Pio
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5 years ago
Challenging your assumptions is most important
"You think you have an understanding about what first principles of something is. And then you talk to Elon about it and you you didn't scratch the surface. You know, he has a deep belief. No matter what you do is a local maximum. I had a friend. He invented a better electric motor. And, uh, it was like a lot better than what we were using. And when they came by, he said, You know, I'm a little disappointed because, you know, this is really great. Elon: You didn't seem that impressed. And he said, You know, if the super intelligent aliens come, Are they gonna be looking for you? Where is he? The guy built a motor. Yeah, probably not. You know, like, doing interesting work that's both innovative. And let's say Craftsman's work on the car and saying it's really satisfying is good. And that's cool. And then Elon was going to take everything apart, like, what's the deep First principle? Oh, no. What's really know what's really know? You know, you know that that you know, ability to look at it without assumptions and constraints" source: video 
