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In 2008, Elon Musk faced a decision that would have broken most people Two companies he had poured his heart, soul, and everything he had into were on the brink of collapse. He had just $30 to $40 million left, and saving one meant risking the life of the other He was forced to confront an almost impossible question: Which of the two dreams he had sacrificed so much to build was he willing to let die? His answer was neither Even if it meant risking everything he had left Tesla and SpaceX were both fighting for survival, and he had to make one of the hardest choices of his life "I had two choices. I could put it all into one company, and then the other company would definitely die. Or split it between the two companies. But if I split it between the two companies, then both might die" Then Elon said something that tells you everything about how much these companies meant to him: "When you put your blood, sweat, and tears into creating something or building something, it's like a child. And so it's like which one am I gonna let starve to death? I couldn't bring myself to do it" He split the money between both companies, knowing he was risking losing everything "Fortunately, thank goodness, they both came through" Nearly two decades later, Tesla has transformed the electric vehicle industry, and SpaceX has revolutionized spaceflight Two companies that were on the brink of collapse went on to change the world All because Elon Musk couldn't bring himself to let either one starve

Microsoft's Mustafa Suleyman reveals Larry Page told him at SpaceX that by the end of the century he’d be exploring the galaxies at the head of a von Neumann probe “Yeah, I remember in 2015 being in the canteen at SpaceX.” “And we had our first meeting of the Ethics and Safety Board. So when we sold DeepMind to Google, we made it a condition of our acquisition that we would have an Ethics and Safety Board with independent representation on the board." "One of those independent members, because Google had to agree, which was obviously Larry, Sergey, and David Drummond at the time. And then me, Demis, and Shane had to jointly agree who those three independents would be. And so we jointly picked Elon as one of them.” “No idea if that had an influence on the founding of OpenAI or not. But so then we had our morning session and we were sitting down for lunch and I was sitting next to Larry. You know, obviously he was suspicious of me as well because he was like, you know, you’re one of those speciesists.” “And he said, you know, I think that what you don’t understand, Mustafa, is that by the end of the century, I’m going to be exploring the galaxies at the head of a von Neumann probe, which means a von Neumann probe is a kind of self-propelling kind of robot that is able to gather energy from space as it’s careening through the light years.”

Most peoples’ theory of mind for evil is under-developed Someone who is willing to steal is willing to lie about why they are stealing They have no compunction for exploiting the weak mental model of the society they are destroying The entire “compassion for criminals and fraudsters” psyop has done more damage to the west than you can possibly imagine We should be far, far more harsh to fraudsters and theives