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Published · transcript-backedJohn Collison: belief
5 Feb 2026 Dwarkesh Podcast Elon Musk — "In 36 months, the cheapest place to put AI will be space”
“I found that book much better than his other one that everyone reads, Stranger in a Strange Land.”
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- Speaker
- John Collison
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- Claim type
- belief
- Recorded
- 5 Feb 2026
- Publisher
- Dwarkesh Podcast
Transcript context
…They asserted their independence. Earth government disagreed and they lobbed things until Earth government agreed. That book is a hoot. I found that book much better than his other one that everyone reads, Stranger in a Strange Land. “Grok” comes from Stranger in a Strange Land. The first two-thirds of Stranger in a Strange Land are good, and then it gets very weird in the third portion. But there are still some good concepts in there.…
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