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“He points out that one of the really tough things is figuring out what questions to ask,” Musk said. “Once you figure out the question, then the answer is relatively easy. I came to the conclusion that really we should aspire to increase the scope and scale of human consciousness in order to better understand what questions to ask.” The teenage Musk then arrived at his ultralogical mission statement. “The only thing that makes sense to do is strive for greater collective enlightenment,”
― Elon Musk: How the Billionaire CEO of SpaceX and Tesla is Shaping our Future
― Elon Musk: How the Billionaire CEO of SpaceX and Tesla is Shaping our Future
“There is a fundamental problem with regulators. If a regulator agrees to change a rule and something bad happens, they could easily lose their career. Whereas if they change a rule and something good happens, they don’t even get a reward. So, it’s very asymmetric. It’s then very easy to understand why regulators resist changing the rules. It’s because there’s a big punishment on one side and no reward on the other. How would any rational person behave in such a scenario?”
― Elon Musk: Inventing the Future
― Elon Musk: Inventing the Future
“One thing that Musk holds in the highest regard is resolve, and he respects people who continue on after being told no.”
― Elon Musk: Inventing the Future
― Elon Musk: Inventing the Future
“You should take the approach that you’re wrong. Your goal is to be less wrong.”
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“What is an obsession? It is a form of programming that has gotten completely out of hand. Religious fanatics are a prime example, as are those people who become enveloped in a political concept. Most of man’s progress has come about as a result of obsessions. The Wright brothers were not just tinkerers with an idea; their idea swallowed them up. Most leaders are obsessed with power or possessed by egos so large their only concern is their place in history. I have known writers obsessed with a single subject. Like Bobby Fischer and chess, anything and everything outside their subject seems meaningless. Any art form—music, painting, dance—is done best by those who are completely possessed by it. Such possession often borders on madness. This world would be a sorry place without such madmen.”
― THE EIGHTH TOWER: On Ultraterrestrials and the Superspectrum
― THE EIGHTH TOWER: On Ultraterrestrials and the Superspectrum
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