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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.

Elon Musk

Never trust cynics, as they excuse their own bad deeds by telling themselves everyone does it.
ELON MUSK

Cynic Deed Excuse Trust
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.
ELON MUSK

Attempt Experiment Failure Goals Imvention Invalid Space
When I was in college, I wanted to be involved in things that would change the world.
ELON MUSK

Change College Inspirational Involvement World
You have to be pretty driven to make it happen. Otherwise, you will just make yourself miserable.
ELON MUSK

Business Happen Miserable Motivational Pretty Yourself
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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CEO Department Design Engineer Market Office Path
Mars is to Earth, as Terminus was to Trantor.
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Earth Mars Science Space
When you struggle with a problem, that’s when you understand it.
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Business Inspirational Problem Struggle Understand
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.
ELON MUSK

Direction Event Eventually Extinction Future Human Planet
Constantly seek criticism. A well thought out critique of what you’re doing is as valuable as gold.
ELON MUSK

Business Constant Criticism Gold Seek Value
Really, the only thing that makes sense is to strive for greater collective enlightenment.
ELON MUSK

Collect Enlightenment Inspirational Sense Strive
Moral condemnation used not for morality, but as a weapon for manipulation is messed up
ELON MUSK

Manipulation Mess Moral Weapon
My mentality is that of a samurai. I would rather commit seppuku than fail.
ELON MUSK

Commitment Failure Mentality
I always like going South; somehow, it feels like going downhill.
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Feeling Going Travel
Getting there was super hard. Very proud of Tesla team!
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Appreciation Entrepreneur Proud Team Work
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
Run a physics sim long enough & you’ll get intelligence.
ELON MUSK

Enough Intelligence Physics Run

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