Elon Musk
There's no better place in the world for technology start-ups than Silicon Valley; there's such an incredible well of talent and capital and resources. The whole system is set up to foster the creation of new companies.Collection: Technology
Silicon Valley has some of the smartest engineers and technology business people in the world.Collection: Technology
When I was a child, there's one thing I said: 'I never want to be alone.' That's what I would say. I don't want to be alone.Collection: Alone
I do love email. Wherever possible I try to communicate asynchronously. I'm really good at email.Collection: Communication
I think we have a duty to maintain the light of consciousness to make sure it continues into the future.Collection: Future
As you heat the planet up, it's just like boiling a pot.Collection: Environmental
I'm anti-tax, but I'm pro-carbon tax.Collection: Environmental
I think Tesla will most likely develop its own autopilot system for the car, as I think it should be camera-based, not Lidar-based. However, it is also possible that we do something jointly with Google.Collection: Car
Some companies out there quote a start of production that is substantially in advance of when customers get their cars.Collection: Car
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.Collection: Design
I think you should always bear in mind that entropy is not on your side.Collection: Change
If something's important enough, you should try. Even if - the probable outcome is failure.Collection: Failure
I'm personally a moderate and a registered independent, so I'm not strongly Democratic or strongly Republican.
I'd rather be optimistic and wrong than pessimistic and right.
I do think there should be some regulations on AI.
People should pursue what they're passionate about. That will make them happier than pretty much anything else.
We can't have, like, willy-nilly proliferation of fake news. That's crazy. You can't have more types of fake news than real news. That's allowing public deception to go unchecked. That's crazy.
If you don't have sustainable energy, you have unsustainable energy. The fundamental value of a company like Tesla is the degree to which it accelerates the advent of sustainable energy faster than it would otherwise occur.
We're already cyborgs. Your phone and your computer are extensions of you, but the interface is through finger movements or speech, which are very slow.
The factory is the machine that builds the machine.
I've actually not read any books on time management.
I tend to approach things from a physics framework. And physics teaches you to reason from first principles rather than by analogy.
If you go back a few hundred years, what we take for granted today would seem like magic - being able to talk to people over long distances, to transmit images, flying, accessing vast amounts of data like an oracle. These are all things that would have been considered magic a few hundred years ago.
If you're entering anything where there's an existing marketplace, against large, entrenched competitors, then your product or service needs to be much better than theirs. It can't be a little bit better, because then you put yourself in the shoes of the consumer... you're always going to buy the trusted brand unless there's a big difference.
I think life on Earth must be about more than just solving problems... It's got to be something inspiring, even if it is vicarious.
The goal of Tesla is to accelerate sustainable energy, so we're going to take a step back and think about what's most likely to achieve that goal.
I think it is possible for ordinary people to choose to be extraordinary.Collection: Inspirational
Failure is an option here. If things are not failing, you are not innovating enough.Collection: Motivational
When you struggle with a problem, that's when you understand it.Collection: Struggle
Many things are improbable, only a few are impossible.Collection: Impossible
Engineering is the closest thing to magic that exists in the world.Collection: Engineering
For me it was never about money, but solving problems for the future of humanity.Collection: Humanity
Constantly seek criticism. A well thought out critique of what you're doing is as valuable as goldCollection: Criticism
What I'm trying to do is to maximise the probability of the future being better.Collection: Trying
Persistence is very important. You should not give up unless you are forced to give up.Collection: Inspirational
I could either watch it happen or be a part of it.Collection: Inspirational
Work like hell. I mean you just have to put in 80 to 100 hour weeks every week. [This] improves the odds of success. If other people are putting in 40 hour work weeks and you’re putting in 100 hour work weeks, then even if you’re doing the same thing you know that you will achieve in 4 months what it takes them a year to achieve.Collection: Inspirational
Most people can learn a lot more than they think they can. They sell themselves short without trying.Collection: Thinking
Starting and growing a business is as much about the innovation, drive and determination of the people who do it as it is about the product they sell.Collection: Inspirational
With artificial intelligence we are summoning the demon.Collection: Demon
Funded by the government just means funded by the people. Government, by the way, has no money. It only takes money from the people. Sometimes people forget that that's really what occurs.Collection: Mean
The biggest mistake, in general, I've made, is to put too much of a weighting on someone's talent and not enough on their personality. And I've made that mistake several times. I think it actually matters whether somebody has a good heart, it really does. I've made the mistake of thinking that it's sometimes just about the brain.Collection: Mistake
The first step is to establish that something is possible; then probability will occur.Collection: Inspirational
We have this handy fusion reactor in the sky called the sun, you don't have to do anything, it just works. It shows up every day.Collection: Sky
Don’t just follow the trend. You may have heard me say that it’s good to think in terms of the physics approach of first principles. Which is, rather than reasoning by analogy, you boil things down to the most fundamental truths you can imagine and you reason up from there.Collection: Thinking
I think that's an important thing to do, to really pay attention to negative feedback, and solicit it, particularly from friends. This may sound like simple advice, but hardly anyone does that, and it's incredibly helpful.Collection: Motivation
We need to be super careful with AI. Potentially more dangerous than nukes.Collection: Nukes
Going from PayPal, I thought: 'Well, what are some of the other problems that are likely to most affect the future of humanity?' Not from the perspective, 'What's the best way to make money?'Collection: Inspirational
If you go back back a few hundred years, what we take for granted today would seem like magic - being able to talk to people over long distances, to transmit images, flying, accessing vast amounts of data like an oracle. These are all things that would have been considered magic a few hundred years ago.Collection: Inspirational