Musk first read Friedrich Nietzsche and Arthur Schopenhauer, but deemed them "really negative" (and said he wouldn't recommend them for young teenagers). "I guess when I was around 12 or 15…I had an existential crisis, and I was reading various books on trying to figure out the meaning of life and what does it all mean? It all seemed quite meaningless," Musk told journalist Alison van Diggelen in 2013. Musk has said the "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy" helped him as a teenager. Sunday was not the first time Musk has talked about his adoration for Adams' book. "Becoming a multi-planet species and ensuring that we have a sustainable climate on Earth, these are very important to that overarching philosophy," Musk said. And so we should try to do the things that expand the scope and scale of consciousness," he said.īoth SpaceX and Tesla can be, Musk believes, understood based on this theory. We'll learn more, we'll become more enlightened. "If we expand the scope and scale of consciousness, then we are better able to understand what questions to ask. To ask the most prescient questions requires constantly expanding humanity's collective intelligence, according to Musk. But more fundamentally: "What he was essentially saying is, 'The universe is the answer what are the questions?'" Musk told "CBS Sunday Morning." The science fiction novel approaches broad philosophical questions - about the meaning of life, the absurdity of life, the nature of intelligence and the nature of life - with humor.Īdams has "got great attitude, and he's a fun guy and a good sense of humor," Musk said. Dent is saved from the total destruction of Earth by Ford Prefect (an alien Dent at first thinks is human), who is working on a travel guide for intergalactic travelers. "Everyone has their sort of favorite philosopher, but my favorite philosopher is Douglas Adams."Īdams' iconic "Hitchhiker's Guide," first published in 1979, tells the tale of Arthur Dent.
"My sort of philosophical foundation is in line with Douglas Adams," Musk told "CBS Sunday Morning," according to a transcript published Sunday. At least in part, Musk says he is inspired by Douglas Adams, the author of the ultra-popular science-fiction novel, "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy."
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