Elon Musk Cites Asimov and Rome as Space Influences
Tesla and SpaceX founder links science fiction and history to multiplanetary goals.
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Elon Musk stated that Isaac Asimov’s Foundation series was a major influence along with the fall of Rome. These convinced him that consciousness must extend beyond Earth to avoid a potentially infinite dark age. The comments appear in a post identifying Musk as founder and CEO of Tesla, SpaceX, and xAI. Investor Scott Belsky responded by noting that sci-fi writers hold responsibility to help imagine and navigate possible futures.
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Christian Keil@pronounced_kyleThe universe bends toward well-articulated futures. This is why optimistic sci-fi is so important, and doomers are so dangerous. https://twitter.com/scottbelsky/status/2081189842159911318
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SB scott belsky@scottbelskyif sci-fi is a prototype for the future, then writers have such an opportunity / responsibility to help us navigate and imagine… https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/2081143591615742236
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