"I'm reasonably optimistic about the future, especially..." - Quote by Elon Musk
I'm reasonably optimistic about the future, especially the future of the United States - for the century, at least.
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“In the next few years the struggle will not be between utopia and reality, but between different utopias, each trying to impose itself on reality ... we can no longer hope to save everything, but ... we can at least try to save lives, so that some kind of future, if perhaps not the ideal one, will remain possible.”