#1470 - Elon Musk

We're already cyborgs to some degree—we've got our phones, laptops, and electronic devices. Today, if you don't bring your phone along, it's like you have missing limb syndrome—it feels like something's really missing.

We're terrified of this disease [COVID-19] that was projected to kill 100-200k Americans this year. Cigarettes kill 500k people every year, and you don't hear a peep out of any politician.

To be successful, simply aspire to be less wrong.

If you want to improve the quality of your sleep and be healthier, don't eat right before you go to sleep—it's one of the worst things you could do.

In the United States especially, there's an over-allocation of talent in finance and law. Basically, too many smart people go into finance and law.

I think the mortality rate [of COVID-19] is much less than what the World Health Organization said it was. It's much less—probably at least an order of magnitude less.

When reporting COVID-19 cases, the media should distinguish between people diagnosed with the disease and those who just had symptoms.

One New York hospital said obesity was the number one determining factor for severe COVID-19 symptoms.

I think we may be able to implant a 'Neuralink' in someone in less than a year.

If somebody wants to stay home [amid COVID-19], they should stay home; if someone doesn't want stay home, they should not be compelled to stay home. That's my opinion.

How does wealth arise? If you organize people in a better way to produce products and services that are better than what existed before, and you have some ownership, that essentially gives you the right to allocate more capital.

Most of the hospitals in the United States right now [in early May 2020] are half empty—in some cases, they're at 30% capacity.

Tesla has 7,000 people in China, and 0 died because of COVID-19.