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.
0 暮一傾心 《埃隆·马斯克》
If you're co-founder or CEO, you have to do all kinds of tasks you might not want to do. If you don't do your chores, the company won't succeed. No task is too menial.
I think we are at the dawn of a new era in commercial space exploration.
When something is important enough, you do it even if the odds are not in your favor.
If you get up in the morning and think the future is going to be better, it is a bright day. Otherwise, it's not.
I think we have a duty to maintain the light of consciousness to make sure it continues into the future.
You have to say, 'Well, why did it succeed?' If it succeeds, then you're probably doing something right.
Life is too short for long-term grudges.
I think it matters whether someone has a good heart.
You want to be extra rigorous about making the best possible thing you can. Find everything that's wrong with it and fix it. Seek negative feedback, particularly from friends.
I don't spend my time pontificating about high-concept things; I spend my time solving engineering and manufacturing problems.
If you want to grow a giant redwood, you need to make sure the seeds are OK, nurture the sapling, and work out what might potentially stop it from growing all the way along. Anything that breaks it at any point stops that growth.
It's not about creating value. It's about capturing value.
There have to be reasons that you get up in the morning and you want to live. Why do you want to live? What's the point? What inspires you? What do you love about the future? If the future does not include being out there among the stars and being a multi-planet species, I find that incredibly depressing.
I think we are at the dawn of a new era in commercial space exploration.
Don't be afraid of new arenas.
I think the best way to predict the future is to create it.
I think we need to be very careful about artificial intelligence. If I had to guess at what our biggest existential threat is, it’s probably that.
If something has to be designed and invented, and you have to figure out how to ensure that the value of the thing you create is greater than the cost of the inputs, then that is probably my core skill.
I'm interested in things that change the world or that affect the future and wondrous, new technology where you see it, and you're like, 'Wow, how did that even happen? How is that possible?'
I think most of the important stuff on the Internet has been built. There will be continued innovation, but the great problems of the Internet have essentially been solved.
Mars is there, waiting to be reached.
There's a silly notion that failure's not an option at NASA. Failure is an option here. If things are not failing, you are not innovating enough.
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.
You should be innovating so fast that you obsolete your own products.
I do love email. Wherever possible I try to communicate asynchronously. I'm really good at email.
I don't create companies for the sake of creating companies, but to get things done.
Brand is just a perception, and perception will match reality over time. Sometimes it will be ahead, other times it will be behind. But brand is simply a collective impression some have about a product.
I think we have a duty to maintain the light of consciousness to make sure it continues into the future.
If something is important enough, even if the odds are against you, you should still do it.
I wouldn't say I have a lack of fear. In fact, I'd like my fear emotion to be less because it's very distracting and fries my nervous system.
埃隆·马斯克（Elon Musk），1971年6月28日出生于南非行政首都比勒陀利亚。拥有南非、加拿大和美国三重国籍。他是企业家、工程师、慈善家，现任太空探索技术公司（SpaceX）CEO兼CTO、特斯拉（TESLA）公司CEO、太阳城公司（SolarCity）董事会主席。马斯克本科毕业于宾夕法尼亚大学，获经济学和物理学双学位。他的创业历程始于互联网时代，先后创办了在线内容出版软件“Zip2”、电子支付“X.com”和“PayPal”。21世纪初，他将目光投向更具挑战性的领域：太空探索、电动汽车和清洁能源。2002年投资并创立SpaceX，2004年投资并加入特斯拉汽车，2006年投资创立光伏发电企业太阳城公司。他提出了“超级高铁”（Hyperloop）概念，并致力于通过Neuralink开发脑机接口技术。其工作风格以高强度、高风险、高目标着称，是“第一性原理”思维的坚定践行者。
