There's a tremendous bias against taking risks. Everyone is trying to optimize their ass-covering.
Elon MuskStarting 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.
Elon MuskDonโt just follow the trend. You may have heard me say that itโs 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.
Elon MuskYou can just reload, propel it and fly again. This is extremely important for revolutionizing access to space because as long as we continue to throw away rockets and space crafts, we will never truly have access to space.
Elon MuskThere's a fundamental difference, if you sort of look into the future, between a humanity that is a space-faring civilization, that's out there exploring the stars...compared with one where we are forever confined to Earth until some eventual extinction event.
Elon MuskIt's important that we attempt to extend life beyond Earth now. It is the first time in the four billion-year history of Earth that it's been possible, and that window could be open for a long time - hopefully it is - or it could be open for a short time. We should err on the side of caution and do something now.
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