Sunday, October 15, 2017

Musk Lays out Stunning Future

Elon Musk video describes exciting future


A future he is already building


Elon Musk...thoughtful, self-effacing, and honest, if there is someone who is going to a build a future in the profound ways in which he envisions, the world probably couldn't ask for anyone more appealing. 

He dreams big but then takes the methodical planning and action to bring those dreams to reality. His passion is for humanity to travel to space and create new civilizations and eventually populate the galaxy. But he isn't weird about it - well not in a creepy kinda way. 

In fact, for someone who wants to have his tombstone on Mars, Musk is rather down to earth. Someone you could have a beer with and discuss cars and cool things about the future. He politely laughs at others jokes and makes jokes at his own expense. But he can show flashes of annoyance with interviewers - especially toward those who express doubt in what he is going.

In a word, Musk is real. He even seems to have a melancholy streak. He lacks the Silicon Valley smugness, warns us of A.I., and his plans always seem to include the rest of us.

If you missed this video back in April, here it is once again. Many of the things Musk talks about are going forward on schedule.

Here are the highlights:


  1. Enormous spaceships hauling freight on earth and traveling to Mars.
  2. Tesla electric semi truck can beat a diesel in a tug of war and drives like a sports car.
  3. Transport tunneling the way to go to fight 'soul destroying' traffic, 3D tunnel network goes deeper distance underground than building skyward.
  4. Boring technology will dig efficiently by several factors, driving down costs on huge projects.
  5. Solar panel roofs made of glass that will pay for themselves and last for thousands of years.    
  6. Car owners in autonomous vehicle age could have free cars by allowing for others to pay for rides.
  7. But 'shared autonomy' will make traveling by car so cheap, it will actually increase congestion.
  8. Flying cars noisy, wind force very high, not reassuring to have thousands of vehicles in the air.
  9. Wants to build a million person city on Mars in his lifetime.
  10. Energy sustainability inevitable but interplanetary travel is not.
  11. Gigafactory manufacturer of Tesla lithium-ion batteries to be biggest factory in the world.

Elon Musk Quotes


"There have to be reasons why you want to get up in the morning....why do you want to live, what inspires you, what do you love about the future"

"If the future means not being out there amongst the stars and being a multi-planet species, I find that incredibly depressing"

"I am not trying to be anybody's savior, I just want to think about the future and not be sad"

"People are mistaken to think that technology just automatically improves, it doesn't just automatically improve, it only improves if there are a lot of people working hard to make it better"




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