13 Elon Musk and Why SpaceX Will Colonize Mars — transcript highlights
Founders · David Senra · 2017-08-27
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What the transcript keeps returning to
Product
“What, what, what you'll see here in, that echoes the Tesla post is how they had like a multi, multi-plan, um, uh…”
The useful question here is not whether this sentence is a universal rule. It is what operating choice the episode places behind it: product.
Focus
“In this case, self-sustaining has a simple definition.”
The useful question here is not whether this sentence is a universal rule. It is what operating choice the episode places behind it: focus.
People
“Many more people on the moon, a permanent moon base, people on Mars, and beyond.”
The useful question here is not whether this sentence is a universal rule. It is what operating choice the episode places behind it: people.
Persistence
“The first is just, uh, what Tim was referring to as, like, backing up a hard drive, so putting the human species…”
The useful question here is not whether this sentence is a universal rule. It is what operating choice the episode places behind it: persistence.
Capital
“Once you have more money than it realistically that you'd spend in one lifetime, even though I know people have blown through…”
The useful question here is not whether this sentence is a universal rule. It is what operating choice the episode places behind it: capital.
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