I love this interview. It would be enormously satisfying to do what Elon does in this interview, to go to a competitor's venue and just publicly declare that they have no chance to compete with him. And be right.
I wish he didn’t suck at the US teat, but he’s brilliant and brash. Two characteristics that in the 19th century said, “American” to the entire world. We could use some of that.
I love competition and believe it’s a near cure-all for what ails America and the world.
If central planners are so smart, then why aren’t they rich? Why aren’t they the best business people in the world? Why are they wasting their talent working for government 9-5 when they could be rich and on a beach some where?
Did you see Bill Gate’s first down payment on terraforming?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SPhrxjUOsv4
We try it out first on islands and deserts and refugee camps. Then out into the solar system, perhaps Mars.