In this unedited conversation with head of TED Chris Anderson, Elon Musk — the head of Tesla, SpaceX, Neuralink and The Boring Company — digs into the recent news around his bid to purchase Twitter and gets honest about the biggest regret of his career, how his brain works, the future he envisions for the world and a lot more. (Recorded at TED2022 on April 14, 2022)
This live interview includes an excerpt from another exclusive, extended conversation recorded a few days earlier at Tesla’s Texas Gigafactory. Watch that full video here:
1:22 Tesla Texas Gigafactory interview clip
11:34 Elon Musk live at TED2022
11:48 Twitter, free speech and open-sourcing the algorithm
27:40 Tesla and short sellers
32:02 If you could go back in time and change one thing, what would it be?
33:44 Electric vehicles, manufacturing and sleeping on the floor of the Tesla factory
38:04 “At this point I think I know more about manufacturing than anyone currently alive on Earth.”
39:15 Elon’s “Master Plan” and accelerating a sustainable energy economy
42:36 SNL, Asperger’s, childhood and how Elon’s brain works
46:48 “I was absolutely obsessed with truth.”
49:23 Philosophy, the meaning of life and the “why” of things
51:43 What the future will look like
52:37 “We want to do our absolute best to make sure the future is … something you can look forward to and not feel sad about.”
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Thank you, Elon Musk. You are single-handedly restoring the American freedom of speech that our current elected government denies us through social media bans and cancel-culture. Keep up the good struggle; you (and peace-loving Americans) will surely be victorious.
This what happens when unfortunates have privileges.
Remember, we can control the atmosphere but nuclear power is too dangerous.
Demand Elon Musk release all the information about Twitter will destroy Biden,, his son, Obama, Clinton Family:, Pelosi, Harris, DNC, All Democrats in DC, CIA Director, FBI Director,, Republican Traders, Democrat Traders, All Biden’s Lawyes are to be arrested per last update online
idea: we take pictures of every post in the background, if there is a edit, it will show "edited". So u always know what the mainpost was. U just have to look it up, in a case
1:30
I'm waiting for Time Machine
Tesla Time Machine 🤣
Thank you, Elon!
Great answers by Elon and he came across really well but I found the interviewer to be a bit poor, repeating the same questions over & over again which is a shame as you could have asked Elon so much more in the same amount of time
100 to 200trillion in the US alone to improve the electrical system to eliminate ONLY gas and diesel vehicles ONLY in the US. if China and India increase their carbon foot print by just 10% per person America's reduction is completely negated. AND THEY WILL!
This interviewers energy man, seems somewhat passive aggressive with nervous jump ins before Elon finishes his thought.
Clone him
Elon Musk is an INTJ like me. So take a look at 16personalities 😉
When u success everyone said u are genius but if one day u fail all u get is u just another idiot after all so no matter how success u are stay humble
Do the batteries in electric cars still use lithium??? Very destructive to the environment that gives us all life and well being.
Its not about free speech its about control.
Cat girl robot hype
Brilliant man.
@TED team.. Guys refill his glass
His vision is so beautiful; he made me weep a bit.
Thankful for Elon
musk worse than putin.
Ummmm i don't care who he is! By what he is saying he is a part of the NWO "Green New Deal" agenda. So no thanks Elon..
Crypto currency and NFTs will outsmart the banking system in the nearest future serving as a global fiat. Already making over 85% profit from my current investment, all thanks to Mrs Karina Hilas.