Elon Musk talks Twitter, Tesla and how his brain works — live at TED2022

In this unedited conversation with head of TED Chris Anderson, Elon Musk — the head of Tesla, SpaceX, Neuralink and The Boring Company — digs into the recent news around his bid to purchase Twitter and gets honest about the biggest regret of his career, how his brain works, the future he envisions for the world and a lot more. (Recorded at TED2022 on April 14, 2022)

1:22 Tesla Texas Gigafactory interview clip
11:34 Elon Musk live at TED2022
11:48 Twitter, free speech and open-sourcing the algorithm
27:40 Tesla and short sellers
32:02 If you could go back in time and change one thing, what would it be?
33:44 Electric vehicles, manufacturing and sleeping on the floor of the Tesla factory
38:04 "At this point I think I know more about manufacturing than anyone currently alive on Earth."
39:15 Elon's "Master Plan" and accelerating a sustainable energy economy
42:36 SNL, Asperger's, childhood and how Elon's brain works
46:48 "I was absolutely obsessed with truth."
49:23 Philosophy, the meaning of life and the "why" of things
51:43 What the future will look like
52:37 "We want to do our absolute best to make sure the future is ... something you can look forward to and not feel sad about."

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[muhsintabatabayee]

I used to be self-conscious about my stuttering problem, but seeing Elon comfortable in his skin and achieve the success he has is truly inspiring. My favorite talk of his to date.

[jokkerBANG]

Watching history happen in real time is quite a privilege. I love that they make this freely available.

[chris-pjrk]

Tesla stock dipped severally, resulting to about 23% drop in the shares value this month. I seriously need suggestions on how to diversify my $400k portfolio made up of volatile TSLA.

[bobbymainz]

Bad year for me, META down 40k, ALLP down 35k, Draft Kings down 6k, NIO down 15K, ABML down 8k, and my wife doesn’t know. I'm just hanging on to Jim Cramer's words about opportunities in volatile times so perhaps, I either wait for a recovery or pick profitable investments to substitute for my loss.

[elck]

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Edit: looks like TED trimmed this video. It was much longer when they initially posted it, so my time stamp doesn’t make sense anymore, sorry!

[ShamanDandy]

This really expanded my view of Elon Musk, seeing how sensitive he is to the difficulties we face and yet how stubbornly hopeful he is that we can build a better world. You can feel it really matters to him. We need more of this optimism and principle in the people we allow to dictate the path of our future. I wish him well.

[Rubyeverly-Jessica]

awesome video We all aspire to financial security and a better quality of life. With the correct investment, modest lifestyle, and planning, accomplishing this is not difficult. I'm pleased I was taught to work hard for financial independence at a young age.

[lormeas]

Dear Ted,
You always provide us with new knowledge and experience. I do love your big channel. Because of great sharing by great people here. Thanks

[mickag]

“ I slept on the floor, so the team who had a hard time - Could see me sleeping on the floor and not in an ivory tower” - This is the most unreal, motivating thing I heard from
Anybody, ever.

[bibekdhkl]

11:27 Welcoming Elon Musk
11:46 Elon Offer to Buy Twitter
27:14 Tesla
42:38 Brain of Elon

[suzannedawson]

Loved this! Wonderful getting to know Elon a bit. Thank you❤

[maxzare]

The interviewer is in rush for the next question right after asking a question

[olayemiabimbola]

Can youl feel Elon's confidence saying he knows more about manufacturing than virtually anyone alive

[cliffwoodruff]

One amazing thing I’ve noticed about Elon, is that he never talks down to people. No matter how remedial the questions he responds as your equal.

[nhgwlvx]

I'm Korean and I really enjoy these days watching some English speech and interview on TED to improve my english. I watched Bruce Lee interview and two TED speech videos today's morning, wrote down the important contents on note. I'm sure it's actually works and honestly, I can't understand every single contents in this interview video, but someday I want to become more flunce english speaker who can literally know the whole things.

[sambokpen]

An amazing interview, It makes me bright or open my closed eyes to open.

[CHEFBLTZ]

52:37 I've heard Elon say this statement many times, and it still brings me tears whenever I hear it. We need to be EXCITED for the future! This is easily one of Elon's most powerful messages, and when he finally leaves this reality, it must be a message that survives, forever. We are truly living in the time of Elon Musk.

[johnisaacdavey]

It's good to hear Elon Musk talk about his enemies in stark, blunt terms. Different from his competitors whom he treats with amusement, but respect. An important distinction.

[galas]

An amazing interview, you hit the mark on this one.

[gjiwebs]

I was inspired by Elon Musk (a year ago- 25/04/2022) to recreate myself to be anything I'm passionate in/ for. I go to bed early and rise up early, to study and research on anything I feel dubious (everyday.)