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#264 – Tim Urban: Elon Musk, Neuralink, AI, Aliens, and the Future of Humanity
Lex Fridman Podcast
What Makes Elon So Successful?
Lex: If you land on Mars, it's epic. And then if you die there, like finishing your writing, it would be just even that much more powerful for the impact. He says we are programmed to trust conventional wisdom over our own reasoning for good reason. Lex: People who believe the mountain is they worship the mountain is their God, right? The mountain determines their faith. We're very wired to trust it. But believing it was helpful to survival because you were part of the crowd and you stayed in the tribe.
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