Philanthropy by Design: Elon Musk’s Mission to Save Humanity

Elon Musk: My companies are philanthropy.

“SpaceX, Tesla, Neuralink, and The Boring Company are philanthropy. If you say philanthropy is love of humanity, they are philanthropy.

Tesla is accelerating sustainable energy, this is philanthropy.

SpaceX is trying to ensure the long-term survival of humanity as a multiplanet species, this is love of humanity.

Neuralink is here to help solve brain injuries and existential risk with AI – love of humanity.

The Boring Company is trying to solve traffic, which is hell for most people, that also, is love of humanity.

If you care about the reality of goodness instead of the perception of it, philanthropy is extremely difficult.”

TED Interview, April 6, 2022