I tend to approach things from a physics framework. And physics teaches you to reason from first principles rather than by analogy.
Elon MuskRead
I've actually made a prediction that within 30 years a majority of new cars made in the United States will be electric. And I don't mean hybrid, I mean fully electric.
Interpretation
Elon Musk predicts that most new cars in the U.S. will be fully electric in 30 years.
In this quote, Elon Musk expresses his belief that the automotive industry will undergo a significant transformation, transitioning from traditional gasoline-powered vehicles to fully electric cars within the next three decades. This prediction highlights the growing trend towards sustainability and technological advancement in transportation, which could have profound implications for energy consumption, environmental impact, and the future of the automobile market.
In practice
During a tech conference, one might use this quote when discussing the future of the automotive industry.
I tend to approach things from a physics framework. And physics teaches you to reason from first principles rather than by analogy.
The United States is definitely ahead in culture of innovation. If someone wants to accomplish great things, there is no better place than the U.S.
The space shuttle was often used as an example of why you shouldn't even attempt to make something reusable. But one failed experiment does not invalidate the greater goal. If that was the case, we'd never have had the light bulb.
The reality is gas prices should be much more expensive then they are because we're not incorporating the true damage to the environment and the hidden costs of mining oil and transporting it to the U.S. Whenever you have an unpriced externality, you have a bit of a market failure, to the degree that eternality remains unpriced.
Man has the power to act as his own destroyer - and that is the way he has acted through most of his history.
Government isn't that good at rapid advancement of technology. It tends to be better at funding basic research. To have things take off, you've got to have commercial companies do it.
The printing press is either the greatest blessing or the greatest curse of modern times, sometimes one forgets which it is.
The fundamental truth for developers is they will build if there are users.
Skin has become inadequate in interfacing with reality. Technology has become the body's new membrane of existence.
I'm struck by the insidious, computer-driven tendency to take things out of the domain of muscular activity and put them into the domain of mental activity.
Everything is fraught with danger. I love technology and I love science. It's just always all in the way you use it. So there's no - you can't really blame anything on the technology. It's just the way people use it, and it always has been.
What's very important from my point of view is that there is one web … Anyone that tries to chop it into two will find that their piece looks very boring.
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