“The heroes of the books I read, The Lord of the Rings and the Foundation series, always felt a duty to save the world.”

— Elon Musk

Plugged In: Can Elon Musk lead the way to an electric-car future?, New Yorker, 24 August 2009, 7 February 2015 http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2009/08/24/plugged-in,

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