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There’s a tremendous bias against taking risks. Everyone is trying to optimize their ass-covering.

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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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Don’t be afraid of new arenas.
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Afraid Arena Inspirational One Liner
You shouldn’t do things differently just because they’re different. They need to be better.
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Business Different Entrepreneur Inspirational Need
That’s my lesson for taking a vacation: vacation will kill you.
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You have to be pretty driven to make it happen. Otherwise, you will just make yourself miserable.
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The path to the CEO’s office should not be through the CFO’s office, and it should not be through the marketing department. It needs to be through engineering and design.
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Don’t be afraid of new arenas.
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My mentality is that of a samurai. I would rather commit seppuku than fail.
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Fear is a hard thing to deal with. I feel it quite strongly. If I think something is important enough, I’ll make myself do it in spite of fear. But it can really sap the will. I hate fear, I wish I had it less.
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Most people can learn a lot more than they think they can. They sell themselves short without trying.
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The extension of life beyond Earth is the most important thing we can do as a species.
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The thing that’s worth doing is trying to improve our understanding of the world and gain a better appreciation of the universe and not to worry too much about there being no meaning.
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You want to be extra rigorous about making the best possible thing you can. Find everything that’s wrong with it and fix it.
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Mars is to Earth, as Terminus was to Trantor.
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If we drive down the cost of transportation in space, we can do great things.
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We should be excited about the future & striving to go beyond the horizon!
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