When I was in college, I wanted to be involved in things that would change the world.
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Some people don’t like change, but you need to embrace change if the alternative is disaster.
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The space shuttle was often used as an example of why you shouldn’t even attempt to make something reusable. But one failed experiment does not invalidate the greater goal. If that was the case, we’d never have had the light bulb.
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You could warm Mars up, over time, with greenhouse gases.
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If humanity doesn’t land on Mars in my lifetime, I would be very disappointed.
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Self-driving cars are the natural extension of active safety and obviously something we should do.
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I hate writing about personal stuff. I don’t have a Facebook page. I don’t use my Twitter account. I am familiar with both, but I don’t use them.
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Constantly seek criticism. A well thought out critique of what you’re doing is as valuable as gold.
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I wouldn’t say I have a lack of fear. In fact, I’d like my fear emotion to be less because it’s very distracting and fries my nervous system.
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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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When you struggle with a problem, that’s when you understand it.
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Engineering is the closest thing to magic that exists in the world.
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It is a mistake to hire huge numbers of people to get a complicated job done.
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I read books and talked to people. I mean that’s kind of how one learns anything. There’s lots of great books out there & lots of smart people.
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Only the heart senses beauty.
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Failure is an option here. If things are not failing, you are not innovating enough.
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There’s a tremendous bias against taking risks. Everyone is trying to optimize their ass-covering.
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Mars is to Earth, as Terminus was to Trantor.
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Never trust cynics, as they excuse their own bad deeds by telling themselves everyone does it.
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Moral condemnation used not for morality, but as a weapon for manipulation is messed up
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When space travel becomes as common as air travel, the future of civilization will be assured.
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Getting there was super hard. Very proud of Tesla team!
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Don’t be afraid of new arenas.
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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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Patience is a virtue, and I’m learning patience. It’s a tough lesson.
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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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Government isn’t that good at rapid advancement of technology. It tends to be better at funding basic research. To have things take off, you’ve got to have commercial companies do it.
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