Elon Musk talks Twitter, Tesla and how his brain works — live at TED2022 8,170,889 viewsStreamed live on Apr 14, 2022

Elon Musk talks Twitter, Tesla and how his brain works — live at TED2022 8,170,889 viewsStreamed live on Apr 14, 2022 167K DISLIKE SHARE DOWNLOAD CLIP SAVE TED 21.2M subscribers 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: https://youtu.be/YRvf00NooN8 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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TED's videos may be used for non-commercial purposes under a Creative Commons License, Attribution–Non Commercial–No Derivatives (or the CC BY – NC – ND 4.0 International) and in accordance with our TED Talks Usage Policy (https://www.ted.com/about/our-organiz... ). For more information on using TED for commercial purposes (e.g. employee learning, in a film or online course), please submit a Media Request at https://media-requests.ted.com 15,217 Comments rongmaw lin Add a comment... jokkerBANG jokkerBANG 2 weeks ago Watching history happen in real time is quite a privilege. I love that they make this freely available. 8.7K Sam Harper Sam Harper 2 days ago "My motivating philosophy...to understand what questions to ask about the answer that is the universe" - absolutely love that 24 KelvinxG KelvinxG 2 days ago It's so refreshing to hear someone has a strong passion for something. 126 4nathalyna 4nathalyna 2 days ago Merci for this great interview! We need so much more people who have that thirst for truth, that thrust for making a beautiful future..Elon is the only truth seeker among all these magnats of industry and data and other. Thank you Elon! 52 Jo Paul Jo Paul 1 day ago (edited) "I am open to ideas.... I am open to suggestions." That is why this guy has value. He cares about what people think, knows when someone provides a better idea, AND is willing to take action on and give credit where credit is due. He doesn't 'appear' to care about fame, fortune, and power the way many politicians, lobbyists and elites do. He doesn't come across as self-absorbed and self-important AT ALL. 42 For Peace For Peace 3 days ago (edited) First time I have ever watched an interview of Mr. Musk and a candid one at that. This was great insight into him without a spin by the media. Might have changed the lens from which I am viewing all that is happening in the world. 20 Muhsin Tabatabayee Muhsin Tabatabayee 2 weeks ago I used to be self-conscious about my stuttering problem, but seeing Elon comfortable in his skin and achieve the success he has is truly inspiring. My favorite talk of his to date. 7.2K John Thomas Kooz Kuczmarski John Thomas Kooz Kuczmarski 2 days ago From conquering his Aspergers to his devotion to his companies to his technological visionary views....I really admire and like Elon Musk even more than already did, now after watching this exchange. Great talk! I appreciate and can relate to his "obsession with truth". That's an admirable quality, really. Always a treat to see and hear more of Chris Anderson, too! 45 Michael Grant Michael Grant 1 day ago Everything about Tesla is crazy! The battery life, the tail lights, the interior etc. Tesla stocks is the best of them all! I have always hoped to invest in Tesla stocks one day but the thought of doing so without enough knowledge of the stocks market makes the whole thing less attractive to me. One cannot afford to lose any money in this era. 246 Tjorpas Tjorpas 2 days ago This man will be one of the men of our century and perhaps more. Truly a genius at work leading humanity towards the future not by weapons technology and cold war, but by loving humanity and not caring only about economic gain. In modern science and technology, this man will be remembered amongst the greats. 76 Tucson Time Tucson Time 5 days ago Thank you Ted. Loved this interview. Believe in a beautiful future and fight for it. Thank you Elon.🙏 29 Michel Provencher Michel Provencher 2 days ago I’ve just become an Elon Musk fan. Deep good soul vibes from here to him. 31 alec Cadell alec Cadell 2 weeks ago This really expanded my view of Elon Musk, seeing how sensitive he is to the difficulties we face and yet how stubbornly hopeful he is that we can build a better world. You can feel it really matters to him. We need more of this optimism and principle in the people we allow to dictate the path of our future. I wish him well. 2K Ghostd 1984 Ghostd 1984 4 days ago He’s a dreamer with knowledge and also an amazing business mind. Everything needs money, including research. Nothing is free in life. That includes time for everyone involved, scientists, biologists, psychologists, ergonomists, and geologists. He has an obscene amount to pay for the best because he has worked with his mind. It’s nothing less than working hard physically for money. Money that you want to work for you instead of always paying to earn that money 54 Mimi Dancer Mimi Dancer 3 days ago There were a few moments where Elon filled up, and I just wanted to give him a hug. He's such an incredibly, humble and selfless person and I wish he had someone special to help him through painful moments. 41 Alexander Nikolaidis Alexander Nikolaidis 1 day ago (edited) Only Love & Admiration for this Man. He means so much to the world in a time when so many don't. 4 jasonp825 jasonp825 4 days ago I'd love to hang out with Elon for a few weeks just to absorb some of his thought processes and see how he functions. Truly a legend in the making. 20 Happy Hour Experience with The Drunken Grape Happy Hour Experience with The Drunken Grape 4 days ago Great interview, so engaging. I love how down to earth Elon really is, and how much care and empathy he has for humanity. He is really such a great inspiration. 172 John Davey John Davey 2 weeks ago It's good to hear Elon Musk talk about his enemies in stark, blunt terms. Different from his competitors whom he treats with amusement, but respect. An important distinction. 931 365DCVideoChallenge 365DCVideoChallenge 1 day ago Musk!!!! The man, the legend, the hero we never knew we needed!! 4 John Ames John Ames 13 days ago Elon's willingness to be vulnerable on a global stage is one of his most remarkable qualities that I think is overlooked. He doesn't use Aspergers as a crutch but instead provides an honest and what sounds to me as a raw experience in his childhood navigating his environment as a means of relatability. Notwithstanding, like so many others have commented on this thread, Elon being one of the greatest minds of any generation. We are fortunate to have him trying to advance humanity forward not just through technology but also by creating dialogue regarding the importance of maintaining what our founding fathers envisioned for free speech. 224 cmk seven cmk seven 2 days ago (edited) Truly: An amazing person! He deserves to be rewarded and applauded for that! 16 YouToo YouToo 2 days ago (edited) The fact he has time for all this AMAZES me ...I can barely get through my daily to-do list 😂 16 Alex Manga Alex Manga 4 days ago Amazing interview loved the part that goods and services are going to available to everyone,be blessed for all your work guys and thank you for putting together such smart ✨. 24 Ghosting Hoes Ghosting Hoes 4 days ago I agree with him on keeping the speech free and not deleting people's posts, even if they're wrong or dangerous. We saw what happened, even if the post posed an unfavorable position, deleting it only escalates things. Keep the post up, but allow people to criticize the post. It's not good enough to delete people's stupid posts, you have to explain to them in simple terms and with references, why the post is wrong. Even if the post is hate speech or dangerous, it's been my observation that deleting it only puts fuel on the fire. Then the people pushing the narratives in the post have an opportunity to take advantage and say, "see they deleted my post, they don't want you know the truth." And that's why half the country is believing easy to debunk conspiracy theories. 13 Electric Future Electric Future 2 weeks ago Humanity is lucky to have Elon Musk. 635 Eugene Eugene 4 days ago (edited) Always a educational platform when Elons envolved. Wish I knew how he keeps it all together and makes it work. He is America's Heroe for alot of reasons. When I see him with his kids, I have to say "Theres a family living the American Dream". God Bless Elon and his Family. 32 Janet Becker Janet Becker 4 days ago I certainly hope Elon Musk shares more with those of us wanting to listen. 8 Sharon Nugent Sharon Nugent 3 days ago Honest, amazing person. Will look forward to seeing more. 18 Ella Robert Ella Robert 2 days ago Many thanks to all the people who buy Tesla cars, thanks also to the investors! You help change the world! 323 Sue Palmer Sue Palmer 4 days ago An amazing interview thank you so much I have a new view and a new opinion of Elon Musk after this and it’s very positive. 15 James Cantrell James Cantrell 2 weeks ago It's wild to think that these interviews and talks with Elon will be watched again and again by people that aren't even alive yet. Powerful content. ⚡ 599 asioe kiou asioe kiou 4 days ago History being written in real life - extraordinary times we are living and witnessing. Elon has certainly written his name in the history books. 52 Alpho Galway Alpho Galway 3 days ago Thanks to TED, this interview is very enriching. Elon Musk is such a refreshing voice for the no voices in the world. Freedom of speech is real Elon. I am sure he will put restrictions on certain commendations. He has to follow the laws of free speech. If we can have Tic Tok, we can have freedom of speech on tweeter.. You will never be able to please everybody, but Elon is doing a fabulous job at.. 11 Christine Hannah Christine Hannah 3 days ago Just WOW! What an amazing mind... I didn't notice him stuttering at first until I glanced at the comments then reviewed a bit... my mind just followed him explaining his incredible ideas for the near future. My mind works way to fast most times, and never really shuts off--a blessing and curse depending on the situation. I totally get him...if I wasn't 3/12 years younger .... :) 7 French Provincial French Provincial 2 days ago An amazing young man. I love his honesty, he reminds me of the late Christopher Hitchens who was very honest. I love the fact he believes in free speech it's so important. 2 Hallows Eve Hallows Eve 3 days ago They’re asking him questions that will require a whole team of engineers, system architects, product managers, analysts…etc to come up with! What’s important is he wants these concepts to be spearheaded in the company. 8 Bibek Dhakal Bibek Dhakal 2 weeks ago 11:27 Welcoming Elon Musk 11:46 Elon Offer to Buy Twitter 27:14 Tesla 42:38 Brain of Elon 459 Teddy Dorival Teddy Dorival 3 days ago 3 important years. Thanks for hanging tight and pushing through team. Alot of respect 5 Barbara Dunham Barbara Dunham 3 days ago Wish to see more such videos keep them coming. 2 Ivan Laplante Ivan Laplante 2 weeks ago Elon literally is the only person making me reconsider my pessimistic view of the future while almost anything else happening in our era reinforce this view. Thank you, it means a lot. 1.8K Joanna Joanna 18 hours ago Amazing interview loved the part that goods and services are going to available to everyone,be blessed for all your work guys and thank you for putting together such smart . 1 Max Powers Max Powers 3 days ago (edited) Elon is on another level.... Tesla, DaVinci, Edison, Hawkin, Einstein would be proud. Keep it coming Elon. Complacency is devastating and success is never final. 11 Ed Fast Ed Fast 22 hours ago The more I learn about Elon Musk, the greater the light I see him. He is a genius and an amazing man who is truly helping to make the world a better place to live. rbsmiles rbsmiles 4 days ago I absolutely love that Elon doesn't give a damn about the economics and he's doing it for humanitarian reasons. An enormously thoughtful man. And it is quite interesting to me knowing what I do about autistic people that he possesses a great deal of empathy which is rather unusual. That is not to say all aspies don't have empathy, but it is a symptom that many of them don't have. I believe he is blessed and being guided by God whether he knows it or not. It's really irrelevant. He is much closer to God than he would like to admit to himself. 6 jojo bush jojo bush 2 days ago (edited) When someone with so much to lose is willing to invest in something that could cause so much loss and pain if not managed correctly is an excellent way to find the real truths within societies. 3 Supreme Reader Supreme Reader 2 weeks ago It's such a good idea to make Twitters algorithms open sourced, cuz otherwise even with technical free speech the owners could hide things. 585 GenX Guy Bali GenX Guy Bali 3 days ago I love watching him speak. He always speaks as if he knows something more than everybody else but tries so hard not to let on that he does..🤷‍♂️ 21 Ethel Seminario-Laczko Ethel Seminario-Laczko 2 days ago A brilliant and amazing mind with a passionate love for our planet! 2 Youseph Moussa Youseph Moussa 2 days ago Elon controlling the conversation the whole time is iconic haha 2 Clarinet_Guy Clarinet_Guy 2 days ago I think I’m safe in saying that Elon Musk is one of my personal heroes. It’s such a shame that people are freaking out over the Twitter buyout when his positions on the matter are nothing short of reasonable. 11 Julia☸️🕊 Julia☸️🕊 4 days ago The story of Elon Musk is my personal Cinderellastory. He is speaking for all the underrated people…like he was… Maybe he is a timetraveller who wants to change mankinds future and just tries to rescue humans from selfdestruction 4 Kimi95 Kimi95 2 weeks ago This man makes me want to work harder on my dreams and aspirations. He is just proof that if you put enough effort and time into it you can achieve great things. 306 michael ougarezos michael ougarezos 1 day ago I am proud of Elon going on towards of peace on earth. 3 Vilda Olsen Vilda Olsen 3 days ago This young man Elon Musk is abnormally abnormally normal. He is abnormal to you is OK and we can accept it because hes honest about it hes a very normal decent man. I have great respect for Elon Musk God-bless him and keep him safe as he works through his life and does things for humanity 9 Ithar Momin Ithar Momin 2 days ago I love Elon! such a brilliant man, humble, thoughtful person ! 18 Rita Musk Rita Musk 2 days ago You are pioneering this world like noone else, so smile and feel love. I devoted to you, Elon🚀❤️ 4 rks4011 rks4011 4 days ago (edited) More Elon Musk. Everyday. One of the few inspirational people on YouTube. 6 Seager Mason Seager Mason 2 weeks ago I have been watching very Elon Musk interview since 2013, and this one is among the best. The overwhelming impression for me from all the cues in his interviews is that he is scrupulously honest, cares deeply about humanity, is massively driven to make the future better. It amazes me that there are still people out there who consider him a liar and a fraud. 475 Joe D Joe D 2 days ago I am by no means a network coder, but it sounds like Elon's suggestion of open-sourcing the algorithm turns Twitter into a sort of Wikipedia where everyone is supposed to democratically decide on content. This idea, to me, works better than shadow overseers quietly banning speech based on their assumptions of what is appropriate and what is not. Not easy or clean by any stretch of the imagination, but a step in the right direction in turns of platform transparency and user freedoms. This will definitely be a learning process and I'm not entirely sure Elon will end up keeping Twitter for long, but at least someone is trying keep electronic discourse as close to constitutionally protected rights as possible. 2 Nitin Paul Nitin Paul 7 days ago I just love that Elon never jumps into answers. He puts in a lot of thought before responding. Truely an inspiration. 325 Terri K. Terri K. 14 hours ago Thank you Elon for believing in the hope for humanity and expressing this publicly. Out children need to hear this! I wish you the best in all your endeavors! Your intelligence and humility is truly a gift most do not have. We are blessed to have you fighting for our future in environment and democracy! Manuel Ggrey Manuel Ggrey 2 days ago Three words I took from him..."Sooner is Better"....He speaks like a man on a mission, like every single minute matters. 99 CB CB 4 days ago Kudos to the 7 people in the audience who actually believe that people who don’t live in their narrow-minded echo chamber should have the right to speak their mind. 2 Rolland Rolland 4 days ago This Man is Brilliant! So much knowledge and self driven! A HERO! 3 gloria Cote gloria Cote 1 day ago A very cool, extremely brilliant and highly conscious individual, Mr. Musk. 1 Dermot Murphy Dermot Murphy 2 weeks ago This man is gonna change the world even more than he already has! We are watching History unfold here.... 166 Xavier Koolat Xavier Koolat 3 days ago Truly a once in a lifetime hero. Thanks, Elon, thanks. 4 Mis Styles Mis Styles 2 days ago I have completely fallen in love from this interview. What an incredible human being. 1 Robert Daniels Robert Daniels 4 days ago (edited) I KNEW IT!! Everything Elon has done so far has been geared to do one thing. Build a robot. A GIRL robot. Every nerds ultimate goal. I love this guy 4 Mary Carman Mary Carman 4 days ago I am so proud of you Elon Musk.. when I saw that you bought Twitter I was so excited so I shared on my Facebook page so everyone could see.. this is what I said.. Congratulations to Elon Musk he bought Twitter..and he believes In the freedom of speech. 14 Sue Rain Sue Rain 2 days ago Thank you for your wonderful show it is nice to hear good news 1 Soj. H Soj. H 2 weeks ago Elon is absolutely right on the importance of free speech in social platforms. Kudos to him for highlighting this issue in the news. For a functional democracy, we all need to protect the rights of those who talk about things that we don’t like. 284 Amere Mortal Amere Mortal 5 days ago What an incredible interviewer. I sense empathy, respect, curiosity… 20 Henk de Groot Henk de Groot 3 days ago It is hard to understand how Tesla is so anti "right to repair" because when you listen to Elon Musk it must be something he would embrace instead. Hard to combine his vision with Tesla's reality today. I mean having to buy a whole new battery pack when a nozzle breaks does not sound sustainable and caring for the environment to me. Or the inability to replace just the broken cells instead of replacing all, prompting a Finnish Tesla owner to blow up his car instead. It is a strange contradiction to what Elon expresses in talks like these. 5 scott whiteside scott whiteside 1 day ago I'm of