Author of quotes: Elon Musk

Right now all of humanity - from the first to the last person involved in the most dangerous experiment in history: how much carbon dioxide we have released into the atmosphere before we understand that we stand in the face of death.

Yes, people visited the moon, but since then has done nothing comparable. I don't even hear about any really serious intentions to take the next step.

Error make not scary. The main thing each time to make mistakes in something new.

Artificial intelligence - the case when you need to be fairly far-sighted in matters of regulation, otherwise it may be too late.

There is only one chance in a billion that our reality is genuine.

Here cemetery [our] previous attempts, a big graveyard. There are probably a few newly dug graves, waiting for them will be. Our desire is to avoid the assignment.
There's a graveyard of prior attempts, a big graveyard. There's probably some freshly dug graves just waiting to be filled. Our aspiration is to avoid that destination.

There's nothing intrinsically expensive about rockets. And this is the only way that those who built and operated them in the past did it with horribly inefficient.
There is nothing inherently expensive about rockets. It's just that those who have built and operated them in the past have done so with horrendously poor efficiency.

I think bitcoin is a good idea. First and foremost he will be the means of committing illegal transactions. But that's not necessarily a bad thing. You know, some things should not be against the law. Bitcoin will be used as for legitimate and illegal transactions. If it was solely criminal, bitcoin would not have assumed such importance. Because criminals need to be able to turn criminal money in normal.

Artificial intelligence is a fundamental threat to all humanity.

Now you have more power than the President of the United States twenty years ago. I can give the answer to any question, you can communicate via video link with any person from anywhere in the world. You can instantly send messages to millions of people. That is to do incredible things.

It is very important to actively ask about the negative reviews and gives special attention to listen to them. Usually people avoid them in order not to experience unpleasant emotions. But I think it's a very common mistake not to ask about the negative reviews and ignore them.

If you go back a few hundred years ago, everything we now consider commonplace things, will seem like magic - the conversation from a distance, transmission of images, flights, prophecy, based on processing huge amounts of information. A few hundred years ago it would have looked like magic.

It is not necessary to say that to suffer defeat - fine. Another thing - if trying new things, one idea, another, then many options may not work. This should be considered normal. And if you think that every idea expressed should be successful, you will not get any ideas.

If a person believes that they would prefer to live in a different era, it is highly likely, he's just poorly taught history. In the past life was full of sludge. People knew very little and had many chances to die young from a horrible disease. Perhaps at your age you already would fall out all my teeth. For women it would be a very horrible situation.