Physics is the Law, Everything Else is a Recommendation

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First principles analysis, i think, is something that can be applied to really any walk of life. It's really just saying a te lets, let spoll something down to the most fundamental a. Principles The things that we are most confident are true at a foundational level. And then you reason up from there, and then check your conclusion against the the axiomatic truths.

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(00:00) – Introduction
(07:38) – Elon singing
(08:26) – SpaceX human spaceflight
(15:12) – Starship
(23:48) – Quitting is not in my nature
(25:23) – Thinking process
(34:56) – Humans on Mars
(40:27) – Colonizing Mars
(44:13) – Wormholes
(48:50) – Forms of government on Mars
(55:54) – Smart contracts
(57:24) – Dogecoin
(58:55) – Cryptocurrency and Money
(1:05:04) – Bitcoin vs Dogecoin
(1:07:47) – Satoshi Nakamoto
(1:10:10) – Tesla Autopilot
(1:13:16) – Tesla Self-Driving
(1:25:19) – Neural networks
(1:34:16) – When will Tesla solve self-driving?
(1:36:19) – Tesla FSD v11
(1:43:53) – Tesla Bot
(1:54:33) – History
(2:02:24) – Putin
(2:08:04) – Meme Review
(2:22:29) – Stand-up comedy
(2:24:03) – Rick and Morty
(2:25:42) – Advice for young people
(2:33:39) – Love
(2:36:33) – Meaning of life