Elon Musk
Elon Musk
Elon Reeve Muskis a South African-born Canadian-American business magnate, engineer and inventor...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionEntrepreneur
Date of Birth28 June 1971
CityPretoria, South Africa
CountryUnited States of America
my-family
My family fears that the Russians will assassinate me.
patents should
You should be innovating so fast that you're invalidating your prior patents
inspirational children
As a child I would just question things...
hurt communication keys
The key test for an acronym is to ask whether it helps or hurts communication.
inspirational arena
Don't be afraid of new arenas.
inspirational different needs
You shouldn't do things differently just because they're different. They need to be... better.
gold criticism valuable
Constantly seek criticism. A well thought out critique of what you're doing is as valuable as gold
inspirational thinking people
I think it is possible for ordinary people to choose to be extraordinary.
thinking needs existential
I think we should be very careful about artificial intelligence. If I had to guess at what our biggest existential threat is, it's probably that. So we need to be very careful...With artificial intelligence we're summoning the demon.
inspirational watches happens
I could either watch it happen or be a part of it.
mistake heart thinking
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.
thinking long house
Does the logic connect? What are the range of probably outcomes? You want to figure out what those probabilities are and ideally be the House. It's fine to gamble, as long as you're the House. Also, listen to critical feedback, particularly from friends. Generally they will be thinking it but they won't tell you
vacation lessons
That's my lesson for taking a vacation: vacation will kill you.
glasses hot coal
Entrepreneurship is like eating glass and walking on hot coals at the same time