I think when I was — I don't
know — five or six or something,
I thought I was insane.
It was just strange.
Because it was clear that other people did not
— their minds weren't exploding with ideas.
It was like,
I'm strange.
I don't think you'd necessarily want to be me.
It's very hard to turn it off.
It's like a never-ending explosion.
All the time.
People look like they have a much
better life than they really do.
People are posting pictures of
when they're really happy,
they are modifying those
pictures to be better looking,
even if they are not modifying the
pictures they are at least selecting the
pictures for the best lighting, the best angle.
So people basically seem way better looking
than they basically really are
and they’re way happier
seeming than they really are.
So if you look at everyone on Instagram
you might think man there are all these
happy beautiful people
and I’m not that good looking and I am not happy.
And that’s gonna make people sad.
When in fact those people you think are super happy;
actually — not that happy.
Some of them are really depressed.
They’re very sad.
Some of the happiest seeming people,
actually some of the saddest people in reality.
So I think things like that can make people quite sad.
How many things can you buy that you really love?
That really give you joy, so rare, so rare.
I wish there were more things.
That’s what we're trying to do,
just make things that somebody loves.
The universe as we know it will dissipate
into a fine mist of cold nothingness eventually.
I don’t want to sound like things are too dark ‘cause
I think you kind of have to be optimistic
about the future.
There's no point in being pessimistic.
Like what are the set of things that can be
done to make the future better?
I think that a future where we're a spacefaring
civilization
and out there among the stars,
this is very exciting.
This makes me look forward to the future.
This makes me want that future.
There need to be things
that make you look forward to
waking up in the morning.
You wake up in the morning you look forward to the day
you look forward to the future.
A future where we're a spacefaring civilization
and out there among the stars
I think that's very exciting.
That is a thing we want.
Whereas if we knew we would not be a spacefaring
civilization but forever confined to earth.
This would not be a good future.
That would be very sad I think.
If there are two futures and one future
is we're out there among the stars
and things we read about and
see in science fiction movies
— the good ones — are true,
we have these starships and we're
going to see what other planets are like,
and we're a multi-planet species
and the scope and scale of
consciousness has expanded
across many civilizations
and many planets and many star systems.
This is a great future
– this is a wonderful thing — to me.
and that's what we should strive for.
