Elon Musk (2017): I’m Doing Everything I Can to Make the Future as Good as Possible

Here's Elon Musk in 2017 explaining he'll do whatever he can “to have the future be as good as possible.”

“What drives me is that I want to be able to think about the future and feel good about it. [I want to make sure] we're doing what we can to have the future be as good as possible, to be inspired by what is likely to happen, and to look forward to the next day.

That's what really drives me, trying to figure out how to make sure that things are great and going to be so. That's the underlying principle behind Tesla and SpaceX.

It's pretty important that we accelerate the transition to sustainable generation and consumption of energy. It's inevitable, but it matters if it happens sooner or later.

SpaceX is about helping make life multiplanetary and doing what we can to continue the dream of Apollo and ultimately make a contribution to life becoming multiplanetary.”

National Governors Association, July 15, 2017