140 Quotes by Ashlee Vance

He’d started the company to put a dent in the automotive industry and force people to rethink electric cars.

Musk, though, approaches everything from a Platonic perspective. As he sees it, all of the design and technology choices should be directed toward the goal of making a car as close to perfect as possible. To the extent that rival automakers haven’t, that’s what Musk is judging. It’s almost a binary experience for him. Either you’re trying to make something spectacular with no compromises or you’re not. And if you’re not, Musk considers you a failure.

Enorme Risiken begleiten fast alles, was Musk tut. Doch wenn es nach ihm geht, wird er bis ganz zum Ende mit diesen Risiken leben und auf vieles verzichten, was anderen Menschen wichtig ist.

I just look at it as ‘What grades do I need to get where I want to go?

I’m not saying like only smart people should have kids. I’m just saying that smart people should have kids as well. They should at least maintain – at least be a replacement rate. And the fact of the matter is that I notice that a lot of really smart women have zero or one kid.