Elon Musk talks Twitter, Tesla and how his brain works — live at TED2022 @ Vancouver B C Canada

Elon Reeve Musk, born June 28, 1971 in Pretoria, South Africa...... believes in humanity's future.

In this unedited conversation with head of TED Chris Anderson, Elon Musk — the head of Tesla, SpaceX, Neuralink and The Boring Company — digs into the recent news around his bid to purchase Twitter and gets honest about the biggest regret of his career, how his brain works, the future he envisions for the world and a lot more. (Recorded at TED2022 on April 14, 2022) This live interview includes an excerpt from another exclusive, extended conversation recorded a few days earlier at Tesla's Texas Gigafactory. Watch that full video here: https://youtu.be/YRvf00NooN8 1:22 Tesla Texas Gigafactory interview clip 11:34 Elon Musk live at TED2022 11:48 Twitter, free speech and open-sourcing the algorithm 27:40 Tesla and short sellers 32:02 If you could go back in time and change one thing, what would it be? 33:44 Electric vehicles, manufacturing and sleeping on the floor of the Tesla factory 38:04 "At this point I think I know more about manufacturing than anyone currently alive on Earth." 39:15 Elon's "Master Plan" and accelerating a sustainable energy economy 42:36 SNL, Asperger's, childhood and how Elon's brain works 46:48 "I was absolutely obsessed with truth." 49:23 Philosophy, the meaning of life and the "why" of things 51:43 What the future will look like 52:37 "We want to do our absolute best to make sure the future is ... something you can look forward to and not feel sad about." If you love watching TED Talks like this one, become a TED Member to support our mission of spreading ideas: http://ted.com/membership Follow TED! Twitter: http://twitter.com/TEDTalks Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ted Facebook: http://facebook.com/TED LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/ted-... TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@tedtoks The TED Talks channel features talks, performances and original series from the world's leading thinkers and doers. Subscribe to our channel for videos on Technology, Entertainment and Design — plus science, business, global issues, the arts and more. Visit http://TED.com to get our entire library of TED Talks, transcripts, translations, personalized talk recommendations and more. TED's videos may be used for non-commercial purposes under a Creative Commons License, Attribution–Non Commercial–No Derivatives (or the CC BY – NC – ND 4.0 International) and in accordance with our TED Talks Usage Policy (https://www.ted.com/about/our-organiz...). For more information on using TED for commercial purposes (e.g. employee learning, in a film or online course), please submit a Media Request at https://media-requests.ted.com