Why Elon Musk Has an "Idiot Index"

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0:04 Elon Musk interview used with permission from the SATELLITE Conference & Exhibition.

Full interview: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HPV8Xp3pEpI&t=2558s

0:20 From the "Collecting Innovation Today" interview with innovator Elon Musk on June 26, 2008 at SpaceX, part of The Henry Ford's "OnInnovation" project that celebrates the contributions of today's innovators. https://www.flickr.com/photos/oninnovation/albums/72157623364617582/, CC BY-ND 2.0 DEED, Attribution-NoDerivs 2.0 Generic (image edited by Newsthink Ltd.)

0:55 Walter Isaacson image: Christopher Michel, CC BY 2.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0 via Wikimedia Commons

Elon Musk image used with permission from the U.S. Air Force Academy

1:06 Image of Lucas Hughes taken from LinkedIn (image edited by Newsthink Ltd.)

2:21 Used with permission from the U.S. Air Force Academy

3:54 Used with permission from the U.S. Air Force Academy