Elon Musk 2: The future we're building-and boring

 

TED 2017

Elon Musk 2: The future we're building-and boring  (transcript)

Summary

Why are you boring?

I thought that why you are bored or you are a boring person, but there are no reasons he, Elon Musk,  is bored or his life is boring. In his  previous TED, he and his companies which are Tesla, SpaceX and SolarCity always face exciting things.

However, his new company called  The Boring Company seems to have a little problem.

However, no one believes it a problem for him. It’s like a hobby for him.

The Boring Company is digging a hole under LA to create big tunnels where electric cars can run 200 kilometers an hour. His thoughts that first is energy problem, electric cars are created, and next there are cost, traffic jams and time problems there. Alleviating congestion leads to saving time, running a lot of cars and reducing costs.

Then, I also thought that it'll be very dangerous when flying cars are allowed in our sky. Tunnels can avoid sky’s accident and tie-in with Hyperloop.

Tesla works about a self-driving car and a long-range semitruck both run by electricity.

Although it'll take for about 15 years, having solar roofs will be usual in your cities. Now, a hundred gigawatt hours of batteries a year is produced.

SolarCity is really needed for next generation.

SpaceX designed an outrageous rocket which is like a 49-story skyscraper.

Then I think that there is a big difference between we optimistically do something and ambitiously do it.  

There is an inspiring and appealing future there and we can look at the future from the standpoint of probabilities. We use energy, it means we will run out, however, we have to help the advent of sustainable energy.

Everyone likes his today's last words: "I just only do it and work a lot. I’m just trying to think about the future and not be sad".

We can have more big dreams.

Words in this story

alleviating /  reduce, ease, relieve, take the edge off, deaden, dull, diminish, lessen, weaken, lighten

congestion /  crowding, overcrowding, obstruction, blockage

advent  /  arrival, appearance, emergence,