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“There is a fundamental problem with regulators. If a regulator agrees to change a rule and something bad happens, they could easily lose their career. Whereas if they change a rule and something good happens, they don’t even get a reward. So, it’s very asymmetric. It’s then very easy to understand why regulators resist changing the rules. It’s because there’s a big punishment on one side and no reward on the other. How would any rational person behave in such a scenario?”
― Elon Musk: Inventing the Future
― Elon Musk: Inventing the Future
“The past is reinvented and becomes the future. But the lineage is everything.”
― Words Without Music: A Memoir
― Words Without Music: A Memoir
“If the rules are such that you can’t make progress, then you have to fight the rules.”
― Elon Musk: Inventing the Future
― Elon Musk: Inventing the Future
“You should take the approach that you’re wrong. Your goal is to be less wrong.”
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“He points out that one of the really tough things is figuring out what questions to ask,” Musk said. “Once you figure out the question, then the answer is relatively easy. I came to the conclusion that really we should aspire to increase the scope and scale of human consciousness in order to better understand what questions to ask.” The teenage Musk then arrived at his ultralogical mission statement. “The only thing that makes sense to do is strive for greater collective enlightenment,”
― Elon Musk: How the Billionaire CEO of SpaceX and Tesla is Shaping our Future
― Elon Musk: How the Billionaire CEO of SpaceX and Tesla is Shaping our Future
Jeff’s 2025 Year in Books
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