How Are We Going to Get to Mars?

Explained by @elonmusk

A THREAD

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"Starship is extremely fundamental. So, the holy grail of rocketry or space transport is full and rapid reusability. This has never been achieved...

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Elon Musk owns Twitter.

So, why is this going to benefit you? What are Musk's goals?

Explained by @elonmusk @elonmusk "It's very important for there to be an inclusive arena for free speech.

Twitter has become kind of the de facto town square so it's really important that people have both the reality and the perception that they are able to speak freely within the bounds of the law.

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Have you ever felt like life could be a simulation?

Well, your gut feeling could be right...

Simulation Theory explained by @elonmusk... @elonmusk "Here is the strongest argument for us being in a simulation... 40 years ago we had Pong, two rectangles and a dot {primitive video game]. That was what games were...

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What Is a Meaning of Life That Actually Makes Sense?

@elonmusk's perspective.

THREAD (🧵) @elonmusk "I think what Douglas Adams was saying in The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy is that the Universe is the answer and what we really need to figure out are what questions to ask about the answer that is the Universe.

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How Are We Going to Get to Mars?

Explained by @elonmusk

Thread (🧵) @elonmusk "Starship is extremely fundamental. So, the holy grail of rocketry or space transport is full and rapid reusability. This has never been achieved.

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How Can You Use the Internet in the Middle of the Amazon Jungle?

Explained by @elonmusk

THREAD (🧵) @elonmusk Interviewer: "What has driven you to take on this new challenge?"

Musk: "Well, there's a need for connectivity in places that don't have it right now or where connectivity is very limited... or very expensive. In many parts of the world, it's completely unavailable.

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How to Solve Soul-Destroying Traffic.

Explained by @elonmusk

THREAD (🧵) @elonmusk "The boring company actually started as kind of a joke and a lot of times people would ask me what do I think the opportunities are out there and for five years or more I kept saying 'Can someone please start a tunneling company?'

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What Is the Danger of Artificial Intelligence? And How to Solve It.

Explained by @elonmusk

THREAD (🧵) @elonmusk Sam Altman: "Could you talk about what you think the positive future for AI looks like and how we get there?"

Elon Musk: "Ok, I do want to emphasize that this is not really something that I advocate or this is not prescriptive, this is simply... hopefully predictive.

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Why Was Tesla Created?

Explained by @elonmusk

THREAD @elonmusk "When I was in college, I thought, 'What are the things that are going to most affect the future of humanity, in a positive way?'

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Why Should We Colonize Mars?

Explained by @elonmusk

THREAD @elonmusk "Being a multi-planet species and being out there among the stars is important for the long-term survival of humanity and that's one reason, kind of like life insurance for life collectively, life as we know it.

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BIRTH RATE PROBLEM explained by @elonmusk

THREAD @elonmusk “I think demographics is a real issue, where people are not having kids in a lot of countries. Very often they'll say ‘Oh, I’ll solve it with immigration.’ Immigration from where? If Europe has an average, or many parts of Europe have an average of only 50 or 60 percent…

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