Excessive use of made up acronyms is a significant impediment to communication and keeping communication good as we grow is incredibly important. 
I mean, there aren't that many people you can talk to about this sort of thing 
The big car companies are so derivative. They want to see it work somewhere else before they will approve the project and move forward. ![Ashlee Vance quotes: Either we fix [the marriage] today, or I will divorce you tomorrow.](http://www.wisefamousquotes.com/images/ashlee-vance-quotes-275002.jpg "Ashlee Vance quotes: Either we fix [the marriage] today, or I will divorce you tomorrow.")
Either we fix [the marriage] today, or I will divorce you tomorrow. 
When Musk is present, the chats tend toward the absurd and fantastic 
back to 2004. SpaceX needed an actuator that would trigger the gimbal 
When you have scarcity, it naturally reinforces greed and leads to more interest, 
A bunch of Tesla employees wrote checks to keep the company going, 
Enough solar energy hits the Earth's surface in about an hour to equal a year's worth of worldwide energy consumption from all sources put together.20 
Musk's vision, and, of late, execution seem to combine the best of Henry Ford and John D. Rockefeller. With 
He does what he wants, and he is relentless about it. It's Elon's world, and the rest of us live in it. 
He's hands-on to a degree that would make Hugh Hefner feel inadequate. 
There really wasn't anything suave about him," Ankenbrandt said. "We all worked twenty hours a day, and he worked twenty-three hours. 
What Musk has developed that so many of the entrepreneurs in Silicon Valley lack is a meaningful worldview. 
Once you figure out the question, then the answer is relatively easy. 
The two men continue to despise each other today, although they must do so in private, as legally required. 