2min chapter

Decoding the Gurus cover image

Elon Musk: The Techno Shaman

Decoding the Gurus

CHAPTER

Starting a Company Is Like Eating Glass and Staring Into the Abyss

A lot of people who become wealthy just can't bring themselves to work or they don't want to work and that's totally you know are stabler no judgment. One of my good friend wane said like for starting a company is like eating glass and staring into the abyss so i'm like if you need encouragement don't start a company. All these clips are presenting a pretty clear picture i think or something that clip is.

00:00
Speaker 2
He's been lead singer of the band's Black Flag and Henry Rollins band, Toward the World as a spoken word artist, acted in Sons of Anarchy, published a few books of words and photography. A lot of people probably want to be you, Henry. Is that a bad idea?
Speaker 1
Yeah, I think it'd be better if they were themselves. There's a lot of my life that is like yours and anyone else's incredibly unglamorous, unbelievably boring, and something that one must suffer through. But I have some good days, definitely.
Speaker 2
I saw you once performed many years ago. I was a student at NYU. It might have been 1992, maybe at Limelight.
Speaker 1
1992, we
Speaker 2
did play Limelight. I remember a general wash of awesomeness. I think it was the first time I had a verse seen spoken word in any form anywhere. But the only other thing I remember is something you were saying at the time about dating women your own age. I just remember you kind of extolling the virtues of grown-up women as being a worthy intellectual companion. And combatant. You can be with someone
Speaker 1
who's not going to put up with whatever you're thrown across who just goes, no, no, no, no. You're better than that or I know you too well. Don't even think that you're getting by with that and have someone you respect call you on and go, wow, thanks. Thanks for caring enough to call me out. I live in Los Angeles, Hollywood specifically. I see stuff like that. You see some old guy like me with a 25-year-old girlfriend. I'm 54. Yes, my girlfriend. She lives with me. You're like, okay, wow. I just wondered, what do you all talk about? What's relevant in your lives together? That's the part I'd never be able to understand.

Get the Snipd
podcast app

Unlock the knowledge in podcasts with the podcast player of the future.
App store bannerPlay store banner

AI-powered
podcast player

Listen to all your favourite podcasts with AI-powered features

Discover
highlights

Listen to the best highlights from the podcasts you love and dive into the full episode

Save any
moment

Hear something you like? Tap your headphones to save it with AI-generated key takeaways

Share
& Export

Send highlights to Twitter, WhatsApp or export them to Notion, Readwise & more

AI-powered
podcast player

Listen to all your favourite podcasts with AI-powered features

Discover
highlights

Listen to the best highlights from the podcasts you love and dive into the full episode