The unofficial Elon Musk fan club

“I think it's important to reason from first principles rather than by analogy.”

“The goal is to become a spacefaring civilization and a multi-planet species.”

“Constantly think about how you could be doing things better and questioning yourself.”

“You should take the approach that you're wrong. Your goal is to be less wrong.”

“It is important to view knowledge as sort of a semantic tree — make sure you understand the fundamental principles, i.e. the trunk and big branches, before you get into the leaves/details or there is nothing for them to hang on to.”

“I think we have a duty to maintain the light of consciousness, to make sure it continues into the future.”

“Being a multiplanet species beats the hell out of being a single-planet species.”

“Don't be afraid of new arenas.”

“Life cannot just be about solving one sad problem after another. There need to be things that inspire you, that make you glad to wake up in the morning and glad to be human.”

“If you go back a few hundred years, what we take for granted today would seem like magic — being able to talk to people over long distances, to transmit images, flying, accessing vast amounts of information. These are all impossible ideas and then they became reality.”

“When something is important enough, you do it even if the odds are not in your favor.”

“Persistence is very important. You should not give up unless you are forced to give up.”