Physics is a good framework for thinking. Boil things down to their fundamental truths and reason up from there.
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More Elon Musk Quotes
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Great companies are built on great products.
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A company is a group of people organized to create a product or service, and that product or service is only as good as the people in the company.
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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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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.
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I would like to die on Mars. Just not on impact.
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Weighing too much on someone’s talent and not someone’s personality. I think it matters whether someone has a good heart.
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My opinion is it’s a bridge too far to go to fully autonomous cars.
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Mars is the only place in the solar system where it’s possible for life to become multi-planetarian.
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If you’re co-founder or CEO, you have to do all kinds of tasks you might not want to do. If you don’t do your chores, the company won’t succeed. No task is too menial.
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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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Goal of government should be to maximize the happiness of the people. Giving each person money allows them to decide what meets their needs, rather than the blunt tool of legislation, which creates self-serving special interests.
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When space travel becomes as common as air travel, the future of civilization will be assured.
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We need to figure out how to have the things we love, and not destroy the world.
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With artificial intelligence we are summoning the demon.
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Don’t be afraid of new arenas.
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