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Elon Musk: “I think we fundamentally have to have kids or go extinct.”

Featuring: Elon Musk, Senior Advisor to the President, Head of Department of Government Efficiency | National

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Elon Musk: A Different Conversation w/ Nikhil Kamath | Full Episode | People by WTF Ep. 16

Published | Video Starts at 1:09:41

… going on, can't survive by itself, can't even walk around, can't talk to, you know, stop walking, then talking and then having interesting thoughts and. But, but, yeah, I mean, I think we fundamentally have to have kids or go extinct. You know, it's like a. Is there any ego in having a child? I often think of this when I see my friends with their kids. (1:09:41–1:09:48)

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Asserts that having children is essential to avoid human extinction.

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