Elon Musk

Over time I think we will probably see a closer merger of biological intelligence and digital intelligence.

With artificial intelligence, we are summoning the demon. You know all those stories where there's the guy with the pentagram and the holy water, and he's like, yeah, he's sure he can control the demon? Doesn't work out.

If you look at space companies, they've failed either because they've had a technical solution where success was not a possible outcome, they were unable to attract a critical mass of talent, or they just ran out of money. The finish line is usually a lot further away than you think.

Silicon Valley has evolved a critical mass of engineers and venture capitalists and all the support structure - the law firms, the real estate, all that - that are all actually geared toward being accepting of startups.

Patience is a virtue, and I'm learning patience. It's a tough lesson.

America is the spirit of human exploration distilled.

I think we are at the dawn of a new era in commercial space exploration.

I've actually not read any books on time management.

I would like to die on Mars. Just not on impact.

I think most of the important stuff on the Internet has been built. There will be continued innovation, for sure, but the great problems of the Internet have essentially been solved.

I do think there should be some regulations on AI.

You need to be in the position where it is the cost of the fuel that actually matters and not the cost of building the rocket in the first place.