Musk's Dire Prediction: Civilization Rapidly Drifting Towards a Dystopian or Utopian Future

Adrian Volenik

12 June 2024 at 12:00 pm·3-min read

Musk's Dire Prediction: Civilization Rapidly Drifting Towards a Dystopian or Utopian Future

Elon Musk, the unpredictable multibillionaire behind Tesla (NASDAQ:TSLA), X (formerly Twitter), The Boring Company, Neuralink, xAI, and SpaceX, often shares his thoughts on the future of humanity on X. Recently, he tweeted, "Civilization Is Careening Towards Dystopia/Utopia."

Civilization is careening towards dystopia/utopia
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) June 3, 2024

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This warning is just one of his many tweets discussing the potential collapse of civilization. For instance, he has also repeatedly said, "The woke mind virus is killing Western civilization," and "If civilization fails, nothing else matters." He often warns that human civilization could eventually disappear if birthrates keep dropping. Notably, Musk has fathered 11 children with three different women.

One of Musk’s main worries is that our civilization could be headed for a bleak future without major changes. He believes the answer lies in making humanity interplanetary, especially through his company, SpaceX.

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Musk argues, "If we do not become interplanetary and go beyond our solar system, destruction of all life on Earth is a certainty. It could be as little as half a billion years; that’s only 10% longer than Earth has been around at all. If life had taken 10% longer to evolve on Earth, it wouldn’t exist at all."

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Musk’s vision for Mars is a big part of his plan to save humanity. He thinks building a colony on Mars is vital for our future. He’s creating advanced rockets and technology through SpaceX to make this happen. His team is also working on ways to grow food, generate power, and recycle water and air on Mars to support life there.

His bold plan involves setting up a city on Mars where people can live, and SpaceX’s Starship, a fully reusable spacecraft, is designed to carry many people and lots of cargo to Mars, although some doubt its abilities.

Musk imagines fleets of these Starships transporting settlers and materials to build this Martian city. That’s why SpaceX is working on Starfactory, a new manufacturing facility in South Texas. The goal is to produce one new Starship rocket daily, which Musk believes will help humanity explore and settle on other planets.

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