Elon Musk | Full interview | Code Conference 2016 

I agree. Do these people ever turn on the news or look at the internet

nailed it!

Well, that then probably shows the magnitue of difference between you and mr. Musk :P

HAHAHAHA! :D

My gut feeling as to why the land on water is ..... Insurance. There is also the Sonic Boom issue, a reason that Concorde was unable in law to fly supersonic over land

Good interviewers ask from the perspective of the public. If anyone is too dumb than it is the public (probably not the one in the studio, but a lot of those watching the video on youtube)

+Ken Meyer you are right. most people in the world are very dumb

@@kenmeyer100 any one who doesn't know about Physics or Rocket Science is not Dumb... There are other areas of interest people have .. and every interview doesn't need to be too nerdy for audience.. Please broaden your horizons

@@kenmeyer100 Its a vox sponsored talk, the average iq of their audience is about 20 what did you expect? Honestly this entire thing is an insult to musk, and yet he somehow still provides so much value to us who understand him.

Is that from a meme generator?

@@4philipp have you not heard of Albert Einstein?

E=mc2

👌

So wrong here, a thef is no genius, omg fougs, this is just a frontman

Spot on. Lovely man. Humility is always the path to greatness. Ego takes up more processor than we have. Or (given the techie audience for anything involving Elon) in unix speak, ego has an ever growing load far greater than 1. :)

Humility and humbleness was, has been, and is always with Elon Musk.

Thats true but She was definitely funny and at times grounded Elon, and her dry demeanor was an interesting contrast to Elon's.

@@improver1849 q

Hahahahaha legend !

It is known.

Long live King Elon!

Leo. Thats the best comment ever :) Live long

Yet, it is written that there shall come a grand man, whom Elon will bow before and tie his sandals and pour myrrh and incense upon his feet and he shall be called God Emperor Trump

Goddamn it man. No, Musk is not Einstein or even remotely close to a Scientist. Is he a innovator? Sure. Is he a damn good Entrepreneur? Definitely. But no for the love of effing god do not compare him and Einstein in the same sentence. You have no idea about the contribution of Einstein to Modern World and Physics at large. Elon Musk will most likely go down as Henry Ford of our times not as Einstein. Read a little bit about Einstein before making absurd comparisons.

@@gotfan7743 read a little about elon before you make absurd comparisons to Henry Ford. The man is a rocket engineer. He is self taught. Yeah so he didn't branch off to Einstein's exact path but the dude is beyond the collective brain power of the ave human.

@@LH-yl7jz Read a little about Science before acting as Elon's pet.

@@gotfan7743 Haha. I am positive I have more science knowledge than you. 😄

@@LH-yl7jz he said Henry Ford of our times. Do you lack comprehensive reading skills?

Doesn't being self conscious prove we are not a simulation? And anyhow, a simulation of what? Other beings that have a higher level of consciousness than us? Is that even possible? As it is we tend to want to 'numb ourselves down' as we have a hard time handling the amount consciousness we have. Good try Matrix but somehow don't think so. I think the gut feeling of the human race is we ARE being watched on real time. But by whom is the question.

OMG at 5:55 Musk says it's "Impossible" to have the booster rocket return to the launch site and you all want to talk about the lady interviewers foot (Hell it ain't even in a stiletto." SpaceX has solved the "Return to home base" in 4 years That is the point.

Michelle Gibson People tend to think that the way our brain works is much more complicated and special than it really is because we still don’t understand it.

@@chandleradaway What would you compare us to? Other humans? Appatently there are smart ones out there, but not wise from what I see. Just my opinion.

Michelle Gibson It’s not comparing ourselves to other beings or anything like that. The idea is that we put ourselves into a simulation. Consider 10,000 years from now, technology is absolutely insane and the world is crumbling, so we put ourselves into a simulation to save our reality. It’s just a theory, and a probable one at that.

He deserves an award. Or a reward. Or both...

Trait of Cancer .

My thoughts exactly. At least they could have done some research, watch previous interviews by other people who actually had a working knowledge of the subject matter, and just shut up once they asked a question. Very annoying...

lol she called him Elon Must at the end

All the interviewers are so inferior to his intelligence and they are aggressive and controlling. He is none of those things. The disparity becomes so obvious that its quite painful to watch. They guy kept interrupting him. I hope that was his last interview with them.

The interviewers are the best tech journalists in the world. They have interviewed him before and have more knowledge about the domain than you can think. And they found Recode. On the other hand, Musk can learn some storytelling skills. Not everyone is impressed with technical jargon.

lol technical jargon he's a freakin engineer.. a skill which everyone should learn in this day and age.. you're the one who's speaking with an antiquated language..

I would really like to see Elon go pedal to the metal with his thoughts, it would be really interesting to see what he really wanted to say.

Maybe we wouldn't understand him.. but yeah, it would be interesting to hear what he wants to say in his own words..

+Opel Corsa That's alright, there are numerous science/tech channels which would explain what exactly he's talking about. These interviewers didn't do a good job in my opinion, the only redeeming thing about this video is that the audience asked some very good questions which helped us get to know Elon even more.

I think Elon is a great thinker, but no so great of a speaker. Which is fine, everybody has his strengths and weaknesses. The interviewer just shouldn't interrupt him when he's explaining things.

Urxiel . Diego Vera well taking the info from the science /tech channels does not mean that it the same that we actually take from him as 'non explained form' I believe that every one has his own personal way of tranmeting the information

This is so true...and these reporters are sometimes annoying....but interestingly, the advice Elon gives most often in these interviews is that getting feedback, especially negative feedback is SUPER important, so i doubt he minds.

Lex Blazer ~ But he's also clear about getting truthful feedback from his friends. Just who are these friends?

Well, two people he labels good friends are Larry Page (in whose house he often crashes), Peter Thiel who he met in the 90s, and Sergei Brin....so pretty hardcore smart guys.

Lex Blazer ~ I wanna be their friends too.

***** ~ Very well, just how would you dialog with him...? You:

Makes me curious on how he would explain the same things to people he works with

Communication is extremely important in scientific research.

There is a lot of wisdom in this comment. Compare Elon to Bill Gates who convolutes speech to conceal his real meaning.

Its why he stammers so much

And I still don’t get it

He must be thinking something like that i agree

"there is only one", who that would be? By car means Fisker Karma?

its about ai, so it can only be Google

got it

GermanAnimeFans bitteschön :)

GermanAnimeFans it's not really boring, it was quite interesting, I gave it a chance, like you I came mainly for the simulation xD

Actually you can see how the two of questioners are not letting him send all the messages and for me it almost looks like they are trying to dishonor him.

I've watched ALOT of his talks and squelch (electronics definition) from the interviewers is very common. ...but it doesn't matter because he is also compensating for their effect. ...when he talks, he tends to concentrate his major ideas into bite sized "thought" packets. I think he learned to do that from having to compensate for his tendency to stutter when talking. ...he even said himself that he wants negative feedback.

...Reverse flash man

He clearly is frustrated that technology is not up to the task of his mental prototypes. 7 billion people moving at a snails pace. If I had apples cashhord, I would build Elon’s car and battery factories for him. The future would be here in a mere 15 years

Maybe. ? 🥰

Really? I’m mean no doubt he is a great inventor and entrepreneur but he isn’t a man who solved the needs of all humans and their souls purpose here on earth

Agree Jimmy..

You mean REAL interviewers! They ain’t all PC and corny like how you like them lol

I think you mean 'respectfully'.

Talking over and constantly interrupting

RUDE because they know he is a shill liar .

@@TheL4LMusic She was rude because he was late, they had to wait for him and thought he'll not keep his promise to be there. Apparently his airplane had landing gear issue.

Indeed. And for that reason, I very much hope he is NOT among the first (or second or third) group of persons to go to Mars. He's far too valuable for that kind of risk. Once they've established that it's safe by having performed at least three successful round trips, then he should definitely go. It'll take a while to build his elaborate temple and throne anyhow.

Correct - if one person was to survive a future extinction, I would vote for me to die and save Elon Musk.

Yeah, the secret service should protect him instead of trump

Kenton Prescott fact

@@panzach if 1 person survives, it doesn't really matter who it is, I doubt he will be able to procreate with himself...

i dunno, i bet Richard Branson could.... he's crashed enough hot air balloons :D

Trudeau explained quantum physics in a press conference and the German chancellor is an Astro physicist. So there are some smart people out there

Please allow only Kristie Lu Stout to interview Elon....

they were both intrusive and annoying

IDK how people don't get her dry humor... I swear to god this is hard to watch. She is his friend and clearly isn't an expert but its comedic you stupid pleb.

It'd be comedic if this was a personal conversation. In a public interview she just got in the way of the audience learning more about the subject Elon was expanding on. Tip: Personal insults do not make you sound above "plebs".

he was soo nice with such dumb people ... but if you reckon most people in the world are even dumber... so someone as him deals with making things to extremely dumb people... I mean think of Kardashians... very rich and dumb... these are the people deals with everyday... unfortunately.

I suggest you go back and watch some of the old AllThingsD interviews with Steve Jobs - also with Walt Mossberg and Kara Swisher as the interviewers. It's the same thing. She is simply embarrassing. It's like she's not even listening to the answers - or doesn't understand them. She is a terrible interviewer, always has been.

True, but do you think he isn't already dealing with that on a daily basis?

This is one of those times I really wish the dislike button still worked so I can see how many people other than myself disagree with +Ling Earth.

yaniv148: you should ride the subway sometime and look at the manspreading going on, you would come away with new appreciation of ivasion of personal space.

yaniv148 Lol! I hope your kidding. I'm sure she's angling to have her legs wrapped around his waist just as most female reporters rightly do. hehehe

Aria Carmela “man-spreading” it’s calling having balls dumbass, she has no reason to have her leg in between his groin.

@@AlvaSudden brain dead moron

its likely your not. its called interview technique.

The look on her face tells me otherwise. Unless she's a great actor too

Interview technique does not include asking questions that are unanswerable. I guess she didn't have a real dimension of Musk's accomplishments so far.

its likely shi is. 1:00:32 - she is so stupid omg...

To be fair most people are. She is clueless.

Yes, hard for a genius to try to explain things and educate narrow minded humans. I also feel sorry for him, these interviews are probably much harder and painful than any complicated scientific research. He is always so kind and calm to people interviewing him.

Starks character is based on Musk, so yes.

Couldn't agree more; she adds nothing and is an awful interviewer. She adds comments of disgust thinking it's going to be funny. No substance.

Oh that's cute. Let's see how you turn out. I wasn't aware 23 was still considered " Teen " . Thanks I guess.

I'm not even on Reddit. You on the other hand is just another Toxic keyboard warrior. So do I care about your opinion ? Why am I even wasting time giving you attention ? Have fun while I gladly ignore you.

Who cares ? Attacking people like that is just that, being a nuisance in general , you get the idea.

Responsibility. Considering more as part of you, and taking responsibility for every part of you, you act like the stereotypical hero- like Elon

He is a con man

But they are asking the right questions, so the people who actually understands him gets the answers, I'd say.

"Hey guys you're going to interview Elon Musk." Interviewers: "eh we'll wing it."

Oh they are still better than the reporter who was in pink asking about aliens

@@anujchaturvedi6296 It's all downhill from here.

mans race to self distruction...AI...if not controlled and regulated

“We have some clever jokes you can make!” Interviewers: “we’ll wing that to.”

I believe how he speaks is incredibly genius. You need to read and understand between the lines. I am glad he is not like a picture perfect presenter, absolutely not. How he absorbs and replies is just genius...

+Roelf Veldhuis totally agree with your statement

I get what you mean, sure, it would sound more like an audiobook or Steve Jobs speech. But he's Elon Musk because he's socially less a facade and more a human being. It adds to his charm and reality bound personality

Agree 100 % Have you watched Vitalik Buterin? Shares some of Elon's speech/thought patterns... Very nerdy but I love listening to them 'think' out loud.

I think part of it might be: How can I explain this so they understand?

I see it more as him ensuring that he doesn't say something that will be taken wrong.

+SwisherSurgeon it's actually both he's trying to be understood but he can hardly formulate the ideas in his mind in such a way that is not too long or boring to the audience this happens to me a lot and I end up saying the same thing mamy times in many versions which puts people off

He tried his hardest to not say the word implants. That would have sparked a massive forest fire portraying him as being the son of satan.

Certainly, I like the way he does not answer questions yes or no at the offset and instead employs a logical argument first before giving a yes/no or a probability. Somewhat similar to what happens behind the screen of a calculator; and it is true that people may not appreciate the depth at which he reasons, which he compensates by simplifying his answers

Having an unwelcome foot so close to my crotch wouldn't do wonders for my ability to form coherent answers in a timely manner.

not impressed with Vox. Not sure how they are getting so much attention

Are you watching "BIGBANG THEORY'" to much? Is your name Sheldon Cooper or what? Or is it that Ya don't get it because your IQ is to high,....... for the less highly strung episodes in life,... maybe? :)))

+Magyar Bence I don't know how to respond to this. Is there a reason why you write "Ya" instead of "you" and capitalize it when it is in the middle of a sentence and not a proper noun? Also "big" and "bang" are two different words, not one word. Your use of the ellipsis is entirely incorrect. Yes, I am Sheldon Cooper from the popular TV show "Big Bang Theory". "Cyan Cooper" is just one of my pseudonyms. Do you have a problem with my intelligence quotient? Despite my clearly superior intellect, I cannot tell what the point of your comment is.

Just the kind of response I was expecting Hihihahahah. ,.... life is more then just ridgid intellectualism, ... shake a leg, loosen up Mister hihihah

your an idiot troll, the type that aims your remarks at the person when they're talking about another subject to try to get a response. childish

i got that my self.... lol typical Americans... some one starts talking about space and advancements in tech and all the sudden they look at you and think whats this insane person going on about lol.....

post a link when you do!

please do

oh , please do .

Cool!! Make sure to upload it and send the link! :D

I wonder.. if Elon is the house cat... what are they?

Thanks nick .

Dayum. U should work in Tesla logistics dpt

Thanks Sheldon Cooper!

THanks

You're a life saver

Chris B Kirov you are awesome. Thanks

You're the man for that, forreal.

@@ericcurrier9215 Thank you!

Thank. You’re doing God’s work

Glad you time stamped Shaggy.

43:03 its worse....

Probably some pathetic delusional interview strategy.

Just making sure he doesn't start manspreading.

She want the D

xDFzFTW That probably has more of what it's to do with... lol.

I know, she is circling her tow BETWEEN his legs!

Joseph Brody Gross... I didn't notice until you guys pointed it out....yikesssssss

and sounds like Elon is filled with caffeine.

He always speaks in such a disjointed staccato and it probably reasons out on many factors I'd think. It's likely he contemplates these issues in 4 dimensions, and discusses them similarly when in comfortable company. I bet he bounces into and over subjects wildly, and those who are familiar and can follow this Tigger like processing see a much more comfortable speaker. He will never be able to speak his thought processes in cogent and cohesive fashion--he's thinking about multiple tangents (bounce), constantly introducing, testing (bounce) and revising the ideas as he goes. And he may visualize these, and have to convert (bounce) those images into words to convey the ideas where he has already eliminated a thread of the idea (bounce) he was pursuing and beginning to explain (bounce). The woman isn't as bad as a lot of people seem to think, she's more Pigglet acting as a traffic cop trying to keep it more main stream--KISS-- keep it short and sweet or (simple for stupid). But she misses the point (bounce) of a mind that works like his. If you step back and (bounce) just wait after baiting the hook, you'll see his mind weave through the obvious (bounce) (bounce) and start to associate unrelated concepts (bounce), non linear processes (bounce), and an intuitive debate (bounce) take shape within. And (bounce) he does not explain in generalities, (bounce) and is aware that he often confuses (bounce) and looses an audience when he answers the question asked, (bounce) then answers the unasked questions he believes important or necessary (bounce) to the question already answered. Either that or Cocaine is a very important food group in his diet -- (bounce) -- IMO

never say never, anyone can learn how to speak fluently and effectively

***** what i meant was that as quickly as his mind seems to be functioning that it isn't possible. If he had a speech prepared or scripted answers which were followed, I'm certain he could speak fluidly. But I have not seen any example of it. He even seemed to ad lib the proceedings during his annual shareholders meeting. I certainly was not making light of or faulting this trait. I do not advocate restricting mental processes for any reason.

I understand, but I believe it is definitely possible. His upbringing has allowed him to avoid fluid communication, like many other engineers and scientists. There are ways of teaching the mind how to ultimately speak more fluid regardless of circumstances

can you point to a moment you thought she was sexist?

ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-wsixsRI-Sz4.htmlm37s

+FiiZzioN I don't see it.

She was rude and belligerent often- if you don't see it, perhaps you don't want to. Take a look at the interview in Hong Kong by Kristie Lu Stout for comparison. It was a delightful interview. She is intelligent and asked very good questions and understood the answers. She obviously likes Musk, and there is nothing wrong with that - makes for a very engaging interview.

She looked like she had a stick up her ass.

he's trying to make more simple for ordinary people to grasp.

This commend aged well.

yep

true but there is also time cap and more questions waiting

Her brain works as fast as his ... and he goes off topic and the old guy cuts in with odd questions not pertinent to the talk stream ffs? Of course she has to interrupt

good job, thank you!

He is not an idiot, Imperial is for idiots.

William ce lol agreed haha

he did say "miles" at one point though xD

W 00 I'm an idiot :(... tho I know how to convert which is more than I can say for the 98% of the American population

I was just about to comment that, looks nothing like am at all.

seriously.

Seriously, that's made by software from a photo. Come on, who cares?

Antonin F not you?

It took me a long time to figure this out. Elon is just a poor public speaker but he is just so damn sincere that he is eminently believable....

Bobby Shah yeah when people ask him about his cars or rockets he is completely honest to the merits of the technology. He doesn’t go on platitudes trying to sell the product and he doesn’t take any unnecessary criticism either.

I travelled and havent slept because was worried ever since i got a message from my landlord, how am I not respecting the rules?

Yeah, apparently, he's not trying to increase the 5% yearly improvement on battery density with the GigaFactory, but probably to lower the cost of production.

You do, we all do, we all have the same brain. He just shaped his that way.

@@hassantucker8273 no his brain is not the same, he describes the downside of having a brain/mind like he has. I think you wish you had the good side of genius level IQ but not the Aspergers. He even admits he finds it very frustrating and wouldn’t wish this on anyone. Google him explaining this. Ps. Don’t get me wrong I know you seemed to come of as well meaning but it appears you don’t know the full implications of your wish. Peace out ✌🏼

U need lef u need to convince people to invest in you and take risks

I love my mom, but would never buy her anything she wants. Shes far too independent to accept that. I've put some cryptos aside for her, started a wallet and she has the passphrase. She accepted this because she believes its worthless.

That's very sweet I think

I know what the hell... was she trying to assert herself into his bubble!?????

Yo ski mate i just felt so sorry for him, i think she may want some musk dirty old cougar lol

She should have given him some space x.

***** ^^^^ lol nice one

I agree. The right audiences always bring questions ask him paths they could take to follow their dreams. C: Today is the day!!! Landing in the Atlantic was probably one of the most amazing sights. I’m a Trekkie and to see his ideas have all the right stuff and humankind in every conversation.

Absolutely but Elon’s brain is so far ahead of the interviewers. Like watching a five-year-old interview a professor on physics.

ren painful indeed imagine if we all had eyes wide open like Elon how smart Americans would be. Pure visionary, seeing the unseen.

The old guy was not that bad tho . He was just enjoying ze musk

Actually this wasn't too bad. Most of the interviewers I have seen have been worse.

2021 he pretty much already has. He brought us PayPal, the First good electric car, first reusable rocket. First person to land a rocket. Hes already already made history in many different fields, all while starship is still in its infancy and could end up trumping all his other achievements.

@Me I've heard him show great concern for people and the planet. In relation to AI and fossil fuels.

.k .

He already has. He's one of a kind

@@jackmehoffe9662 he didn't have anything to do with paypal and Nasa did that Landing Rocket thing years ago...