Elon Musk

I think there should be regulations on social media to the degree that it negatively affects the public good. ”

In order for us to have a future that's exciting and inspiring, it has to be one where we're a space-bearing civilization. ”

I think we have a duty to maintain the light of consciousness to make sure it continues into the future. ”

I'm reasonably optimistic about the future, especially the future of the United States - for the century, at least. ”

The future of humanity is going to bifurcate in two directions: Either it's going to become multiplanetary, or it's going to remain confined to one planet and eventually there's going to be an extinction event. ”

If you get up in the morning and think the future is going to be better, it is a bright day. Otherwise, it's not. ”

There have to be reasons that you get up in the morning and you want to live. Why do you want to live? What's the point? What inspires you? What do you love about the future? If the future does not include being out there among the stars and being a multi-planet species, I find that incredibly depressing. ”

The value of beauty and inspiration is very much underrated, no question. But I want to be clear: I'm not trying to be anyone's savior. I'm just trying to think about the future and not be sad. ”

We're running the most dangerous experiment in history right now, which is to see how much carbon dioxide the atmosphere... can handle before there is an environmental catastrophe. ”

It's not as though we can keep burning coal in our power plants. Coal is a finite resource, too. We must find alternatives, and it's a better idea to find alternatives sooner then wait until we run out of coal, and in the meantime, put God knows how many trillions of tons of CO2 that used to be buried underground into the atmosphere. ”