Elon Musk, born in 1971, in Pretoria, South Africa, is the sort of person who treats reality as a mildly irritating suggestion. As a child, he devoured books like they were snacks, programmed his first video game at 12 and probably would have built a spaceship in his backyard if someone had handed him enough aluminum foil. After moving to the United States, Elon decided to reinvent everything from money (PayPal) to cars (Tesla) to the entire concept of leaving the planet (SpaceX), just to see if he could.
SpaceX dreams of Mars, Tesla makes electric cars cooler than spaceships and his other ventures, like Neuralink and The Boring Company, dabble in things like brain-computer interfaces and underground highways, because why not? Musk’s mantra seems to be “fail gloriously until you succeed,” inspiring kids to aim ridiculously high and reminding everyone that the future is just an idea waiting to be built—preferably with a flamethrower or a rocket.
SpaceX dreams of Mars, Tesla makes electric cars cooler than spaceships and his other ventures, like Neuralink and The Boring Company, dabble in things like brain-computer interfaces and underground highways, because why not? Musk’s mantra seems to be “fail gloriously until you succeed,” inspiring kids to aim ridiculously high and reminding everyone that the future is just an idea waiting to be built—preferably with a flamethrower or a rocket.
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