Every social media network with 1B+ users is worth $100B+.
And in fact most companies of any sort with 1B+ users are.
9) The smartphones, operating systems, computer chips, credit cards, retail stores, etc. used by 1B+ are all part of companies worth $100B+;
And most companies worth $300B+ have at least 100m users.
10) So how do you build something worth a ton?
Build something 1B+ will use; be born into the Saudi royal family; build Tesla; or build Berkshire Hathaway.
Berkshire is an interesting case: become the most popular investment vehicle, and you can scale massively.
11) And then there's Tesla.
Tesla doesn't currently have 1B cars sold; that's not what Tesla's about, really.
Maybe it will be, soon: to some extent, Tesla is about the future, and the possibility that it will come to dominate the auto industry.
And space, and tunnels...
12) To a large extent, Tesla is about the person behind the company.
Tesla is a bet on @elonmusk. It's a bet that the same person who defied the auto industry and came out winning--and now looks poised to do that in space--will keep winning.
13) A bet that the man whose shitposts took on shortsellers and the SEC; whose speeches pitted him against MBAs and regulators; whose public pot puffing belies a fanatical obsession with his products--
that he will keep thinking big. And that when @elonmusk builds, he delivers.
14) Which brings us full circle, sort of. Eventually Tesla's biggest product might be cars, but right now it's not.
Right now Tesla's biggest product is TSLA, which is possibly the world's most popular investment vehicle. Sort of like BRK.
15) Because to some extent the world knows the potential of thinking big.
Tesla may not be the Facebook of cars yet, but TSLA is the Facebook of stocks.
16) As an aside: @SpaceX is raising right now. If @FTX_Official can get an allocation:
a) FTX will list SpaceX stock for customers across the world
b) We'll donate 95% of gains to the world's most effective charities, and 5% to the Dogecoin foundation
1) I’m honored and excited to be chatting with @VitalikButerin and @hosseeb about effective altruism, giving, and how you can maximize your positive impact on the world!
3) The core thesis of Better is Bigger is basically math: that the scale of the world's problems is huge, and so you should be much less risk averse if your goal is to donate.
This post is not about that math. This post is about people, and the world, and some history.