Elon Musk Talks Twitter, Tesla and How His Brain Works — Live at TED2022
In this unedited conversation with head of TED Chris Anderson, Elon Musk — the head of Tesla, SpaceX, Neuralink and The Boring Company — digs into the recent news around his bid to purchase Twitter and gets honest about the biggest regret of his career, how his brain works, the future he envisions for the world and a lot more. (Recorded at TED2022 on April 14, 2022)
This live interview includes an excerpt from another exclusive, extended conversation recorded a few days earlier at Tesla's Texas Gigafactory. Watch that full video here: https://youtu.be/YRvf00NooN8
1:22 Tesla Texas Gigafactory interview clip
11:34 Elon Musk live at TED2022
11:48 Twitter, free speech and open-sourcing the algorithm
27:40 Tesla and short sellers
32:02 If you could go back in time and change one thing, what would it be?
33:44 Electric vehicles, manufacturing and sleeping on the floor of the Tesla factory
38:04 "At this point I think I know more about manufacturing than anyone currently alive on Earth."
39:15 Elon's "Master Plan" and accelerating a sustainable energy economy
42:36 SNL, Asperger's, childhood and how Elon's brain works
46:48 "I was absolutely obsessed with truth."
49:23 Philosophy, the meaning of life and the "why" of things
51:43 What the future will look like
52:37 "We want to do our absolute best to make sure the future is ... something you can look forward to and not feel sad about."
The fact he didn’t give up in the most excruciating experience of his life greatly proves his character. In addition, the fact his company is the most shorted stock the history, further proves the greater control and corruption in the “free market”; we need more people arising with the courage, and tenacity of Elon to keep us free. Thank you Elon! You are such an inspiration for us and for the next generation.
As a person who used to detest the idea of using robots or robots' replacement, I wasn't that fancy at this man and his crazy, absurd ideas. But well, like weather, people change - and so do I! The more I delve into Elon's work and dedication, the greater my gratitude towards him becomes. Hope his ambition will continue to serve humans for good.
This really expanded my view of Elon Musk, seeing how sensitive he is to the difficulties we face and yet how stubbornly hopeful he is that we can build a better world. You can feel it really matters to him. We need more of this optimism and principle in the people we allow to dictate the path of our future. I wish him well.
Elon is so aware he's levels above the avg person intellectually at times it seems like he's struggling to talk but he's actually struggling how to dumb down his ideas to communicate it in a way people like myself understand it.
I used to be self-conscious about my stuttering problem, but seeing Elon comfortable in his skin and achieve the success he has is truly inspiring. My favorite talk of his to date.
