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I think it's important that humanity become a multi-planet species.
CBS News / 60 Minutes, SpaceX (Scott Pelley interview)
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“And I really think there's a fundamental difference, if you sort of look into the future, between a humanity that is a space-faring civilization, that's out there exploring the stars, on multiple planets, and I think that's really exciting, compared with one where we are forever confined to Earth until some eventual extinction event.”TED2013 interview with Chris Anderson, The mind behind Tesla, SpaceX, SolarCity
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“The point of all this was, and remains, accelerating the advent of sustainable energy, so that we can imagine far into the future and life is still good.”Tesla blog, Master Plan, Part Deux
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“But in terms of things that I think are most likely to affect the future of humanity, I think AI is probably the single biggest item in the near term that’s likely to affect humanity.”Y Combinator, Elon Musk on How to Build the Future (interview with Sam Altman)