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Published · transcript-backedElon Musk: recommendation
9 Nov 2023 Lex Fridman Podcast #400 – Elon Musk: War, AI, Aliens, Politics, Physics, Video Games, and Humanity
“Look, I think I would just recommend do not send the flower of Ukrainian youth to die in trenches, whether he talks to Putin or not, just don’t do that.”
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- Speaker
- Elon Musk
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- Claim type
- recommendation
- Recorded
- 9 Nov 2023
- Publisher
- Lex Fridman Podcast
Transcript context
…So Volodymyr Zelenskyy said that he’s not, or has said in the past, he’s not interested in talking to Putin directly. Do you think he should sit down man to man, lead a leader, and negotiate peace? Look, I think I would just recommend do not send the flower of Ukrainian youth to die in trenches, whether he talks to Putin or not, just don’t do that. Whoever goes on the offensive will lose massive numbers of people and history will not look kindly upon them. You’ve spoken honestly about the possibility of war between US and China in the longterm if no diplomatic solution is found, for example, on the question of Taiwan and One China policy, how do we avoid the trajectory where these two superpowers clash?…
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