Elon Musk - Free Speech, Neuralink & The Future of Humanity | Real Talk with Zuby Ep. 263

Elon Musk is an entrepreneur, investor, and business mogul. He is the founder and CEO of SpaceX and Tesla, owner and CTO of Twitter, founder of The Boring Company, and co-founder of Neuralink and OpenAI. With an estimated net worth of $225 billion, he is known to be the richest man in the world. I sat down with him to discuss the future of human civilisation, social media, free speech, space travel, climate change, aliens, AI, Neuralink, fatherhood, and more. SPONSOR 1: Masterworks - Invest in fine art Sign up at to skip the line SPONSOR 2: The Wellness Company - Doctors & supplements that put you first Visit and use promo code ZUBY at checkout for 15% off SPONSOR 3 - Manscaped - The best in men’s grooming Visit and use promo code ZUBY at checkout for 20% free shipping Follow Zuby - Follow Elon- 0:00 - Trailer & Ad 2:14 – Introduction (Elon’s Update) 2:51 – How Elon Manages His Day to Day? 7:25 – Long-term Twitter Plan 10:50 – Freedom of Speech 15:40 – Balancing Freedom of Speech & Business Aspect of Twitter 22:30 – Handling Backlash & Criticism 26:06 – Ads 1 27:15 – What Motivates Elon? 29:34 – Greatest Threat to Humanity? 31:34 – Space Exploration & Multi-planet Species 37:58 – Overpopulation & Climate Change 44:50 – Luxury Belief & Sustainable Energy 46:40 – Underpopulation Threat 50:40 – Parenthood & Happiness 53:25 – Ads 2 54:30 – How Having Kids Made Elon Happier 58:24 – Elon’s Childhood 59:36 – Elon’s Videogame Journey (Blastar, Programming Job, QUAKE) 1:04:18 – First Impression of Internet 1:08:21 – Access to Information 1:09:05 – Recalibrating Expectations 1:10:31 – Future Optimism 1:11:11 – Perspective & Gratitude 1:15:32 – Human Life Span 1:17:51 – Neuralink 1:20:39 – Neuralink Long Term Goals & Concern 1:27:12 – Greatest Concern on AI 1:29:55 – AI Replacing Jobs (Age of Abundance) 1:33:23 – What Keeps You Grounded? Subscribe to the ’Real Talk With Zuby’ podcast on Apple Podcasts, Spotify & more - Support Zuby on Locals - Support Zuby on Patreon - Special thanks to GOLD TIER Patreon members: Edwin Chiang, Han, Matt Gallagher, , Todd Weyl Get Zuby’s children’s book ’The Candy Calamity’ - Get Zuby’s fitness book ’Strong Advice: Zuby’s Guide to Fitness For Everybody’ - Website - Online Store -