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Walter Isaacson
“This is how civilizations decline. They quit taking risks. And when they quit taking risks, their arteries harden. Every year there are more referees and fewer doers.” That’s why America could no longer build things like high-speed rail or rockets that go to the moon. “When you’ve had success for too long, you lose the desire to take risks.”
Walter Isaacson, Elon Musk

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“Perhaps, he ruminated, Twitter should have an impulse-control delay button.”
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“By sending their factories abroad, American companies saved labor costs, but they lost the daily feel for ways to improve their products.”
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“said. “Right now, Twitter’s suppression of speech is far in excess of the law.”
Walter Isaacson, Elon Musk

Walter Isaacson
“When one of the alums, Mark Woolway, asked him what he planned to do next, Musk answered, “I’m going to colonize Mars. My mission in life is to make mankind a multiplanetary civilization.”
Walter Isaacson, Elon Musk

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