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This is a fantastic time to be entering the business world, because business is going to change more in the next 10 years than it has in the last 50.

Over time I think we will probably see a closer merger of biological intelligence and digital intelligence.

I live in the present with an eye on the future.

The future of humanity is going to bifurcate in two directions: Either it’s going to become multiplanetary, or it’s going to remain confined to one planet and eventually there’s going to be an extinction event.

Of course humans like to explore, and we should. There’s nothing wrong with that. But it’s more than that. It’s essential for your children and your children’s children.

In order for us to have a future that’s exciting and inspiring, it has to be one where we’re a space-bearing civilization.

I’ve actually made a prediction that within 30 years a majority of new cars made in the United States will be electric. And I don’t mean hybrid, I mean fully electric.

It’s important that we attempt to extend life beyond Earth now. It is the first time in the four billion-year history of Earth that it’s been possible, and that window could be open for a long time – hopefully it is – or it could be open for a short time. We should err on the side of caution and do something now.

Everyone here has the sense that right now is one of those moments when we are influencing the future.

I do not know what the future holds, but I do know that I’m going to be positively surprised.