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Sum-Product Thinking
- Sum-product thinking prioritizes collaborative progress and abundance over individual success and constraints.
- It actively invites competition to expand the overall benefits for everyone involved.
Elon's Motivation
- Elon Musk's primary motivation is solving existential threats to humanity, like unsustainable energy and single-planet living.
- This motivates his sum-product thinking, as these problems are bigger than any individual.
Tesla's Open Patents
- In 2014, Elon Musk opened Tesla's patents to accelerate sustainable transport, demonstrating sum-product thinking.
- He believed solving the carbon crisis was more important than Tesla's individual success.