{"id":549843,"date":"2023-10-11T16:47:02","date_gmt":"2023-10-11T20:47:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/?p=549843"},"modified":"2023-10-11T16:47:07","modified_gmt":"2023-10-11T20:47:07","slug":"elon-musk-notes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/2023\/10\/11\/elon-musk-notes\/","title":{"rendered":"ELON MUSK NOTES"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The zen of the sun and big airway strips?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The real world has the richest visual information<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Concrete paradise<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The ocean is vast<\/p>\n\n\n<p>***<\/p>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">America is really really big.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Risk seeking innovator<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Shut down fear, also shut down empathy?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Embark on epic quests<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Develop a cosmic view?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Hostile bid.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u00e2\u20ac\u0153That wasn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t enough\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">War and empire building game<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Build your own playground? Gym concept ?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">What stimulates you?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Visual Information<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Train your kid to become a genius?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Mountain ranges<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I fear nothing nor nobody<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Don\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t put effort into things you consider meaningless?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Future capitalists<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Fun or boring?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">What is the question?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Prevail!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It is your duty to be strong<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Think about your own self and preferences<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u00e2\u20ac\u0153I am wired for war!\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I cannot work nor live with other people!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Nobody knows more than I do.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Never have to work for a boss<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Radically new technologies?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Greater impact in the world?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Move the needle!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Things which will truly affect humanity?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">*<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Sell directly to consumers?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Online customer destination portal<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Anti VC<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Anti managers<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Build and create a new company or something new?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Indomitable will \u00e2\u20ac\u201d what makes a great Man<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">*<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Fund a new enterprise?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Win in a big way<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">*<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">How are you wired, who are you?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Delete!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Email over user name or phone number<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Merge<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Remake the entire industry?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Social network to disrupt?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">AIM big.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Take it all over!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Think more engineering?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Exclusive club membership<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Street fighter<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I am a visionary who doesn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t play well with others<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Amplify risk?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Pursue great dreams<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Sand bags are cheap!!! Concrete and sand are both insanely cheap!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">*<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Cost of basic materials? The idiot index?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">More efficient manufacturing approach?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">50x cost?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">How to push the technology forward?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Resolve?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">One key metric .. cost per pound?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">.50 cents per pound?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Price per pound?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Reduce mass!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">*<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Physics: more mass on a phone or anything is worse<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">More thrust!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">What is more interesting?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">You need risk to be a founder!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">*<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Buy it 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maniacal sense of urgency<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">First principles thinking \u00e2\u20ac\u00a6 for power, muscles, strength?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Move fast, blow things up, repeat.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Push things until they break?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Iterative design<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Cheap leases!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Rapid unscheduled disassembles<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Improvise.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Makeshift solutions<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Every situation is salvageable<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Try new ideas, okay if things blow up!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Keep working on reducing the cost!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Mercurial.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Fulfill the mission!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">1,500 pounds?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Promote Innovation ***<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Defense Department<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Cut costs ***<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Maybe the first strategy is to just first start off by cutting costs or just buying the cheapest possible thing then moving forward from there?<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">We need cost effective solutions!!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Buy Chinese or Vietnamese or Amazon, not American?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Common sense is bad.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Commercialize it !<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Importance of the mission.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p 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class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Shop floor<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">How to make the product efficiently?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">How to use money efficiently?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Build the machine that makes the machine?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">How to design the factory, the gym?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Valor<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Ars.com<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Less dominant hand<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">24 hours of production A day?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Make your production more efficient?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Don\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t outsource it !<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Start with clean sheet design! 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