Sitting in the dark, wearing a traditional Indonesian shirt and surrounded by candles, Elon Musk offered a vision of the future with aliens, deep tunnels and rocket tourism.
The apparently disembodied Twitter billionaire appeared via video link on Monday to address business leaders in Bali on the sidelines of the G20 summit, with only his face and hands visible on a black screen.
“Three minutes before this call, we had a power outage. That’s why I’m in total darkness”he told Indonesian tycoon and moderator Anindya Bakrie.
Musk was asked why he hadn’t traveled to the tropical Indonesian island and joked that his “workload has ramped up quite a bit lately” following his takeover of Twitter.
Musk said little about Twitter, but came up with some ideas, such as building underground tunnels to avoid traffic congestion, rocket trips around the world in less than an hour, and discovering alien life in space.
“Maybe we’ll find alien civilizations or discover civilizations that existed millions of years ago. I think it would be incredibly interesting to go there and explore the galaxy.”he claimed.
The owner of electric car company Tesla has spoken of the benefits of tunnels over flying cars to combat congestion, saying the cars would fall on his head and be bad for privacy.
“Electric vehicles and tunnels are definitely an answer to the worst possible congestion in any city because they can use as many layers as they want until the congestion is resolved.”he explained.
In addition to his “lofty” vision of Indonesia’s future as a developing country, the conversation largely focused on his idiosyncratic and bold vision of the Earth’s future.
Jakarta invited Musk to use Indonesia as a launch site for his SpaceX rocket, citing the benefits of a location close to the equator, but Musk said he wanted to find platforms around the world that would allow people to travel “to the other side” . “world” at 20 times the speed of sound.
“I think the world would open up if someone could travel anywhere in the world in less than an hour”stated
For all his bold ideas for the future, the electric power, space exploration, and social media entrepreneur couldn’t hide his amusedness at the fact that he himself is responsible for the planet’s energy whims.
“This is so bizarre. I’m sitting here in the dark surrounded by candles. This is the funniest thing there is.”he claimed.
Source: DN
