might potentially stop it from growing all the way along. Anything that breaks it at any point stops that growth.
I’d rather be optimistic and wrong than pessimistic and right.
When something is important enough, you do it even if the odds are not in your favor.
Brand is just a perception, and perception will match reality over time. Sometimes it will be ahead, other times it will be behind. But brand is simply a collective impression some have about a product.
If we’re going to have any chance of sending stuff to other star systems, we need to be laser-focused on becoming a multi-planet civilisation.
Silicon Valley has some of the smartest engineers and technology business people in the world.
If anyone has a vested interest in space solar power, it would have to be me.
I think whenever something is – whenever there’s something that affects the public good, then there does need to be some form of public oversight.
When I was a child, there’s one thing I said: ‘I never want to be alone.’ That’s what I would say. I don’t want to be alone.
