If humanity doesn't land on Mars in my lifetime, I would be very disappointed. Elon Musk More Quotes by Elon Musk More Quotes From Elon Musk You want to do things you’re passionate about but also are useful to other people. Elon Musk passionate want people It's OK to have your eggs in one basket as long as you control what happens to that basket. Elon Musk eggs inspirational long I don't spend my time pontificating about high-concept things; I spend my time solving engineering and manufacturing problems. Elon Musk engineering problem inspirational The future of humanity is going to bifurcate in two directions: Either it's going to become multiplanetary, or it's going to remain confined to one planet and eventually there's going to be an extinction event. Elon Musk events humanity two Really, the only thing that makes sense is to strive for greater collective enlightenment. Elon Musk enlightenment strive inspirational With artificial intelligence we are summoning the demon. Elon Musk summoning artificial-intelligence demon It's not as though we can keep burning coal in our power plants. Coal is a finite resource, too. We must find alternatives, and it's a better idea to find alternatives sooner then wait until we run out of coal, and in the meantime, put God knows how many trillions of tons of CO2 that used to be buried underground into the atmosphere. Elon Musk waiting running ideas It's obviously tricky to convert cellulose to a useful biofuel. I think actually the most efficient way to use cellulose is to burn it in a co-generation power plant. That will yield the most energy and that is something you can do today. Elon Musk yield energy thinking I've actually made a prediction that within 30 years a majority of new cars made in the United States will be electric. And I don't mean hybrid, I mean fully electric. Elon Musk car mean years An asteroid or a supervolcano could certainly destroy us, but we also face risks the dinosaurs never saw: An engineered virus, nuclear war, inadvertent creation of a micro black hole, or some as-yet-unknown technology could spell the end of us. Elon Musk technology inspirational war When we got Tesla going at the very beginning, if you asked me what I thought the odds of success were, I would have said less than 50%. I would have said that failure is the most likely outcome. Elon Musk tesla outcomes odds I would like to die on Mars. Just not on impact. Elon Musk inspirational funny death You can just reload, propel it and fly again. This is extremely important for revolutionizing access to space because as long as we continue to throw away rockets and space crafts, we will never truly have access to space. Elon Musk space important long I think it matters whether someone has a good heart. Elon Musk matter heart thinking Well, my motivation behind Tesla is really to do as much good as possible for the environment and the electric-vehicle revolution. I think there is still a lot of work to do and if we were to sell to a big company, I'm not sure it would progress at the same pace. Elon Musk electric-vehicles motivation thinking I’m nauseatingly pro-American. I would have come here from any country. The U.S. is where great things are possible. Elon Musk great-things country We need to figure out how to have the things we love, and not destroy the world. Elon Musk figures world needs Starting and growing a business is as much about the innovation, drive and determination of the people who do it as it is about the product they sell. Elon Musk determination inspirational people What I'm trying to do is to maximise the probability of the future being better. Elon Musk probability trying We need to be super careful with AI. Potentially more dangerous than nukes. Elon Musk nukes dangerous needs
