You Shouldn't Do Things Differently Just Because

It Is A Mistake To Hire Huge Numbers Of People To Get A Complicated Job Done. Numbers Will Never Compensate For Talent In Getting The Right Answer (two People Who Don't Know Something Are No Better Than One), Will Tend To Slow Down Progress, And Will Make The Task Incredibly Expensive.

The Key Test For An Acronym Is To Ask Whether It Helps Or Hurts Communication.

I Think The High-tech Industry Is Used To Developing New Things Very Quickly. It's The Silicon Valley Way Of Doing Business: You Either Move Very Quickly And You Work Hard To Improve Your Product Technology, Or You Get Destroyed By Some Other Company.

I Think Most Of The Important Stuff On The Internet Has Been Built. There Will Be Continued Innovation, For Sure, But The Great Problems Of The Internet Have Essentially Been Solved.

Tesla Motors Was Created To Accelerate The Advent Of Sustainable Transport. If We Clear A Path To The Creation Of Compelling Electric Vehicles, But Then Lay Intellectual Property Landmines Behind Us To Inhibit Others, We Are Acting In A Manner Contrary To That Goal. Tesla Will Not Initiate Patent Lawsuits Against Anyone Who, In Good Faith, Wants To Use Our Technology.