Elon Musk: “It's a matter of time before we get hit by an asteroid.”

“Right. Because let's say, hypothetically, I mean, maybe that maybe those are the ruins of a long dead civilization that will probably have to earth at some point. You know, It's a matter of time before we get hit by an asteroid. Or maybe we do we annihilate ourselves with nuclear war. Or super volcanoes. Or super volcanoes, exactly. Yeah. There's a lot of things that could happen to us.” (08:18–08:23)

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