Thread by @skorusARK

1/ Worth reading or listening to the Musk interview with @karaswisher. Touches on #Tesla #SpaceX #TheBoringCompany recode.net/2018/11/2/1805…

Here are some pulled quotes:

2/ On Twitter" "It feels like dipping into the flow of consciousness of society."

3/ "There have been many attempts to create a car company and they have all failed...Ford and Tesla made it barely through the last recession. There’s a good chance Ford doesn’t make it in the next recession."

4/ "You know, I think we’ll get to full self-driving next year. As a generalized solution, I think. "

5/ "Well I can’t talk about the details, but it’s gonna be like a really futuristic like cyberpunk, “Blade Runner” pickup truck."

6/ On the Space Force "... I actually like the idea. I think it’s cool. You know, like, when the Air Force was formed, there was a lot of like pooh-poohing, and like, “Oh, how silly to have an Air Force!” You know, because the aircraft in World War II were managed by the Army.

7/ "...it was wildly panned as a ridiculous thing to create the Air Force, but now everyone’s like, “Obviously you should have an Air Force.” And I think it’s gonna become obvious that we should have a Space Force, too."

8/ Key question for the Boring Company “Well, is your tunneling machine power-limited or thermally limited?” This was a very obvious question from a physics standpoint. Nobody knew. "

9/ "the first step is simply jacking up the power like crazy, and then automating the placement of the tunnel reinforcements,"

10/ "I don’t know, there was some people in the studio who wanted to make a scooter, but I was like, “Uh, no.”
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"Electric bike, I think we might do an electric bike, yeah."