Elon Musk's economy will grow 10x in about 10 years.

Elon Musk's economy will grow 10x in about 10 years. | if Elon is right, the economy grows 10x in about 10 years. Opportunity is everywhere, but it's very unlikely that the opportunity is whatever we were doing yesterday.

if Elon is right, the economy grows 10x in about 10 years. Opportunity is everywhere, but it's very unlikely that the opportunity is whatever we were doing yesterday.

See 239_001.

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