Elon Musk: SpaceX, Mars, Tesla Autopilot, Self-Driving, Robotics, and AI | Lex Fridman Podcast #252

Elon Musk: SpaceX, Mars, Tesla Autopilot, Self-Driving, Robotics, and AI | Lex Fridman Podcast #252 Lex Fridman 2.51M subscribers Subscribe 159K Share 7.1M views 1 year ago Lex Fridman Podcast Elon Musk is CEO of SpaceX, Tesla, Neuralink, and The Boring Company. To support this podcast by checking out our sponsors: … 15,238 Comments rongmaw lin Add a comment... Lex Fridman Pinned by Lex Fridman Lex Fridman 1 year ago (edited) Here are the timestamps. To support this podcast, check out our sponsors below. 0:00 - Introduction 0:07 - Elon singing 0:55 - SpaceX human spaceflight 7:40 - Starship 16:16 - Quitting is not in my nature 17:51 - Thinking process 27:25 - Humans on Mars 32:55 - Colonizing Mars 36:41 - Wormholes 41:19 - Forms of government on Mars 48:22 - Smart contracts 49:52 - Dogecoin 51:24 - Cryptocurrency and Money 57:33 - Bitcoin vs Dogecoin 1:00:16 - Satoshi Nakamoto 1:02:38 - Tesla Autopilot 1:05:44 - Tesla Self-Driving 1:17:48 - Neural networks 1:26:44 - When will Tesla solve self-driving? 1:28:48 - Tesla FSD v11 1:36:21 - Tesla Bot 1:47:01 - History 1:54:52 - Putin 2:00:32 - Meme Review 2:14:58 - Stand-up comedy 2:16:31 - Rick and Morty 2:18:10 - Advice for young people 2:26:08 - Love 2:29:01 - Meaning of life SPONSORS: - Athletic Greens: https://athleticgreens.com/lex and use code LEX to get 1 month of fish oil - ButcherBox: https://butcherbox.com/lex to get offers & discounts - InsideTracker: https://insidetracker.com/lex and use code Lex25 to get 25% off - ROKA: https://roka.com/ and use code LEX to get 20% off your first order - Eight Sleep: https://www.eightsleep.com/lex and use code LEX to get special savings 3.9K Reply 313 replies Brent Gilbert Brent Gilbert 1 year ago This is the best conversation between two robots that I’ve ever witnessed. 17K Reply 436 replies Temwani Nyondo Temwani Nyondo 1 month ago I like how Lex is always on the same wavelength as his guests 187 Reply 10 replies FEARISALIAR FEARISALIAR 1 month ago Bravo for Lex Fridman for asking people to take their biases aside and listen to the human being across from them so 60 Reply 3 replies Dhruv Varshney Dhruv Varshney 3 weeks ago Deeply appreciate this podcast! wish I could sponsor it! 14 Reply 3 replies Michael M Michael M 3 weeks ago this really is a fantastic interview. Elon shares some amazing insight into how he thinks. It shows in the stuff he makes - very much his mental state operates to reduce confusion, noise and drag and cuts to the heart of issues. "If you're living a useful life, that is a good life, a life worth having lived. Like I said, I would encourage people to use the mental tools of physics and apply them broadly in life. They are the best tools." 26 Reply 8 replies Magda Magda 10 days ago Shocked to Ellon's answers. Especially laughing off human suffering during world wars🧐 sounds like robots are coming 👁️thanks Lex for smart questions👍 2 Reply 2 replies T C T C 1 year ago Lex and Elon for two and a half hours. Dreams do come true! 3.8K Reply 74 replies Dan Dan 3 weeks ago These are the types of honest conversations that any politician under consideration should be subjected to and not being given the opportunity to waffle or deflect. Without this podcast, I may have painted an entirely different picture of Elon Musk based on mainstream sources. 11 Reply 3 replies E S E S 2 weeks ago implementing smart contracts as system of governance on Mars instead of traditional laws was such a good topic. not sure why you moved on to putting dogecoin to Mars without completing the topiv 1 Reply Greg Lozano Greg Lozano 4 weeks ago (edited) Great podcast and would recommend. Lex got one of the great world leaders of our time to quote Shakespeare and then segways into autopilot. What a time to be alive. 6 Reply Harry Patt Harry Patt 2 weeks ago Elon’s the kind of billionaire that wears a Star Trek or Rick n morty shirt to work. 3 Reply FEARISALIAR FEARISALIAR 1 month ago I love this interview 20 Reply Brenden Brenden 1 year ago I respect and appreciate Elons moments of pause to think and respond the way he wants, but damn there’s so many times I thought the podcast froze 🤣🤣🤣❤️ 1.7K Reply 103 replies John Doskocil John Doskocil 3 weeks ago I love your show. You can interview your guest without feeling like you need to competie with them, however 6 Reply 2 replies Curtis Taylor Curtis Taylor 4 weeks ago I'm surprised Elon doesn't talk about space elevators. 1 Reply Glenn Hiner Glenn Hiner 4 weeks ago Has any Government official, Agency, or Country ever asked the “Aliens” for help? Maybe it’s like the Prime Directive on Star Trek where they can’t interfere with other civilizations. But if the The UN asked or some world official made a plea for help—they might give us a hand? 4 Reply 2 replies Duc Le Duc Le 2 weeks ago I’m just glad everyone and everything is okay. ❤ 1 Reply Beth S Beth S 1 month ago Lex I have only recently learned of your podcasts and have so enjoyed every interview I’ve listened to. You certainly have a gift. Every interview is so relaxed and even keeled, you get a chance to really see your guests let down and enjoy themselves. Very well done. 97 Reply 1 reply Keith Remedy Keith Remedy 1 year ago Dare I say that this is easily Elon’s best interview by far. I think this has a lot to do with the fact that it’s Lex on the other side of the table. Lex, you are getting better & better at this too💪🏽 1.2K Reply 18 replies Gregory Zischke Gregory Zischke 1 month ago I also have an invention that will eliminate a race car from loosing rear grip that causes the car to go into a spin. Imagine entering a corner hot and having a technical previous non existing learned skill to control to slow or even bring to a stop the sliding out of cotrol ..loosing the rearend.. prior to my invention once the rear wheel traction goes away , and the spin begins, the driver was basically a passenger . Not any more. 3 Reply 2 replies Mercer Hayes Mercer Hayes 7 months ago this was more interesting than anything on tv for the last decade!! thanks i just discovered Lex today ,knocked it right outa the park 239 Reply 4 replies GamerZbes01 GamerZbes01 2 weeks ago After watching this first time, I am nowadays watching this video as asmr for better sleep 2 Reply Aaron Dough Aaron Dough 5 months ago This is only the second full podcast I've watched. (I've seen a few shorts ). I love how it doesn't have the feel of a podcast. It is more like two very intelligent people picking each other's brains and actually trying to answer every question to the best of their abilities. Nice work! I was/am an instant fan. 64 Reply Shabby Shabby 1 month ago I love your podcasts man! I especially love that you let the moments simmer, you’re not stressed to fill the lull’s with comments etc. Giving conversations time to breath is an incredible tool to bring great things out in people, perspectives, thoughts you wouldn’t have time to express otherwise. Thank you! 3 Reply 1 reply Canadian Prepper Canadian Prepper 1 year ago (edited) This was Elons best interview well done Lexicon 2.3K Reply 43 replies I Maks I Maks 6 months ago One of the best interviews when Elon felt so comfortable and genuine .. Lex you're doing a great job 26 Reply Denis Denis 3 months ago (edited) It's my first interview I watch of this guy and it's obviously because of Elon but I simply cannot help but appreciate the moments how Lex gives him time to think and isn't too pushy in asking - next question and the next question.. those pauses are so valuable!! Need more of that! Great job LEX and team!!! 25 Reply Gareth Moore Gareth Moore 2 months ago I am particularly enjoying this episode because they are people who, I think, would be friends outside of work. I've never seen Elon so relaxed and talkative in an interview before. He is with someone who speaks his language. Great to see 34 Reply Zultzify Zultzify 6 months ago lex might be the best match for interviews with elon, they have a funny chemistry together and are similar in many ways 28 Reply Влад Игнатьев Влад Игнатьев 5 months ago Lex, я «подсел» на Ваши интервью с Вашими гениальными гостями, трудно представить большее удовольствие, чем слушать и наблюдать мировых интеллектуалов. Спасибо! 16 Reply Roch Brz Roch Brz 1 year ago I love how Lex gives Elon time to think before answering the question, and that Elon takes time to think before answering. We need more of that. 970 Reply 17 replies Monkey Monkey 1 month ago Incredible human to human interaction between two nonhumans. Kudos fellas. 4 Reply For The Hell Of It For The Hell Of It 3 months ago Man. How this must of hit just after Christmas 2021? I am watching it now and am in awe of Lex's ability to banter with Elon as if he was a college equal. Do not forget Lex works at MIT - the greatest knowledge centre of the world I would venture to claim. So doing this with the greatest technologist of our generation is inspiring. We can just talk to anyone about anything and expand human consciousness. Without judgement or seeing our divides. Great podcast Lex. I am watching so much of your content of late. I am glad I do. 14 Reply 2 replies Jim Farey Jim Farey 6 months ago Brilliant. Elon is brilliant and Lex did another amazing job of bringing us this insight into our world pioneers and leaders. Thank you both. 31 Reply Matt Williams Matt Williams 1 month ago Lex, just found your podcast yesterday man, I love it and you ask some really good ass questions! Definitely will be checkin out who else you’ve had on 13 Reply 2 replies Zahub Shahid Zahub Shahid 1 year ago This is the most laid back and relaxed version of Elon I've seen on any podcast. 621 Reply 25 replies L Be L Be 1 month ago (edited) Well done, beautiful questions - I learned a lot, took notes. Free and transparent Business Coaching and Advice from the Best - Thank you Lex 💫 1 Reply Man da Grub Man da Grub 4 weeks ago I love the way Elon thinks. It’s like there are 3 axioms being considered all the time: 1) Working with the resources and abilities we have at present 2) working with the idea of a perfect outcome based on moving atoms (mass) from a to b. And 3) how we can meet in the middle of 1 and 2. 5 Reply Nik Teshy Nik Teshy 1 month ago Спасибо Lex Fridman за шикарный и содержательный подкаст (podcast) и Elon Musk))) 5 Reply William Espinosa William Espinosa 3 months ago It's a privilege to listen to conversation and explore the possibilities that are discussed 4 Reply Briony Palmer Briony Palmer 1 month ago Two men genuinely discussing a topic like love! How refreshing and beautiful to see. I’m not sure if men know what to do with genuine/authentic/real love. Elon saying love is perplexing!?! Keep up the great work👏🏻 4 Reply Wael Bouabda Wael Bouabda 1 year ago Elon musk is appearing on the pod almost as often as Michael Malice does! Getting my popcorn ready this one is a banger! 1.4K Reply 11 replies Art of Self-Mastery Art of Self-Mastery 6 months ago Lex love your interviews, my favorite interviewer for sure 3 Reply John Gammeter John Gammeter 1 month ago 27:47 Something about Elon's "hm" and long pause - him going through it all in his head, and giving a realistic answer. Truly inspiring. 1 Reply Wendy Wendy 5 months ago Great conversation. Thank you, Lex. 7 Reply Kim Woodrum Kim Woodrum 4 months ago Excellent insights. Thank you to both of you🌟 8 Reply Palm Beach Customs Palm Beach Customs 1 month ago Great Questions and discussion well done Boys ! 2 Reply aqynbc aqynbc 1 year ago I remember when they had their first interview. Elon was quite cold, but professional. 3rd time around, both enjoying each other's company. Great to see. 272 Reply 6 replies Kalanda Hoffman Kalanda Hoffman 2 months ago What a great day it would be if a couple of cool guys like you two could take a look at Roger spurs work.. scientist and academia have treated him terribly. A nicer man couldn't be more deserving. What a great conversation. Love your show and I watch everything Elon . 1 Reply Juliuseizuregaming Juliuseizuregaming 1 month ago i enjoy Lex's podcasts man he a good dude 1 Reply Money Talks.. Money Talks.. 10 days ago I thank my lucky stars I can watch and LEARN a lot from podcasts especially this one with Master of the Universe Elon Musk and Lex it's proper proper good. Reply TheAngel TheAngel 6 months ago Thanks for this excellent podcast. 6 Reply Heidi Heidi 2 months ago Excellent podcast, thank you! 4 Reply Emergence Emergence 1 year ago Lex is the right person to be interviewing Elon. 501 Reply 10 replies Truth and Justice Truth and Justice 9 days ago Elon and Lex work very well...seen many interviews and this was top notch. Lex is just such a great guy and Elon is fascinating. Reply Outländer Outländer 1 month ago (edited) King Elon of Engineers. Congrats Lexi this is the biggest interview to get, be proud! Reply O.T. Oss O.T. Oss 1 month ago (edited) 1:49:19 The best. Contrast with 2:04:30 1 Reply Spcysls Spcysls 1 month ago When he was talking about neural networks I was curious to see with all the optimizations and finding the bottlenecks, if they’re forced to use ECC memory and also how to he keeps the computers in check in order to ensure no hardware errors which could be disastrous 2 Reply michael snyder michael snyder 2 weeks ago Wow real intellectual connection when lex brought up Shakespeare and didn’t finish and Elon finished. I feel like stuff like that is portrayed in movies and art but when it happens it’s quite amazing. No homo tho😂 2 Reply Tdl Australia Tdl Australia 1 year ago He seems to open up to you a lot more. Probably because you give him time to think a question through before answering and you don't ask typical stupid questions. Great job man. 275 Reply 4 replies Red Deep Red Deep 6 months ago Elon is so interesting, half way through the video I now realize after 2 days of watching Lex he is a interesting man himself just subbed 2 Reply Patrik Richter Patrik Richter 6 months ago I thoroughly enjoyed this interview between Elon & yourself. Thanks Lex 7 Reply Al B 🗽 Al B 🗽 2 weeks ago The closing quotation is so true. You wouldn’t give up on your child because they only had a 10% chance of surviving cancer. And you don’t give up on humanity and become a cynic just because things look grim. 7 Reply Katherine doughty Katherine doughty 2 months ago Lex, Elon...Thank you both for all that you've both done. Thank you for all you both are doing. Most of all, I really appreciate you both making the process of your projects open to the public, not making the assumption the general public is too uneducated or uninterested to learn new exciting things. I send much love to you both!! 10 Reply 5 replies PAZ-CIENCIA Y CIA SAS PAZ-CIENCIA Y CIA SAS 1 month ago Very exiting conversation which rings light to a lot of challenges of Tesla service. 1 Reply Kevin O'Connor Kevin O'Connor 11 months ago Elon is in a great mood in this. Love to see him this way. 914 Reply 35 replies Courtnee Bolton Courtnee Bolton 1 month ago Great interview, i love when an interviewer asks a question and then follows up with a listen. And after that a question...... 8 Reply SubjectChan SubjectChan 2 weeks ago 18:00 to 28:00 is actually game changing for not only me but people who would consider implementing this in their business. 4 Reply Boxless Thinker Boxless Thinker 1 month ago I so appreciate Elon’s reduction of complex questions to the gating factors -while looking at the pile of problems to establish a self-sustaining colony on Mars, Elon reduces it to a central big picture question - if we can’t get there (to Mars) the subsequent difficult engineering questions do not matter. In this way, he is focused on both the underlying logic and details but also on the big picture. This takes disciplined thinking coupled with intense mental commitment. Great job Lex in both creating and asking intelligent questions, but also in providing intentional timing for Elon to formulate his best answer. It seems most interviewers interrupt people like Musk when he is working through the questions that must be solved to arrive at his best answer. A chess grandmaster could answer a question about his tenth move in a theoretical game but he must first play the game in his mind for nine moves to give you his best answer. Knowing when to be quiet while your guest works through some difficult answers is something Lex is unusually good at. Thank you Lex for another great interview! 1 Reply Luis Pedroza Luis Pedroza 4 months ago The chemistry between these two really comes through!! 2 Reply cj432T cj432T 2 weeks ago (edited) Wonderful. Thank you both. * He must have the best team in the world? EM & LF give me hope for the future. 17:46 says it all. 5 Reply katadareTube katadareTube 1 year ago (edited) I loved how Lex let the interview breathe. The moments of silence (where I had to check to see if the video was buffering or stopped) actually added gravitas to the question and subsequent thoughtful response. It was like Elon was playing out all of the probabilities of his responses before answering. Amazing to watch (and listen!) Way better than the WSJ interview… Keep up the great work! 322 Reply 10 replies Michael Gonzales Michael Gonzales 5 months ago Lex brings out a whole different Elon I think due to his comforting sense knowing lex is also freakishly intelligent 2 Reply Drax S Drax S 6 months ago Thank you for putting such nice timestamps. 3 Reply Ben Falk Ben Falk 2 days ago Great interview.. I am struck by Elon’s view that life isn’t already everywhere. I can see why one feels this way but that level of materialism seems Ill founded. Also, getting to a place like mars only matters if inhabiting it is possible, it goes both ways. And human eye sight is actually relatively fantastic. Reply NickitOff NickitOff 7 months ago Elon's quote, "When something is important enough, you do it. Even if the odds are not in your favor." This is love in action! Emotions are artificial, changing like the tide. What we factually know and experience together also bind us together. That connection is love. 1 Reply Oksy Scan Oksy Scan 5 months ago The best inspiring conversation, thanks so much, Lex Fridman 2 Reply Hristo Mitkov Hristo Mitkov 1 year ago My vote for "The podcast of the 2021". Such a nice surprise for the holidays. Great timing, great topics and questions. Thank you, Lex! You are getting better and better, man! Oss! 319 Reply 1 reply Dcd Dcd 6 months ago You know when lex is the “cool one” that this discussion is going to be interesting. 2 Reply Scott 🌎 Scott 🌎 2 days ago So much respect for he both of you. Reply Kat Ballou Kat Ballou 2 months ago (edited) Yes , Elon is right about reading & Encyclopedia Britannica is a wonderful source of general knowledge . We had a copy I learned so much from it- it was an important part of my education. I would spend hours reading it. 1 Reply Vladimir Mihnev Vladimir Mihnev 6 months ago the AI talk was fantastic to hear even though I don't have anything close to a idea what language they are talking in most of the time. lol 🤣 But I already feel smarter! If I listen to this podcasts for a week, my IQ will double... can wait to get to 77 points and stop been considered a idiot by some. Pogers 1 Reply Chase Simpson Chase Simpson 5 months ago I love the stoic otter chilling next to Lex, seems like it's always waiting for the right time to chime in Reply dunkinvideos dunkinvideos 1 year ago Love how relaxed and goofy Elon is with Lex, he must feel comfortable with our Lexbot 3000 485 Reply 10 replies Red Block Red Block 5 months ago Elon was having fun all the way thru, amazing 2 Reply Helene Larsen Helene Larsen 1 month ago Very interesting conversation, Now I would love to hear you two debate the documentary film "American Moon", because as you mention, you have to define the premisses and calculation made on a wrong premise will never ad up no matter how much time you use. Reply Crystal Livas Crystal Livas 4 months ago Elon almost becoming human. Lex poetically leading him to comfortable relaxed honesty.... science can be poetic. Reply Mikko Rantalainen Mikko Rantalainen 6 months ago (edited) I'm not sure if I'd call Elon a genius but he's definitely very smart nonetheless. The most interesting thing for me (as a software developer) is the amount of details he knows about Tesla FSD implementation details and he still uses lots of his time on SpaceX. If Tesla FSD were the only thing Elon were doing it would be much more expected to know this kind of details. 1 Reply Will F. Will F. 1 month ago You ask some of the best questions of any Elon interviewer. Reply Ali Mamman Ali Mamman 1 year ago Nothing is more sincere than a person taking time to ponder a question. It increases the probability that the answer will be useful…and mostly unique. Thanks Lex, thanks again Elon. 274 Reply 2 replies Sascha Atta Sascha Atta 1 month ago One of the most amazing 👏 man of our time... such a intriguing interview... thanks both... keep up the good work. 1 Reply InternationalPBR Allison InternationalPBR Allison 6 months ago Don’t know why this interview went bad. All interviews you do are great. 3 Reply Moni O. Moni O. 5 months ago (edited) 45 seconds into this. Nobody ever managed to make Elon be actually funny (at leats on camera) :)) Lex is just amazing, I have no words. I'm grateful for his existence. Reply Somebody U. Usedtoknow Somebody U. Usedtoknow 4 months ago You guys are both the bomb!! 1 Reply Ryan P Muller DC Ryan P Muller DC 1 month ago Once you have this vector space conversion problem solved, imagine how much of this system could be made into augmented VR systems Reply Fabian Mango Fabian Mango 1 year ago Holy shit, imagine getting 2 and half hours of one of the busiest man on the planet for your podcast, man. Respect, you totally deserve it! 278 Reply 4 replies oileng lai oileng lai 6 months ago so awesome to hear great mind conversation .....I've one question that I've always wanted to ask Elon which is, " WHY MARS THAT HAS ALREADY DIED AND SO MUCH NEO INNOVATIONS & ADAPTATIONS REQUIRED BEFORE LIVABILITY ??!! Reply Chinonge Bob Chinonge Bob 1 month ago Physics, Engineering, Philosophy, and Business in one Lecture.... Wow. Reply Douglas Brislinger Douglas Brislinger 2 days ago There are self driving semi trucks already. Reply Join Capt. Matthew Join Capt. Matthew 1 month ago One of the first things he said was," I love Humanity". Thank you Elon for saying that. I'm sick and tired of humanity being put down all the time and under constant attack by cultural monsters. It's really uplifting to hear you, or anyone any money or power to say those positive words. Thank you. Reply driggs driggs 4 months ago Same for vacuum sealed tunnels lifted by magnets. The energy savings and speed would be crazy. Reply Brandon May Brandon May 1 year ago I recognize and appreciate how comfortable Elon is on here. Doing Gods work Lex 316 Reply 7 replies ThothHeartMaat ThothHeartMaat 4 weeks ago that problem of seeing two people walk behind a bus and you know theyre still there.. thats like tracking a ship from a submarine.. you take a position then you get another position a minute later then determine its course and rate of speed.. ai would have to do this in seconds or milliseconds.. plotting courses.. bonus points if you can fire and hit them with a torpedo when they get to where you plotted their location to be.. i play this game a lot... its fun.. but hard.. 1 Reply Daniel Crooks Daniel Crooks 7 months ago I like how Lex gives Elon time to frame his answers in a way that even if you don't know much about the topic you can understand. It looks like Elon hears the question, then if you look in his eyes he's processing about 1000 plus minutae flying through his head related to the topic. Then he narrows his focus and in a clear and concise manner to give the most relevant answer....i enjoy hearing him speak. 5 Reply mayy kapp mayy kapp 1 month ago (edited) Elon is serious, calm, very cosentrated, very natural and very simple. I felt in love... Reply Giovanni Fosko Giovanni Fosko 6 months ago You 2 Guys are Soo Smart Funny and Quick Witted. 😊 Reply J Leone J Leone 2 weeks ago Is there even a .01% chance Lex could get Putin on? 1 Reply 1 reply Tyler D Tyler D 1 year ago The difference in how he handles these interviews is a completely different level than his first one on JRE. Glad to see the growth. 536 Reply 81 replies Melki Hassa Melki Hassa 6 months ago Thank you Lex and Elon for this talk 45:00 very important Reply HD HD 6 months ago Lex: Activate serious mode. Elon: Initiate humour database. Human interaction affirmative. Reply blue blue 1 month ago (edited) 1:39:20 the level of enthusiasm and energy behind that question blew me tf away Reply Michael Burkey Michael Burkey 6 months ago The trusting think about Elon is his long pauses and his corrections and ability to wait until he has an answer that he accepts Reply bucky bucky 3 months ago the advice for young people is so simple yet so great. thank you elon 1 Reply M Mariner M Mariner 1 year ago I love Elon's quotes "Put in a hard day's work and try to be useful to humankind ... create more than you consume ..." and "learn a little about a lot of things ... read about a broad range of topics" as advice for our next generation!!! 250 Reply 7 replies Pat Bryant Pat Bryant 7 months ago You guys awesome, 😆 😉 great conversation, 💯🌎🇺🇸 🇺🇸 Musk is Genius ❤️💚 1 Reply Harshal Rasal Harshal Rasal 1 month ago (edited) The only person on the globe making the best use of computer science and physics together on an highly ambitious level and at extremely large scale. Reply Alex Briones Alex Briones 2 months ago The most shocking of Elon's way of thinking is this: He does not care about being optimistic or pessimistic, he only cares about doing it and finishing the goal. And if I could define his genius is that he knows how to streamline processes, i.e. he did not invent a rocket but he made the most efficient in history. He did not invent the electric car, but he made the most efficient in history. 1 Reply Stefaan Stefaan 6 months ago Awesome conversation! 💪 Reply May-Maytany MAYTANY_S May-Maytany MAYTANY_S 3 months ago So in love with this Amazon human being,thank you for your 3rd interview with Elon🙏💕 1 Reply 1 reply xflyingtiger xflyingtiger 1 year ago Loved this interview. I was struck by Elon's advice for life, "Try and be useful." He went on to say that being useful was incredibly difficult. I believe being useful can be simply a state of mind. My daughter manages an AM/PM selling junk food and gasoline. But she is so important for so many people just going through their day. To some many people, filling their tank on the way to work and grabbing a quick cup of coffee and some donuts is such a vital part of their day. My daughter keeps a very clean well stocked store and she is polite and cheerful to everyone she meets. She actually attracts repeat customers. How do I know? Customers have told her so. She is, in short, useful. We all have purpose if we look for it 404 Reply 31 replies