other / recommends
Shanghai and Beijing
“I mean, I recommend somebody just go to Shanghai and Beijing, look at the buildings and go to take the train from Beijing to Xian, where you have the terracotta warriors.”
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Elon Musk
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01 / preference
I think anything else would be shortsighted, because obviously I’m part of humanity, so I like humans.
“I think anything else would be shortsighted, because obviously I’m part of humanity, so I like humans.”
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- Elon Musk
- Publisher
- Dwarkesh Podcast
02 / preference
I have this very basic first principles algorithm that I run kind of as a mantra, which is to first question the requirements, make the requirements less dumb.
“I have this very basic first principles algorithm that I run kind of as a mantra, which is to first question the requirements, make the requirements less dumb.”
- Speaker
- Elon Musk
- Publisher
- Lex Fridman Podcast
03 / preference
You got us into this mess. So generally, I think we obviously want to prioritize civilizational risks over things that are painful and tragic on a local level, but not civilizational.
“You got us into this mess. So generally, I think we obviously want to prioritize civilizational risks over things that are painful and tragic on a local level, but not civilizational.”
- Speaker
- Elon Musk
- Publisher
- Lex Fridman Podcast
04 / preference
It’s- My favorite books, it’s a book on philosophy, disguises book on humor. And I would say that forms the basis of my philosophy, which is that we don’t know the meaning of life, but the more we can expand the scope and scale of consciousness, digital and biological, the more we’re able to understand what questions to ask about the answer that is the universe.
“It’s- My favorite books, it’s a book on philosophy, disguises book on humor. And I would say that forms the basis of my philosophy, which is that we don’t know the meaning of life, but the more we can expand the scope and scale of consciousness, digital and biological, the more we’re able to understand what questions to ask about the answer that is the universe.”
- Speaker
- Elon Musk
- Publisher
- Lex Fridman Podcast