As the world's richest man, Elon Musk, who founded the world's top companies such as Tesla and SpaceX, often likes to express some of his ideas in public places such as social media, and he has recently published an unusual statement.
In a recent interview, TED head Chris Anderson asked Musk what he thinks about billionaire philanthropy, and Musk said, "If you care about goodness in reality, not about it, then philanthropy is very difficult." ”
Musk added: "SpaceX, Tesla, Neuralink, The Boring Company are all philanthropic causes. If you say that philanthropy is love for humanity, they are philanthropy. ”
Musk said Tesla is "accelerating sustainable energy," while his space exploration company SpaceX seeks to "ensure the long-term survival of humanity with multiple planetary species." Meanwhile, Brain Microchip Company Neuralink is trying to "help solve brain damage and survival risks with AI AI," while tunneling company Boring Company is trying to solve traffic problems, traffic congestion is hell for most people, and the company is also a love for human beings.
In addition, at the TED conference, Musk was also asked whether the ticket price to Mars could be as low as hundreds of thousands of dollars.
He replied that the price depends in part on the economy, but it also needs to make people affordable enough to travel to Mars, which can attract about 1 million people to build cities on Mars.
Musk said: "If it takes $100,000 to fly to Mars, then I think almost everyone can earn $100,000 through work." ”
Musk also added: "For anyone who wants to go, we are willing to serve them." ”
And Musk also stressed: "It is important to emphasize that Mars (life) will not be luxurious, especially in the beginning." It will be a dangerous, restrictive, difficult and hard job. ”
He compared the recruitment efforts on Mars to an advertisement in the 1990s. The ad was for an expedition to Antarctica with explorer Ernest Shackleton. The ad was later debunked and considered fictitious, but it was a call to men willing to embark on a "dangerous journey" and said there was "uncertainty" about a safe return. "The pitch to Mars goes like, 'It's dangerous there, it's restrictive. You may not be able to come back. It's a hard, hard job'. Musk said.