Elon Musk says
“Education is basically downloading data and algorithms into your brain.”
“I think perhaps education doesn’t do us much good unless it is mixed with sweat.”
“The best anti-poverty program is a world-class education.”
“In my whole life, I have known no wise people (over a board subject matter area) who didn't read all the time - none, zero. You'd be amazed how much Warren reads - and at how much I read. My children laugh at me. They think I'm a book with a couple of legs sticking out.”
“People calculate too much and think too little.”
“If something is too hard, we move on to something else. What could be simpler than that?”
“Acquire worldly wisdom and adjust your behavior accordingly. If your new behavior gives you a little temporary unpopularity with your peer group… then to hell with them.”
“Most people overestimate what they can accomplish in a day - and overestimate what they can accomplish in a year.”
“Own your work and compound credibility.”
“Success is a lousy teacher. It seduces smart people into thinking they can't lose.”
“If you don’t get this elementary, but mildly unnatural, mathematics of elementary probability into your repertoire, then you go through a long life like a one-legged man in an ass-kicking contest.”
“There is no better teacher than history in determining the future... There are answers worth billions of dollars in 30$ history book.”