The life of Elon Musk

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He wants to colonize Mars and just challenged Vladimir Putin to a duel over Ukraine’s future. This is the story of Elon Musk.

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00:00I think this is one of the great questions in physics and philosophy, is where are the aliens?

00:08Maybe they're among us, I don't know. Some people think I'm an alien. Not true.

00:30Eventually, history suggests there will be some Tuesday event. The alternative is to

00:47become a space-faring civilization and a multi-planet species, which I hope you would agree that

00:53is the right way to go.

00:54When I was a kid, I was wondering what's the meaning of life? Why are we here? What's it

01:24all about? I came to the conclusion that what really matters is trying to understand the right

01:34questions to ask.

02:04The most important mistake I see smart people making is assuming that they're smart. They're not.

02:34You want to do projects that are inspiring and that make people excited about the future.

03:04Life's got to be about more than just solving problems. You want to

03:07get up in the morning and say, yes, I'm looking forward to that thing happening.

04:04This is one of those things that I think almost everyone is inspired by. If you asked

04:15people what was the most inspiring event in history, it was probably landing on the moon.

04:21You can ask people anywhere.

04:22We can bring life as we know it and breathe life into Mars where it doesn't exist today

04:29and ensure that if there is some kind of cataclysmic event on Earth,

04:33that life as we know it continues to exist.

04:52There's a certain probability that is irreducible that something may happen to Earth. Despite our

04:58intentions, despite everything we try to do, there's a probability at a certain point that

05:04some external force or some internal unforced error causes civilization to be destroyed.

05:13My personal ideology is split right now between trying to be helpful on Earth-related stuff,

05:21which is sustainable energy, and then trying to advance space technology so we can establish a

05:27self-sustaining city on Mars. But I do think it's important to be a multi-planet,

05:30not just one planet but another planet.

05:57So,

06:10the implant connects wirelessly to a wearable device called The Link,

06:14which can be configured through an iPhone app.

06:28So,

06:38well, people see like robots going down the street

06:41killing people like they don't know how to react, you know, because it seems so ethereal.

06:57So,

07:27so

07:57so

08:27so

08:57so

09:06so

09:24we as an agency, we want to go to Mars and even beyond. And of course, we're very excited about

09:29the excitement that Elon is bringing to this, that SpaceX is bringing to this idea of humans

09:37expanding throughout the solar system.

09:48And we want the things that are in science fiction

10:01novels and movies not to be science fiction forever. We want them to be real one day.

10:18So,

10:49so

10:57so

11:14I'm actually making history tonight as the first person with Asperger's to host SNL.

11:27So,

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