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Elon Musk, born on June 28, 1971, in South Africa, is a renowned investor and entrepreneur. He is known for his innovative work in the fields of technology and space exploration, serving as the founder of companies like Tesla, SpaceX, Neuralink, and The Boring Company.

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“Fear is a hard thing to deal with. I feel it quite strongly. If I think something is important enough, I'll make myself do it in spite of fear. But it can really sap the will. I hate fear, I wish I had it less.”

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“I think it's very important to have a feedback loop, where you're constantly thinking about what you've done and how you could be doing it better.”

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

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“There are some important differences between me and Tony Stark, like I have five kids, so I spend more time going to Disneyland than parties.”

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“My vision is for a fully reusable rocket transport system between Earth and Mars that is able to re-fuel on Mars - this is very important - so you don't have to carry the return fuel when you go there.”

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“I think most of the important stuff on the Internet has been built. There will be continued innovation, for sure, but the great problems of the Internet have essentially been solved.”

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“It's important that we attempt to extend life beyond Earth now. It is the first time in the four billion-year history of Earth that it's been possible, and that window could be open for a long time - hopefully it is - or it could be open for a short time. We should err on the side of caution and do something now.”

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“There have only been about a half dozen genuinely important events in the four-billion-year saga of life on Earth: single-celled life, multicelled life, differentiation into plants and animals, movement of animals from water to land, and the advent of mammals and consciousness.”

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

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“I think it's important to reason from first principles rather than by analogy. The normal way we conduct our lives is we reason by analogy. [With analogy] we are doing this because it's like something else that was done, or it is like what other people are doing. [With first principles] you boil things down to the most fundamental truths…and then reason up from there.”

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“Talent is extremely important. It's like a sports team, the team that has the best individual player will often win, but then there’s a multiplier from how those players work together and the strategy they employ.”

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“People work better when they know what the goal is and why. It is important that people look forward to coming to work in the morning and enjoy working.”

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“If something's important enough, you should try. Even if you - the probable outcome is failure.”

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“One bit of advice: it is important to view knowledge as sort of a semantic tree - make sure you understand the fundamental principles, ie the trunk and big branches, before you get into the leaves/details or there is nothing for them to hang on to.”

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“You can just reload, propel it and fly again. This is extremely important for revolutionizing access to space because as long as we continue to throw away rockets and space crafts, we will never truly have access to space.”

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“The extension of life beyond Earth is the most important thing we can do as a species.”

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Born: June 28, 1971
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