Future is 80%+ likely to be great
Predictor: Elon Musk · ep#239 "Elon Musk: The Economy Will Be 10x the Size in 10 Years | #239" · source
Prediction text
Future is 80%+ likely to be great | I do agree with you that it's it's likely to be great. Um, you know, it's probably 80% likely, maybe more likely to be great.
Verbatim quote
I do agree with you that it's it's likely to be great. Um, you know, it's probably 80% likely, maybe more likely to be great.
Predictor: Elon Musk
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- 2026-05-01 → 2027-06-30pendingEdelman Trust Barometer / Pew survey shows majority-optimistic future viewHow: Edelman Trust Barometer 2027 or Pew global outlook poll shows ≥50% respondents 'optimistic about future' (proxy for Musk's '80%+ great' claim)Source: Edelman Trust Barometer annual report, Pew Research global outlook surveysconf 40%Notes: Public sentiment calibration — Musk's 80% is well above current global optimism baseline (~40-45%).
- 2026-05-01 → 2027-12-31pendingManifold/Polymarket existential-catastrophe market under 20%How: Aggregate prediction-market price for existential-risk-by-2050 markets remains below 20% (i.e., consensus of >80% non-catastrophe)Source: Manifold Markets, Polymarket, Metaculus existential-risk questionsconf 65%Notes: Best-available proxy for Musk's quantitative '80% great' framing.
- 2026-12-31 → 2028-12-31pendingGlobal GDP per capita continues real growth (no civilizational collapse)How: World Bank real GDP per capita shows positive growth in each year 2026-2028 (no -10% global contraction event)Source: World Bank WDI, IMF WEOconf 85%
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Linked documents (5)
| Sim | Source | Title | Market prob | Polarity | Reviewed | Published |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0.620 | manifold | Do you like 2% odds? | 2% | mentions | pending | 2026-05-18 |
| 0.597 | manifold | Do you like 4% odds? | 4% | mentions | pending | 2026-04-27 |
| 0.597 | manifold | Do you like 96% odds? | 96% | mentions | pending | 2026-05-04 |
| 0.595 | manifold | Do you like 46% odds? | 46% | mentions | pending | 2026-05-31 |
| 0.582 | manifold | Do you like 54% odds? | 54% | mentions | pending | 2026-05-11 |
Raw metadata
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"recent_statement": "Dec 2025 Moonshots: 'AGI in 2026... by 2030 AI exceeds combined intelligence of all humans.' March 11 2026 Abundance Summit: 'We're in the hard takeoff right now.' xAI Grok 5 'probability of AGI now 10% and rising'.",
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"track_record_notes": "Directionally strong, chronically optimistic on timing: Tesla FSD, Optimus, Starship Mars, Hyperloop all slipped 2–5x. BUT his big bets (reusable rockets, EV dominance, Starlink scale, Tesla profitability) all came true within a decade. 10x economy i
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