He wants to colonize Mars and just challenged Vladimir Putin to a duel over Ukraine’s future. This is the story of Elon Musk.
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00:00I think this is one of the great questions in physics and philosophy, is where are the aliens?
00:08Maybe they're among us, I don't know. Some people think I'm an alien. Not true.
00:30Eventually, history suggests there will be some Tuesday event. The alternative is to
00:47become a space-faring civilization and a multi-planet species, which I hope you would agree that
00:53is the right way to go.
00:54When I was a kid, I was wondering what's the meaning of life? Why are we here? What's it
01:24all about? I came to the conclusion that what really matters is trying to understand the right
01:34questions to ask.
02:04The most important mistake I see smart people making is assuming that they're smart. They're not.
02:34You want to do projects that are inspiring and that make people excited about the future.
03:04Life's got to be about more than just solving problems. You want to
03:07get up in the morning and say, yes, I'm looking forward to that thing happening.
04:04This is one of those things that I think almost everyone is inspired by. If you asked
04:15people what was the most inspiring event in history, it was probably landing on the moon.
04:21You can ask people anywhere.
04:22We can bring life as we know it and breathe life into Mars where it doesn't exist today
04:29and ensure that if there is some kind of cataclysmic event on Earth,
04:33that life as we know it continues to exist.
04:52There's a certain probability that is irreducible that something may happen to Earth. Despite our
04:58intentions, despite everything we try to do, there's a probability at a certain point that
05:04some external force or some internal unforced error causes civilization to be destroyed.
05:13My personal ideology is split right now between trying to be helpful on Earth-related stuff,
05:21which is sustainable energy, and then trying to advance space technology so we can establish a
05:27self-sustaining city on Mars. But I do think it's important to be a multi-planet,
05:30not just one planet but another planet.
05:57So,
06:10the implant connects wirelessly to a wearable device called The Link,
06:14which can be configured through an iPhone app.
06:28So,
06:38well, people see like robots going down the street
06:41killing people like they don't know how to react, you know, because it seems so ethereal.
06:57So,
07:27so
07:57so
08:27so
08:57so
09:06so
09:24we as an agency, we want to go to Mars and even beyond. And of course, we're very excited about
09:29the excitement that Elon is bringing to this, that SpaceX is bringing to this idea of humans
09:37expanding throughout the solar system.
09:48And we want the things that are in science fiction
10:01novels and movies not to be science fiction forever. We want them to be real one day.
10:18So,
10:49so
10:57so
11:14I'm actually making history tonight as the first person with Asperger's to host SNL.
11:27So,