Elon Musk: Advice for Young People | Lex Fridman Podcast Clips

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Elon Musk is CEO of SpaceX, Tesla, Neuralink, and Boring Company.

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- be useful in life
- read a lot of books, try to ingest as much information as you can
- good general knowledge, try to learn a little bit about a lot of things
- learn as much as possible

[jessiecamposaguilarova]

1. Try to be useful to people around you
2. Use the mental tools of physics and apply them broadly in life
3. Read a lot of books = learn as much as possible
4. Try to find something you’re good at and that you enjoy doing
5. Create more than you consume
6. Celebrate other people

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Time stamps
0:30 Try to be useful
0:43 Are you contributing more than you consume?
1:10 The people you should want as leaders, are people who don't want to be leaders
1:36 Use the metal/mental tools of physics and apply them broadly in life
2:23 I'd encourage people to read a lot of books
2:28 Try to ingest as much information as you can
2:44 Try to learn about a lot of things (so you can see what you're interested in)
3:35 Try to find an overlap between what you're talented and interested in
4:21 As a kid I read through an encyclopedia
5:07 I put a lot of stock and have a lot of respect for people who put in an honest days work doing useful things
5:19 Don't have a zero-sum mindset. Have a grow the pie mindset
6:52 Create more than you consume

[Ryantalope]

I much prefer this interview to the Joe Rogan one. This is so much more insightful and interesting. Kudos to Lex Fridmann for doing such a good job.

[majedahmed]

Elon is my 6 year old kid's hero. He puts so much effort in learning math and building robots with his lego so one day he'll grow up to be like Elon Musk. I feel lucky that my kid gets to live in a time when he's inspired by a living legend. Cheers from Palestine!

[nirjalmahat]

When Musk said "It's very hard to be useful". Damn I felt that!

[Johnny_Savage]

"The people you want as leaders are the people who don't want to be leaders." that's why you always see talentless hacks talk about 'leadership' all the time while the best potential leaders are busy solving problems and talking about real stuff

[dcmirsabbir]

I love the way they provide space and time to think & elaborate. They’re relaxed and pressure free.

[onigbindeoluwamuyiwa]

lex is the best person to interview elon musk. they both try to be precise in expressing their thoughts. lex speaks slowly for that reason. musk pauses on between words for the same reason. i love them both!

[sd]

Hands down This is the best interview of 2021 on lex podcast

[aymanbenbaha]

When he said "I would encourage people to read broadly in many different subject areas.." he *alluded to the point of having a multidisciplinary approach to reality, thus having a superior understanding of the workings of the world.*

[KemRoss]

I enjoyed watching this video very much.Wisdom at the highest level.

[kenzaharoun]

i think that being useful is to try to give a positive influence on your area for instance : I am a transport engineer and i try my best to serve transport in areas that lack this service ... this is real impact

[destinybarnes]

"Are you contributing more than you consume" with all the information and data constantly coming at us nowadays thats key. Love this man.

[PKTarik]

Lex after a while can you please make a life advice marathon video? Like for an hour of advice from your podcasts.

[mudasirbukhari]

First time a full knowledge base interview.Great questions sir🙏😍

[azheralhabsi]

I wish there were less interruptions, though the questions are good.

[oliverscorsim]

I'm glad I have a broad understanding of things I can say it's gotten me further than most things in life.

[godblessCL]

Learning about everything helps you, consciously and unconciously, have a good approach to better decisions.

[littleripper]

Taking the 101 class of many subjects in college really helps. I had no idea I loved programming and computer science until I took a programming 101 class randomly. You can read and learn on your own but having a guided study with a prof and peers really gives you a better experience if you can afford to go to school.