Elon Musk: the mind behind Tesla, SpaceX, SolarCity …
March 22, 2013
Entrepreneur Elon Musk is a man with many plans. The founder of PayPal, Tesla Motors and SpaceX sits down with TED curator Chris Anderson to share details about his visionary projects, which include a mass-marketed electric car, a solar energy leasing company, and a fully reusable rocket.
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Comments (10)
by GatorALLin
Love it that the interviewer did call him out on the 400 mile/range record being at 18 mph and that driver did get some speeding (or lack of) tickets for the record. He wanted to gloss over the details… but that is where the interesting facts are…. I don’t like it when Musk tries to spin things or keep the details from the public… I guess he had to deal with some bad press that was less than accurate in the past, so Musk tries to offset that, but to me it comes off as a spin/false. I wish he could learn to laugh at himself first… vs. feel he has to hold back the harsher details. We know there are bumps along the way….
by GatorALLin
Genius idea to become a solar panel utilities company if up front funding is the limiting factor for most people. I wonder what the value is to have people not dependent on the regular electricity grid, should we ever suffer some major system failure nationwide. I think lots of Earth fans would also feel great about being 100% solar for electrical use and less dependent on fossil fuels, coal or nuclear power. I think they will get much better nuclear power in the future, but with the advancements in solar power efficiency it would be great to see some real world uses for the mass markets.
by GatorALLin
Interesting to hear a brief comment about patent law and competing against governments (maybe if govt. are controlling patents and you are now competing against a govt. vs. just another business, you have to now consider not divulging those details as you may no longer see patents as a protection, rather as a mistake). Some of the rules we assume are out to protect us may not be if the system designed to protect us is being manipulated.
by Bri
I find it fascinating how few people realize how fickle fate is. Einstein, Bill Gates and Elon musk are very lucky. Nickel Tesla was an amazing genius. He was like Mozart. He had a photographic memory. Whenever he wrote down his ideas or made a drawing they were flawless. He made very complex mechanical drawings of his inventions and in a similar manner to Mozart, he didn’t sketch, he placed every line where it was supposed to be. Unfortunately fate did not shine on him. JP Morgan ruined his career and he spent his remaining days talking to birds that flew into his open window. I like what Michio Kaku said. We are all Einsteins, it is more that society thwarts our inner abilities. Like for most public stars, it is the fates that preside over things.
by GatorALLin
…I have to agree with you that Tesla was amazing and it does seem sad he is only now getting some much needed recognition that he should have received when he was alive. Hard to know what factors played a role in this and if luck or fate or timing was to blame. What if we could clone him and bring back at least a copy of his mind…..give him the education he needs…. maybe he gets another shot at it in the future? (I was joking at first…but really….what if?). ….. I like that Michio Kaku said we are all Einsteins….but not what follows next. What if we make our own luck or control our own fate more than we want to be responsible for?
by Bri
My yoga teacher had many monkeys and one was a male rhesis. He was powerful. He could rip you apart far worse than that lady in Conn. He was petrified to go out of his cage. Once inside he could bounce off the walls faster than you could watch. I know, he once reached out his hand and grabbed mine. Before I could react he was at the back of the cage. If you and him were alone in the room and he was outside his cage, he would run right for it and close the door.
We are a lot more like him than you realize. We get conditioned into behavior patterns that are difficult to rewrite. It’s like if you are introduced to numerous languages from an early age, it’s easy to become fluent in them. It’s much harder to ” study” a language, particularly as you get older and the early brain growth stops. The people who are geniuses are people who engaged certain habits early, and had positive reinforcement for that information. The real trick for teaching is instilling the ability to ask the right questions, and the means to find answers.
by RLC
It would be nice if technology could really transform us, but it doesn’t. It is really nice to have these conveniences.
by Pete
It will (transform our lives, down to cellular level).
We will become cyborgs (at least the more progressive-minded, far-seeing portion of humanity will)
It will happen sooner than you imagine.
by trakk
it is already doing that
by Pete
It is elating to hear Elon Musk talking about his vision on how our technology can help restore the pristinity of our environment.
I also believe it is time for him to also delve into the field of robotics and AI.