Elon Musk Reveals Tesla's Plan to Be at the Forefront of a Self-Driving-Car Revolution — And Why He Wants to Be Buried on Mars

Döpfner: I remember when we were sitting together in Potsdam, at a very late stage of an evening, and I asked you about the meaning of life. And after a couple of seconds, you said: probably this wonderful French cheese. Musk: Exactly. Döpfner: Can you explain that? Musk: You need to feel life. The sensory experience of life, you can't get too caught up in the cold calculus of the cortex. You need to feel it in the limbic system, ask yourself, what does your heart say? And then take a moment to appreciate the many good things in life. (View Highlight)

Döpfner: What is for you the most important invention by mankind? Musk: Language. Sure, we've got to communicate. Döpfner: The first step is language. That was the fundamental distinction between humans and animals or lower forms of existence. And then the second step was probably writing. Musk: Writing was like having a hard drive, things could continue beyond the person. If you try to maintain everything with an oral history, it's very difficult. Döpfner: Exactly, only writing made it transferable. I would say the third step is publishing because that was a big democratization of knowledge. And you could say the fourth-biggest is digitization, because it accelerated it, made it accessible and global. (View Highlight)

Note: Reminds me of why information grows - writing was essentially putting information in “solid state” so that it could persevere

Musk: Simply one of the reasons. We have to have this great rave for the opening of Giga Berlin. Well, actually, we're going to start in the afternoon with sort of family music and everything, invite all the people that live in the region, have a vague sort of picnic, and then gradually get more hardcore as the night goes on. And then have a crazy rave till dawn, it's culturally necessary. (View Highlight)