Elon Musk in 2007: I Just Want to Help Solve Important Problems for Humanity

Elon Musk, 18 years ago: “I'd like to help solve important problems.”

“What I'd like to do is help solve some important problems.

I think, in a small way, I helped build the Internet.

And then, with respect to the global warming problem, the transition away from oil and other hydrocarbons to something that is clean and sustainable, I hope to have an impact there.

And then, with respect to space, I hope to have an impact in helping make humanity a multiplanet species.”

PBS Wired Science, January 7, 2007