Five Crazy Ideas From Elon Musk That Aren’t Really That Crazy

Arvindh Yuvaraj

12-Apr-17 13:30

Five Crazy Ideas From Elon Musk That Aren’t Really That Crazy

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Love him or hate him, there’s no one quite like Elon Musk. The eccentric billionaire has come up with some crazy ideas in the past, and the best part is, he has gone out to prove that they aren’t so crazy after all! On this episode, we look at five ideas from Musk that may sound completely bonkers at first, but wound up being blueprints for what could possibly be the way of the future.

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Tags: Elon Musk, Crazy ideas, artificial intelligence, Autonomous Cars, Solar Power, Space Age Internet, Mars Colonization

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