Tesla board member Kimbal Musk outlines the construction timeline and production targets for Giga Texas in Austin.
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Kimbal and Elon Musk were first to see internet door-to-door directions
“We were the first two humans to see maps and door-to-door directions on the internet.”
Opinion
Kimbal Musk: Future towns should replace car roads with parks and agriculture
“My vision of a town would be very little roads other than emergency access for fire trucks and ambulance, things like that, trash, but and then a car could come use those same Sort of emergency alleys to come pick you up. But, ah, then the rest of it would be …”
Opinion
Kimbal Musk: Car-centric modern towns foster isolated 'pod living'
“But if you go to a modern day town, which is built around the car, it's very soulless. You've kind of live in your house, get in your car, go to the office, and that's kind of your life. It's I call it pod living. You're in your home pod. Then your car pod, th…”
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Kimbal Musk: Entrepreneurs, not government, will solve income inequality and homelessness
“The real way things get done in America is through individual contribution, entrepreneurship, and those individuals contribute in a way that helps the overall society get better. And I think that's, we, we're going to solve things like income inequality that w…”
Insight
Kimbal Musk: Founders should choose VCs based on partners, not firms
“I would, Do it based on which partner, not the firm at all, but which partner you feel like will be the best best partner at the firm. That you would be the best partner with you. The person matters entirely. A hundred percent. And you can get a great firm and…”
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Musk: Garden Science Lessons Boost Fifth-Grade Test Scores by 15 Points
“In fifth grade, Well, if you teach a science lesson, the same science lesson in the garden versus the classroom, you see a 15 point increase on a hundred point scale in test scores.”