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Elon Musk: Technology is what drives humanity forward. “You've got things like the Gutenberg Press, before which it was very difficult to get books. Even if you had a thirst for knowledge, you really couldn't do anything about it because there were very few books to read. The Internet is something beyond the Gutenberg book press. When I first saw the Internet coming into being in a way that the general public could use it, it felt like humanity as a whole was developing a nervous system. Previously, the way the information would travel would be by osmosis, one person to another or one person calling another, but the access to information was very limited. Now, with the Internet, it's like having a nervous system. It's like any part of humanity has access to almost all the information of humanity.” Interview with Bill Maher, April 29, 2023
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Elon Musk: Technology is what drives humanity forward. “You've got things like the Gutenberg Press, before which it was very difficult to get books. Even if you had a thirst for knowledge, you really couldn't do anything about it because there were very few books to read. The Internet is something beyond the Gutenberg book press. When I first saw the Internet coming into being in a way that the general public could use it, it felt like humanity as a whole was developing a nervous system. Previously, the way the information would travel would be by osmosis, one person to another or one person calling another, but the access to information was very limited. Now, with the Internet, it's like having a nervous system. It's like any part of humanity has access to almost all the information of humanity.” Interview with Bill Maher, April 29, 2023

ELON CLIPS

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Elon Musk: Humanity is becoming a superorganism. “What is the Internet fundamentally? It's not a place you get email or post pictures or something. Really, the Internet is like the nervous system for humanity. Previously, communication was more like osmosis. In order for information to travel, somebody would have to call someone with a phone or write them a letter, and then that letter would be carried by another person, by a series of people to the destination. Now, communication can happen instantly from any place in the world to anyone else, and does not need a human to carry it. At a cellular level, a small primitive multicellular creature will just communicate by osmosis from one cell to the next, or diffusion, essentially. But once you have a more sophisticated organism, you have a nervous system. The speed at which information can travel is much faster and the accessibility of information is fundamentally different. Now, with the Internet, you could be in the middle of the Amazon jungle with a satellite connection, and you have access to all the world's information. Whereas previously, even if you lived in the Library of Congress in the U.S. where the most books are, you still would only have access to a fraction of the world's information. This is basically humanity becoming a superorganism to the degree that's not possible unless you have sort of essentially instant light-speed communication from anywhere to anywhere, as opposed to osmosis diffusion.” Axel Springer Pioneer's Talk, December 1, 2020
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Elon Musk: Humanity is becoming a superorganism. “What is the Internet fundamentally? It's not a place you get email or post pictures or something. Really, the Internet is like the nervous system for humanity. Previously, communication was more like osmosis. In order for information to travel, somebody would have to call someone with a phone or write them a letter, and then that letter would be carried by another person, by a series of people to the destination. Now, communication can happen instantly from any place in the world to anyone else, and does not need a human to carry it. At a cellular level, a small primitive multicellular creature will just communicate by osmosis from one cell to the next, or diffusion, essentially. But once you have a more sophisticated organism, you have a nervous system. The speed at which information can travel is much faster and the accessibility of information is fundamentally different. Now, with the Internet, you could be in the middle of the Amazon jungle with a satellite connection, and you have access to all the world's information. Whereas previously, even if you lived in the Library of Congress in the U.S. where the most books are, you still would only have access to a fraction of the world's information. This is basically humanity becoming a superorganism to the degree that's not possible unless you have sort of essentially instant light-speed communication from anywhere to anywhere, as opposed to osmosis diffusion.” Axel Springer Pioneer's Talk, December 1, 2020

ELON CLIPS

112,182 views • 1 year ago

Elon Musk explains how Starlink will actually move the GDP of countries “If you don’t have access to the internet, or it’s too expensive or low bandwidth, you cannot access MIT lessons, you can’t access information, and you can’t sell your goods and services” Starlink changes all of that “Starlink will actually move the GDP of countries. It’s going to be that kind of thing” Because GDP is simply average productivity per person and connectivity massively boosts productivity
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Elon Musk explains how Starlink will actually move the GDP of countries “If you don’t have access to the internet, or it’s too expensive or low bandwidth, you cannot access MIT lessons, you can’t access information, and you can’t sell your goods and services” Starlink changes all of that “Starlink will actually move the GDP of countries. It’s going to be that kind of thing” Because GDP is simply average productivity per person and connectivity massively boosts productivity

X Freeze

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ELON: STARLINK WILL MOVE THE GDP OF COUNTRIES "Once you have access to the internet, you have access to all the world's information. But if you don't have access to the internet, or it's too expensive or low bandwidth, then you cannot access the MIT lessons. You can't access all the information, and you can't sell the goods and services that you produce. So, internet connectivity is certainly a candidate for one of the things that would do more to lift people out of poverty than anything else because they can now sell their goods and services, learn anything, and work better. Without connectivity, they cannot." Source: Milken Institute
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ELON: STARLINK WILL MOVE THE GDP OF COUNTRIES "Once you have access to the internet, you have access to all the world's information. But if you don't have access to the internet, or it's too expensive or low bandwidth, then you cannot access the MIT lessons. You can't access all the information, and you can't sell the goods and services that you produce. So, internet connectivity is certainly a candidate for one of the things that would do more to lift people out of poverty than anything else because they can now sell their goods and services, learn anything, and work better. Without connectivity, they cannot." Source: Milken Institute

Mario Nawfal

16,367,293 views • 2 years ago

STARLINK ISN'T A REPLACEMENT. IT'S A LIFELINE Sometimes people think Is Starlink just going to destroy all the terrestrial internet? It definitely will not But what it will do is Starlink will give access to the internet to people that either don't have access, or where their access is extremely expensive or very bad. So, this is a massive enabler for improving and enabling people in remote locations to learn anything - Elon Musk
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STARLINK ISN'T A REPLACEMENT. IT'S A LIFELINE Sometimes people think Is Starlink just going to destroy all the terrestrial internet? It definitely will not But what it will do is Starlink will give access to the internet to people that either don't have access, or where their access is extremely expensive or very bad. So, this is a massive enabler for improving and enabling people in remote locations to learn anything - Elon Musk

X Freeze

15,450 views • 6 months ago

Elon Musk: Starlink is going to do a tremendous amount of good “Starlink is good in and of itself. The Starlink system provides low-cost, high-bandwidth connectivity anywhere in the world. It's the first truly global Internet system. And I think it's helping a lot of people around the world who either don't have access to connectivity, or it's too expensive. You know, once you have access to the Internet, you can learn anything. You can sell your products and services to the rest of the world. So, I think Starlink actually is going to do a tremendous amount of good in lifting people out of poverty and helping them.”
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Elon Musk: Starlink is going to do a tremendous amount of good “Starlink is good in and of itself. The Starlink system provides low-cost, high-bandwidth connectivity anywhere in the world. It's the first truly global Internet system. And I think it's helping a lot of people around the world who either don't have access to connectivity, or it's too expensive. You know, once you have access to the Internet, you can learn anything. You can sell your products and services to the rest of the world. So, I think Starlink actually is going to do a tremendous amount of good in lifting people out of poverty and helping them.”

Eva Fo𝕏 🦊 Claudius Nero's Legion

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How many BOOKS have been destroyed, burned HIDDEN to keep us from KNOWLEDGE? More and more books are removed from circulation claiming OBSOLESCENCE, especially ENCYCLOPEDIAS. l too read an old set when l was young full of the fantastical, INFORMATION l could no longer find through search engines. I'm not suggesting ALL TRUTH is written but think about how much more readily information can be CHANGED with a few clicks and narratives FED to us on the internet... When the books are gone. Credit 📽 @TheLostChapterBooks
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How many BOOKS have been destroyed, burned HIDDEN to keep us from KNOWLEDGE? More and more books are removed from circulation claiming OBSOLESCENCE, especially ENCYCLOPEDIAS. l too read an old set when l was young full of the fantastical, INFORMATION l could no longer find through search engines. I'm not suggesting ALL TRUTH is written but think about how much more readily information can be CHANGED with a few clicks and narratives FED to us on the internet... When the books are gone. Credit 📽 @TheLostChapterBooks

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135,716 views • 2 years ago

🚨Breaking: The CCP knows that it has been losing big recently, especially after Venezuela and Iran. So how does it react? By shutting down the internet completely! Although there is a Great Firewall in China, a lot of people are still able to “jump over the wall” to access information outside the wall. But now, the CCP is going to completely ban the use of VPN services and all “illegal cross-border internet access”!
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🚨Breaking: The CCP knows that it has been losing big recently, especially after Venezuela and Iran. So how does it react? By shutting down the internet completely! Although there is a Great Firewall in China, a lot of people are still able to “jump over the wall” to access information outside the wall. But now, the CCP is going to completely ban the use of VPN services and all “illegal cross-border internet access”!

Inconvenient Truths — Jennifer Zeng Reports

40,857 views • 4 months ago

David Friedberg: "I think that AI may actually break education." "I think the internet was the first leg on the stool to break higher education." "The internet democratized access to information and knowledge." "You can watch MIT graduate courses. That's an incredible transition that's happened for humanity, for society, for the world." "AI is the next leg of the stool to break." "And I think that AI may actually break education." "It may break higher education, and then eventually it may make its way all the way down to childhood in terms of rethinking from first principles, how do we educate?" "And we could see kids in Africa and kids in South Asia getting the equivalent of a Harvard graduate school degree at a cost of zero through personalized tutoring enabled through AI, and the ubiquitous access to knowledge and information." "So that core function of the university, I think, is broken." "And they're now starting to reconcile what that actually means for the long-term viability of all of these higher educational institutions in the United States."
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David Friedberg: "I think that AI may actually break education." "I think the internet was the first leg on the stool to break higher education." "The internet democratized access to information and knowledge." "You can watch MIT graduate courses. That's an incredible transition that's happened for humanity, for society, for the world." "AI is the next leg of the stool to break." "And I think that AI may actually break education." "It may break higher education, and then eventually it may make its way all the way down to childhood in terms of rethinking from first principles, how do we educate?" "And we could see kids in Africa and kids in South Asia getting the equivalent of a Harvard graduate school degree at a cost of zero through personalized tutoring enabled through AI, and the ubiquitous access to knowledge and information." "So that core function of the university, I think, is broken." "And they're now starting to reconcile what that actually means for the long-term viability of all of these higher educational institutions in the United States."

The All-In Podcast

112,132 views • 1 year ago

Here’s Elon Musk 8 years ago jokingly talking about AI in space: “There's not enough processing power on [Starlink] to be a Skynet thing.” Jonathan Nolan: “Let’s talk about another project that you're working on that our audience wants to know a little bit more about: Starlink.” Elon: “Do you mean Skynet?” Nolan: “Hopefully not Skynet.” Elon: “It's the Internet in the sky. Essentially it's intended to provide low latency, high bandwidth Internet connectivity throughout the world. There actually will not be enough cognitive processing power onboard the satellite system to, in any way, be a Skynet thing. AI requires a lot of big servers on the ground. It's too power intensive. But this is intended to provide people who don't have any Internet connectivity, with Internet connectivity. And it's very good for areas and for giving people in cities a choice of low cost Internet access. I do think it's going to be important, the Starlink system will be important in providing the funding necessary for SpaceX to develop interplanetary spacecraft and at the same time helping people who have either no or super extensive connectivity and giving people information.” Source: Conversation between Elon Musk and Jonathan Nolan at SXSW 2018, March 11, 2018. Full video:
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Here’s Elon Musk 8 years ago jokingly talking about AI in space: “There's not enough processing power on [Starlink] to be a Skynet thing.” Jonathan Nolan: “Let’s talk about another project that you're working on that our audience wants to know a little bit more about: Starlink.” Elon: “Do you mean Skynet?” Nolan: “Hopefully not Skynet.” Elon: “It's the Internet in the sky. Essentially it's intended to provide low latency, high bandwidth Internet connectivity throughout the world. There actually will not be enough cognitive processing power onboard the satellite system to, in any way, be a Skynet thing. AI requires a lot of big servers on the ground. It's too power intensive. But this is intended to provide people who don't have any Internet connectivity, with Internet connectivity. And it's very good for areas and for giving people in cities a choice of low cost Internet access. I do think it's going to be important, the Starlink system will be important in providing the funding necessary for SpaceX to develop interplanetary spacecraft and at the same time helping people who have either no or super extensive connectivity and giving people information.” Source: Conversation between Elon Musk and Jonathan Nolan at SXSW 2018, March 11, 2018. Full video:

ELON CLIPS

11,015 views • 2 months ago

Gutenberg invented the most important technology of the millennium and immediately went bankrupt — and so did the bank that foreclosed on him, and so did his apprentices. Gutenberg could make a batch of 300 books for the cost of one, but there weren't enough buyers in his small, landlocked village in Germany. It it took the better part of a century of further innovations, social changes, and setting up of distribution networks before you could have a pamphlet like Luther's 95 thesis get from Wittenberg to London in 17 days.
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Gutenberg invented the most important technology of the millennium and immediately went bankrupt — and so did the bank that foreclosed on him, and so did his apprentices. Gutenberg could make a batch of 300 books for the cost of one, but there weren't enough buyers in his small, landlocked village in Germany. It it took the better part of a century of further innovations, social changes, and setting up of distribution networks before you could have a pamphlet like Luther's 95 thesis get from Wittenberg to London in 17 days.

Dwarkesh Patel

1,247,874 views • 5 months ago

The NBN is a national embarrassment and Elon Musk is calling us out. Topher Project 024 Australia's internet shouldn't be international news, but it is! Elon Musk is calling us out as we continue to spend billions to have worse internet than remote countries in Africa. How has it come to this? Follow all my work via Topher Field on all the socials Grab a copy of my books and merch from
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The NBN is a national embarrassment and Elon Musk is calling us out. Topher Project 024 Australia's internet shouldn't be international news, but it is! Elon Musk is calling us out as we continue to spend billions to have worse internet than remote countries in Africa. How has it come to this? Follow all my work via Topher Field on all the socials Grab a copy of my books and merch from

Topher Field

24,044 views • 1 year ago

🚨THEY SOLD A COW FOR INTERNET… AND IT CHANGED EVERYTHING A tiny, remote village somewhere in the South American Amazon now has high-speed internet thanks to Starlink, running entirely on solar power. They literally sold a cow to buy the dish, and that’s how valuable connectivity is when you’ve never had it. Before this, making a phone call meant traveling for hours or even days. Now they’re online instantly, with access to education, healthcare, information, and opportunity for the first time. No fiber lines, no government rollout, no decades of waiting, just satellites and sunlight. This is what real technological advancement looks like. It’s mind-blowing that a private network accomplished what entire systems never bothered to deliver. This is a phenomenal statement showcasing that internet access isn’t a luxury, it’s the gateway to modern life, and Starlink is opening that door where no one else showed up. Source: , Elon Musk, Starlink
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🚨THEY SOLD A COW FOR INTERNET… AND IT CHANGED EVERYTHING A tiny, remote village somewhere in the South American Amazon now has high-speed internet thanks to Starlink, running entirely on solar power. They literally sold a cow to buy the dish, and that’s how valuable connectivity is when you’ve never had it. Before this, making a phone call meant traveling for hours or even days. Now they’re online instantly, with access to education, healthcare, information, and opportunity for the first time. No fiber lines, no government rollout, no decades of waiting, just satellites and sunlight. This is what real technological advancement looks like. It’s mind-blowing that a private network accomplished what entire systems never bothered to deliver. This is a phenomenal statement showcasing that internet access isn’t a luxury, it’s the gateway to modern life, and Starlink is opening that door where no one else showed up. Source: , Elon Musk, Starlink

Mario Nawfal

571,006 views • 7 months ago

Iranian Professor Mohammad Marandi tells SNEAKO that most Iranians STILL don’t have access to the global internet, and explains why having access can actually be a LIABILITY 👀😳 “Few people in Iran have access to the international internet. I have access due to my interaction with the media, but for any of us who have it, it’s a liability because we could be targeted. I do have a bounty on my head, so it’s not as if it benefits me to have this connection.”
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Iranian Professor Mohammad Marandi tells SNEAKO that most Iranians STILL don’t have access to the global internet, and explains why having access can actually be a LIABILITY 👀😳 “Few people in Iran have access to the international internet. I have access due to my interaction with the media, but for any of us who have it, it’s a liability because we could be targeted. I do have a bounty on my head, so it’s not as if it benefits me to have this connection.”

Daily SNEAKO

31,855 views • 4 months ago

A girl posted a photo online and challenged people to find the location where it was taken. What happened next is a reminder of how much information a single photo can reveal. Using nothing more than a smartphone, internet access, and a keen eye for details, one person analyzed clues from the image and accurately identified the exact location. Privacy on the internet is far more fragile than most people realize.
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A girl posted a photo online and challenged people to find the location where it was taken. What happened next is a reminder of how much information a single photo can reveal. Using nothing more than a smartphone, internet access, and a keen eye for details, one person analyzed clues from the image and accurately identified the exact location. Privacy on the internet is far more fragile than most people realize.

Magadh Updates

36,747 views • 2 months ago

NVIDIA CEO Jensen Huang on the future of artificial intelligence: "It is going to be largely optimistic, largely wonderful. There are some use cases that we have to be extremely careful about—as in all great technology. If you look at the progress of technology over the years, electricity, the internet, computers, the automobile, I think we can all, all accept that in each one of those cases, there are situations and cases where we have to be very careful about. So as the creators of this technology, the industry has to be mindful, thoughtful, rigorous about building and advancing this technology properly. This is the first technology in my generation where we invented a new computer technology where it's easier to access than not. For example the computer until now has been programmable for about 30 million people in the world. About 30 million of us know how to program it and apply it to some useful career. Now everybody in the world can program an AI. You just go up to it and just say, 'I'd like to, you know, ask you to do something.' If you're not sure how to use AI, you tell the AI, 'I don't know how to use AI. Tell me how to use AI. How do I, how do I write a program? How do I book a trip? How do I do a research?' And so we've closed the technology divide tremendously, and that's something that's really important to recognize."
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NVIDIA CEO Jensen Huang on the future of artificial intelligence: "It is going to be largely optimistic, largely wonderful. There are some use cases that we have to be extremely careful about—as in all great technology. If you look at the progress of technology over the years, electricity, the internet, computers, the automobile, I think we can all, all accept that in each one of those cases, there are situations and cases where we have to be very careful about. So as the creators of this technology, the industry has to be mindful, thoughtful, rigorous about building and advancing this technology properly. This is the first technology in my generation where we invented a new computer technology where it's easier to access than not. For example the computer until now has been programmable for about 30 million people in the world. About 30 million of us know how to program it and apply it to some useful career. Now everybody in the world can program an AI. You just go up to it and just say, 'I'd like to, you know, ask you to do something.' If you're not sure how to use AI, you tell the AI, 'I don't know how to use AI. Tell me how to use AI. How do I, how do I write a program? How do I book a trip? How do I do a research?' And so we've closed the technology divide tremendously, and that's something that's really important to recognize."

Ryan Saavedra

20,105 views • 1 month ago

For those that know she’s referring to "The Akashic Records" where you can tap by opening up your Pineal Gland to access information. The real Internet is "us" and if we actually turned the Internet off and communicate with each other telepathically. It would only take practice. So the same things we’re doing now commenting and talking to each other on the Internet we can do that in the original Internet through our bio field.
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For those that know she’s referring to "The Akashic Records" where you can tap by opening up your Pineal Gland to access information. The real Internet is "us" and if we actually turned the Internet off and communicate with each other telepathically. It would only take practice. So the same things we’re doing now commenting and talking to each other on the Internet we can do that in the original Internet through our bio field.

🧬Maxpein🧬

129,344 views • 26 days ago