In your 20s, I think you should find one thing you're passionate about and work harder at that than anything else in your life. And if it destroys you, it destroys you.

Commerce drives innovation. Innovation drives technology. Technology is what we create—we just do it in a weird way. We do it through sex; we do it through social status; we do it through the need for respect, envy, [and] all these different things. But all that really does is drive technology, and that's ultimately the end of the line.

One of the big problems is the Democratic nomination process happened before [the] coronavirus ... The economy was doing well, [and] things were going just regular, so the boring, generic candidate won out. What we need now is a great, inspiring leader ... Joe Biden's strategy, currently, is to just sit back, don't say anything, and let Trump destroy himself.

One of the things I really don't like to see on Twitter & on the Internet is how many statements end with LOL. You think just because something is kind of funny or is funny or is legitimately funny, it also doesn't have a deep effect on society ... Some of the best comedy is dark and mean, but it reveals some important truths that we need to consider. But sometimes, comedy is just covering up for destructive ideology.

I really believe I can have a good conversation with Donald Trump, but I haven't seen many good conversations with him ... Part of me believes it's possible, but he often effectively runs over the interviewer.

It's possible to have a major hot war in the 21st century ... I think the lessons learned from that might be the kind that lead to a major World War 3 in the 21st century.

With Neuralink, people think that there's going to be some kind of leap into the totally transformative—a thing that totally changes the very nature of our civilization. I think it'll all be gradual. Just like the iPhone 1, 2, and 3, all this technology will slowly expand our capabilities.

In order to really appreciate the light, you got to experience the darkness. You have to know the darkness is real.