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Musk sees aliens, tunnels in a candlelit G20 vision of the future
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Tesla CEO and Twitter owner Elon Musk (right) speaks virtually with Anindya Bakrie (left), chairman of Supervisory Board of Indonesian Chamber of Commerce and Industry, at the B20 Summit as part of the G20 dialogue in Nusa Dua, Bali, on Nov. 14, 2022.
ADITYA PRADANA PUTRA / POOL / AFP (AFP/Aditya Pradana Putra)
Sitting in the dark, wearing a batik shirt and surrounded by candles, Elon Musk offered a vision for the future that includes aliens, deep tunnels and rocket tourism.
The seemingly disembodied billionaire Twitter owner appeared by video link on Monday to address business leaders in Bali on the sidelines of the G20 summit, only his face and hands visible on an otherwise black screen.
"We had a power outage three minutes before this call. That's why I'm entirely in the dark," he told tycoon-cum-moderator Anindya Bakrie.
Musk was asked why he had not traveled to Bali and the new Twitter boss joked that his "workload has recently increased quite a lot" after his takeover of the social media giant.
He had little else to say about his controversial acquisition, which has included firing thousands of employees and introducing a fee for verification. He supported more video on Twitter and efforts to monetize content for creators.
Twitter aside, the conversation turned instead to tunnels dug deep underground to battle congestion, rocket travel across the world in less than an hour and discovering extraterrestrial life in space.
"Maybe we will find alien civilizations or discover civilizations that existed millions of years ago," he said.
