Elon Musk: It's very difficult to be useful at scale.
Lex Fridman: “What do you use as a measure of success, in your life?”
Elon: “I'd say, how many useful things I can get done.”
Lex: “On a day-to-day basis? You wake up in the morning, how can I be useful today?”
Elon: “Yeah. Maximize the utility area under the curve of usefulness. It's very difficult to be useful at scale.”
Lex Fridman Podcast, August 2024