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外国
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personal ideology is is kind of split
个人意识形态现在有点分裂，
right now between trying to be helpful
一方面试图
on earth related stuff which is
对地球相关的东西有所帮助，也就是
sustainable energy and then trying to
可持续能源，另一方面试图
you know Advance space technology so we
推进太空技术，这样我们
can establish a self-sustaining City on
就可以在火星上建立一个自给自足的城市，
Mars but I do think it's important to be
但是 我确实认为，成为
a multi-planet not just one planet but
多星球很重要，而不仅仅是一个星球，而是
another Planet Rock verify range go
另一个星球摇滚验证范围去
guy
家伙，
is that we don't
我们不
eat with yet the thing that really drove
吃饭，但真正推动
Tesla to the moon so to speak is the
特斯拉登上月球的东西可以说是
promotional capabilities of Elon Musk
促销 伊隆·马斯克的能力
he never imagines that it can fail
他从来没有想过它会失败
he just doesn't I mean we've got to be
他只是没有我的意思是我们必须
excited about the future we're going to
对未来感到兴奋我们
do things that make us want to live
要做让我们想活下去的事情
you know it cannot always be about
你知道它不能总是与
problems every day I mean do you want to
问题有关 我的意思是，你想
wake up every morning and everything is
每天早上醒来，发现所有事情都是
just a problem well what in what
问题吗？是什么
inspires you and what makes you excited
激励了你，是什么让你
about the future
对未来感到兴奋？
Falcon 9 is looking good two million
猎鹰 9 号看起来不错，
pounds of thrust as it goes into space
它进入太空时有 200 万磅的推力，
Elon Musk is so polarizing
伊隆·马斯克是如此
I've never seen a CEO elicit such
我从未见过一位 CEO 引发如此截然
opposite responses
相反的反应
he makes people feel that we can save
他让人们 觉得我们
the Earth without making sacrifices
不用做出牺牲就能拯救地球，
instead you can just buy a sexy red car
相反，你可以买一辆性感的红色汽车。
Elon Musk has always been totally
伊隆·马斯克
unafraid from from the very beginning to
从一开始就毫无畏惧，他会
just go after anyone who criticizes him
毫不留情地攻击任何批评他的人，
with the gloves all the way off
everybody walks on pins and needles out
每个人都如履薄冰
there you hear the word Elon and these
你听到埃隆这个词，这些
guys aren't shaking
家伙没有发抖，
they were scared
他们很害怕，
I mean scared
我的意思是害怕
I think living next door to the rocket
我觉得住在火箭隔壁是
has been the most advantageous thing in
my whole entire life besides having my
我一生中最有利的事情，除了我的
children
孩子们
I'm Maria Poynter and I'm a SpaceX
我是玛丽亚·波因特，我是 SpaceX 的
influencer and I'm the first neighbor
影响者，我是第一个邻居，
and I love doing what I do
我热爱我所做的事情
Maria pointer works as a videographer
玛丽亚·波因特是一名摄影师，
chronicling the development of Starbase
记录了 Starbase 的发展，这是
the remote spot on the U.S Mexican
美国墨西哥边境的一个偏远地点
border from which Elon Musk and his
伊隆·马斯克和他的
company SpaceX intend to launch Humanity
公司 SpaceX 打算将人类
to Mars
送上火星，
it is the most extraordinary thing this
这是最了不起的事情，
is going Interstellar this is going deep
这是星际穿越，这是深
space this is going beyond my wildest
空探索，这超出了我最疯狂的
dreams
梦想，
yeah it's just a wonderful quiet place
是的，这是一个非常安静的地方，
I lived right there that's the front
我就住在那里，那是前门
door
to our old Villa
到我们的旧别墅
this tray was in my front yard right
这个托盘 就在我家前院，
here
but Elon he told me he says you're not
但埃隆告诉我，你
going to want to live there
不会想住在那里，
paved Paradise and put in a parking lot
铺好天堂路，建一个停车场，我
what am I gonna do he's a billionaire
该怎么办呢，他是个亿万富翁
and I can either get on board or cry and
，我要么上车，要么哭，
I'm not gonna do that
我不会这么做的，
Elon lives in a simple normal everyday
埃隆就住在我身后一间普通的房子里，
house right here behind me
it's quiet back here and there's no
这里很安静，也没有
lights glaring you can actually get a
刺眼的灯光，你可以
full night's sleep here but Elon doesn't
在这里睡个好觉，但埃隆不
sleep at night he sleeps in the day so
晚上睡觉，他白天睡觉 所以
you know you can always tell when he's
你知道你总是能知道他什么时候来
here because the workers are gone
这里因为工人们都走了
it's quieter
这里比较安静
he comes and goes he loves it here
他来来去去他喜欢这
musk hopes his Rockets will turn humans
里马斯克希望他的火箭能把人类
into what he calls a multi-planetary
变成他所说的多行星
species
物种
is up she's up
起来了她起来了
it's always been about Mars for Elon it
总是 对于 Elon 来说，火星一直是他的目标，他
always will be and it's always about the
永远都是，他永远都是关于
multi-planetary species if you interpret
多行星物种的，如果你从火星的角度来解释
everything that SpaceX does and Elon
SpaceX 和 Elon 所做的一切，那么
does in that in that optic of going to
Mars it starts to make sense
这一切就开始变得有意义了，
Elon Musk people have been trying to
Elon Musk 的人一直在试图
figure him out for years like this
弄清楚 他 多年来，就像
revealing interview on one of America's
在美国最受欢迎的脱口秀节目之一上接受采访时透露的那样，
most popular talk shows okay you've got
你
your finger in so many different
涉足了如此多的
Advanced Technologies as I said SpaceX
先进技术，正如我所说的 SpaceX
uh Tesla now you've got Solar City and
呃特斯拉，现在你有了太阳能城和
the solar pack that people put in their
人们放在他们家里的太阳能包
houses
房子
are you sincerely trying to save the
你真心想拯救世界
world
well I'm trying to do good things yeah I
吗我在努力做好事是的我的
mean saving the world is not not I mean
意思是拯救世界不是不是我的意思是
but you're trying to do good things and
但你在努力做好事
you're a billionaire I mean yeah that
你是一个亿万富翁我的意思是是的这
seems a little bit like either superhero
似乎是一个 有点像超级英雄
or super villain you have to choose one
或超级恶棍，你必须选择一个
Elon Musk was born into a wealthy family
伊隆马斯克于 1971 年出生于南非的一个富裕家庭。
in South Africa in 1971.
these pictures depicting a seemingly
这些描绘看似
happy childhood
幸福童年的照片
do not tell the full story
并没有讲述完整的故事
musk has talked quite a lot about being
马斯克谈了很多关于被
bullied as a child
欺负的事情 小时候
he went to a very traditional British
他在南非一所非常传统的英国
private boys school in South Africa that
私立男校上学，
I think was very hard on him I mean here
我觉得这对他来说非常艰难，我的意思是，
he is this kind of sensitive incredibly
他是一个敏感、
smart dreamy kid you know reading
聪明、爱幻想的孩子，你知道，他读
science fiction books and physically
科幻小说，
getting beaten up at school uh I mean I
在学校挨打 我
think that must have had a profound
认为这一定对他产生了深远的
impact on him he remains very sensitive
影响，他对批评仍然非常敏感
to criticism and also very motivated to
，而且 非常有动力去
prove doubters wrong
证明怀疑者是错误的
musk grew up during apartheid an era
马斯克在种族隔离时期长大，那是一个
marked by violence and civil unrest
充满暴力和内乱的时代，
he was also a witness when a gang of
他也是一群
armed Intruders broke into the family
武装入侵者
home one night they were sitting in the
一天晚上闯入他们家的目击者，当时他们正坐在
living room and his dad you know said
客厅里，他的父亲 你知道，
everybody down get down and grabbed uh
每个人都趴下，拿起
some weapons as you can see on the
武器，正如你在摄像机上看到的，
cameras there was some Intruders that
一些入侵者
were coming over the walls and they were
从墙边爬过来，他们
all so armed and there was a shooting in
都全副武装，客厅里发生了枪击
the living room and I guess his father
，我猜是他父亲
shot them dead so and Elon was you know
开枪了 埃隆亲眼
a witness to this and the bullets flying
目睹了这一切，子弹四处
around and so so it was very formative
乱飞，这对他影响很大，
on him you could tell by the way he told
从他讲述故事的方式就可以看出来，
the story and he had this sense that it
他觉得这
was definitely not a safe place to be
绝对不是一个安全的地方 是
right and he had to get the hell out
对的，他必须离开这里
the heartland of the American high
美国高科技行业的心脏地带
technology sector
Google is here apple is here
谷歌在这里 苹果在这里
if you can think of a high technology
如果你能想到一家高科技
company there's a good chance that that
公司 很有可能
they started here and that their
他们在这里起步 他们的
headquarters are here this is very
总部设在这里 这里很
possibly the largest concentration of
可能是美国乃至全世界最大的
wealth power and influence anywhere in
财富、权力和影响力集中地
the United States and likely anywhere in
the world
Elon Musk arrived here in Silicon Valley
in the early to mid 1990s to go to
在 20 世纪 90 年代初期到中期来到硅谷，就读于
Stanford University and almost
斯坦福大学，
immediately he quit because he
他几乎立刻就辞职了，因为他
recognized this once in a lifetime
意识到这是千载难逢的
opportunity
机会，
months after coming to Silicon Valley
几个月后，
musk started an internet company sip too
他创办了一家互联网公司。
this is where Elon Musk created his
伊隆·马斯克创建了他的
first startup zip2
第一家创业公司 zip2，
the idea behind him too was simple it
他背后的想法也很简单，就是把
was taking uh business directories which
at the time were in a phone book that
当时的商业目录放在电话簿里，
would be delivered to everyone's house
然后送到每个人的家里，
and instead putting those directories on
然后把这些目录放在互联网上
the internet
selling it made musk 22 million dollars
出售 为马斯克赚了 2200 万美元，
he was starting to make his Mark and a
他开始崭露头角，赚了
lot of money
很多钱，
it's seven o'clock in the morning and
现在是早上七点，
Elon Musk anxiously waits for his golden
埃隆·马斯克焦急地等待着他的黄金
payoff his prize for paying his dues in
回报，这是他在硅谷付出努力的回报，
the valley I expect to receive a car
我希望收到一辆
that I've just bought which is called
我刚买了一辆叫
McLaren F1 it's a million dollars for a
McLaren F1 的车，这辆车要一百万美元，
car it's
it's uh it's decadent there are 62
这真是太奢侈了，世界上有 62 辆
McLarens in the world and I will earn
McLaren，我会赚到
one of them musk sold his first computer
其中的一辆，马斯克在 18 岁时卖掉了他的第一个计算机
program at the age of 12. there was a
程序 12.
CNN camera crew on site to record the
现场有 CNN 摄制组记录了这一
moment and it's a remarkable artifact
时刻，这真是一件了不起的文物，
really clearly a guy who was enjoying
很明显，一个正在享受
his new wealth my values may have
新财富的人我的价值观可能已经
changed but I'm not consciously aware of
改变了，但我没有意识到
my values having changed my fear is that
我的价值观已经改变了，我担心的是
we become spoiled brats that period of
我们被宠坏了，那段
time is really interesting uh for those
时间真的很有趣，对于
of us who who follow have followed Elon
我们这些关注伊隆·
Musk career because it it you know he
马斯克职业生涯的人来说，因为你知道他
had not achieved this this notoriety he
没有实现这个名声，
had money he had accomplishments but he
他有钱，有成就，但他
didn't have Fame and it seems like that
没有名气和 似乎
that Fame
名气，对
uh the desire for fame is really what
名气的渴望才是
has animated a lot of his uh his
他很多
activities sort of since then
活动的真正动力，从那时起，
musk plowed the rest of the money from
马斯克就把从 zip2 筹集到的剩余资金投入
zip2 into a new startup that became
到一家新创业公司，也就是
PayPal
PayPal，为
earning him more than a hundred million
他赚取了超过一亿美元
dollars when it was sold
美元，当它被卖掉时，
he married his college sweetheart
他娶了他的大学恋人
Justine
贾斯汀，
then while the fresh-faced couple were
然后当这对新婚夫妇
on honeymoon in South Africa musk had a
在南非度蜜月时，马斯克经历了一次
life-changing experience
改变人生的经历，
while he's on that trip he contracts
而就在这次旅行中，他感染了
malaria which nearly kills him and when
疟疾，差点丧命，当
he's on that near death bed is when he
他濒临死亡时 床是他
starts to think about what is he doing
开始 思考他这一生要做什么，
with his life what's next what's what's
下一步是什么，他的
going to be his life Ambitions and you
生活将会是什么样的，他的野心，你
start to see him start thinking about
开始看到他开始思考
space travel
太空旅行，
about taking Humanity Beyond just planet
考虑带领人类超越
Earth
地球，
to fulfill his extraterrestrial dreams
实现他的外星梦想，
musk needed Rockets
马斯克需要火箭，伊隆·
Elon Cole called me in a warm afternoon
科尔打电话给我
July of 2001
2001 年 7 月的一个温暖的下午，我
could hardly understand his accent it
几乎听不懂他的口音，这
was a strange accident I couldn't quite
是一次奇怪的事故，我
place it and he went on about Humanity
记不清了，他继续说人类
being a multi-planetary species and that
是一个多星球物种，
he wanted to prove that that humans
他想证明人类
could go to Mars and that he couldn't
可以去火星， 他买
afford U.S rockets and that he you know
不起美国火箭，你知道，他
had heard that I was somebody who could
听说我可以
connect him with buying Russian Rockets
帮他联系购买俄罗斯火箭，
something that happens every day I
这种事每天都在发生，我
suppose
想
the Russians had been converting
俄罗斯人一直在把
intercontinental ballistic missiles to
洲际弹道导弹改装成
satellite launchers they were fairly
卫星发射器，它们相当
inexpensive the Russians could sell them
便宜 俄罗斯人可以卖
for three four five million dollars
三四五百万美元，
I had spent a number of years in Russia
我在俄罗斯呆了很多年，
what I did was to take him over there it
我带他去了那里，
seems like it always snows at Moscow
莫斯科似乎总是下雪，
and Elon started to explain to him that
埃隆开始向他解释，
we wanted to buy one of their Rockets
我们想买一个 他们的火箭队，
because we want to watch this mission of
因为我们想 看看我们的任务
ours
and the chief designer
，首席设计师，
I was getting very agitated as Elon
当伊隆讲话的时候，我变得非常激动，
spoke Elon at the time was you know late
伊隆当时快
20s and he didn't dress well and the
30 岁了，他穿得不太好，而
Russians always wore ties they were very
俄罗斯人总是打领带，他们非常
formal this this not dressing well as a
正式，作为一个
sign of disrespect in their mind and so
在他们心中，这是不尊重的表现，所以
this whole thing came together in such a
整个事情就是这样发生的，
way that that uh this guy got tired this
呃，这个家伙厌倦了，这个
chief designer got tired of it and
首席设计师厌倦了，
listening to him and he spit on our
听他说话，他向我们的鞋子上吐口水
shoes and uh you know it was illness
，呃，你知道，疾病
stopped and he looked at me and he says
停止了， 他看着我，说
I think he spit on our shoes I said yeah
我觉得他吐了我们的鞋子，我说是的，
he did
他吐了
and as I look back on that Russians had
，当我回想起当时的情况时，俄罗斯人已经
just sealed their entire fate of their
决定了他们
future commercial launch industry
未来商业发射行业的命运，
because this is the moment at which Elon
因为这是埃隆
had decided to start SpaceX
决定创办 SpaceX 的
musk began devising a plan to build his
马斯克开始制定计划，建造
own Rockets
自己的火箭，
initially to take small satellites into
最初是为了将小型卫星送入
space
太空，
but with a long-term goal of reaching
但他的长期目标是到达
Mars we can bring Life as we know it's
火星，我们可以把我们所知的生命带到
uh and breathe life into Mars where it
火星，在那里它
doesn't exist today
不会 今天存在，
um and ensure that if there is some
并确保 如果
cataclysmic event on Earth That's Life
地球上发生了一些灾难性事件，这就是
as we know it continues to exist
我们所知的生命，它会
at some point Humanity will become
在某个时候继续存在，
extinct if we don't leave this planet
如果我们不离开这个星球，人类就会灭绝，
he's creating the pathway through
他正在创造通过
Humanity becoming SpaceX board he wants
人类成为 SpaceX 董事会的道路，他想
to be the equivalent of Christopher
成为克里斯托弗·
Columbus in the history of mankind
哥伦布 在人类历史上，
musk did not just want to provide an
马斯克不仅想
Escape Route for Humanity he also wanted
为人类提供一条逃生路线，他还想
to save planet Earth and his ambition
拯救地球，他的野心不仅
extended to revolutionizing not just the
延伸到
space industry but the car industry as
航天工业的革命，也延伸到汽车工业的革命，
well our goal was to show that an
我们的目标是证明
electric car can be the best car in the
电动汽车 可以成为世界上最好的汽车
soon after launching SpaceX musk bought
在 SpaceX 推出后不久，马斯克就
into a small electric vehicle company
收购了一家名为特斯拉的小型电动汽车公司，
called Tesla
so I'm just I'm really excited by the
所以我真的很兴奋，
fact that we've got a zero emission
我们有了一款零排放
sports car that can go head to head with
跑车，它可以 与
a Ferrari and a Porsche and win
法拉利和保时捷正面交锋，赢得
first car was the Roadster the world's
第一辆车是 Roadster，世界上
thought of electric cars like golf carts
对电动汽车的看法就像高尔夫球车，
they were utilitarian they were full of
它们是功利的，它们充满了
compromises they were not something that
妥协，
was going to get you laid if you bought
如果你买了它，你不会得到满足，
it whereas Tesla was all about sex
而 特斯拉的全部都是
appeal and performance and oh yes it
性感和性能，哦，是的
happened to be an electric car
碰巧是一辆电动汽车，
Arnold Schwarzenegger he takes one of
阿诺德·施瓦辛格，他乘坐了
their early rides
他们早期的一辆
crammed in this two-seat little Roadster
双座小跑车，
uh you know his knees are up against the
你知道他的膝盖顶着
dashboard
仪表盘，
they start to kind of go out on this
他们开始在
Airport runway and the car just takes
机场跑道上行驶，汽车就
off like a rocket
起飞了 就像一枚火箭，
it's just
它刚刚
off to the Future
飞向未来
Tesla attracted a real quirky Community
特斯拉吸引了一个真正古怪的社区，其中
some of them hit the environmentalists
一些人打击了环保主义者，
some technophiles and early adopters of
一些技术爱好者和科技的早期采用者风险
tech venture capitalist he wanted to see
投资家他希望看到
Silicon Valley surpass Detroit
硅谷超越底特律
if all the cars in the world were
如果世界上所有的汽车都是
hybrids would we solve our oil addiction
混合动力车，我们会解决 我们对石油的依赖，
no
不，
we wouldn't
我们不会，
we might delay the Day of Reckoning a
我们可能会推迟清算日，
little bit
but we would not fundamentally change
但我们不会从根本上改变
the equation fundamentally change the
方程式，从根本上改变
equation you've got to have an
方程式，你必须拥有一辆
all-electric vehicle
全电动汽车，
but a few years later in 2008 Tesla was
但几年后，在 2008 年，特斯拉
on the brink of bankruptcy the video the
濒临破产 视频
Revenge of the electric car it was the
电动汽车的复仇 这是
the first look at a startup car company
第一次看到一家初创的汽车公司
I got a message last week that if
我上周收到一条消息，如果
Roadster can't sustain the company by
Roadster 不能在三月份之前维持公司，
March then
那么
that's it and that scares me we need to
它就完了，这让我很害怕，我们需要
get the company to cash flow positive in
让公司在六到九个月内实现正现金流，
six to nine months but we're screwed
但我们完蛋了，
Elon Musk was this guy in California
伊隆·马斯克，这个在加州的人，
clearly laboring over the company I
显然在为公司努力，
wouldn't I want I want names named
我不想，我想要名字，
um so if someone's always on the hot
嗯，如果有人总是处于
seat and it's and is always the root
困境之中， 这是
cause for problems
问题的根源，
they will not be part of this
他们不会长期成为这个组织的一部分，
organization long term
um it's not okay to be unhappy and part
嗯，不开心是不对的，
of this company
这家公司的一部分
here was this uh you know kind of window
就是一个呃，你知道，这是
into a man who was in the trenches
一个在战壕里
trying to bring to the world something
努力工作的人的窗口 给世界带来了
that uh a lot of people thought wasn't
很多人认为不可能的事情。SpaceX
possible one zero
SpaceX was also in trouble
也陷入了困境。
good signal strength how badly the
良好的信号强度。
company was doing could be gauge through
通过
the grainy rocket eye view footage
模糊的火箭视角镜头可以判断该公司的经营状况有多糟糕。该镜头
showing the launch of its first rocket
显示了其第一枚猎鹰火箭的发射。
Falcon one
the feed cut out just as it developed a
就在它发生故障并坠落地球时，馈送中断，
fault and plunged back to Earth
everything will look good and it
一切看起来都很好，它
basically just came straight back down
基本上直接
100-ish yards into the ocean from the
从发射台坠落到海里 100 码左右的地方
launch pad and and that was where it
，然后就
kind of landed back almost where I
几乎降落在那里 我
started from
从哪里开始
Jeremy Holman was the senior engineer on
the Falcon 1 launch Team
1 发射团队
Holman believed musk blamed him
Holman 认为马斯克将失败归咎于他
personally for the failure claiming he
个人，声称他
had failed to tighten a crucial nut
未能拧紧一个关键的螺母，
that was a pretty big blow
这是一个相当大的打击，
it felt at the very least unfair and it
感觉至少不公平，
almost felt um vindictive
几乎感觉嗯报复
when Holman confronted musk he found his
当 Holman 面对马斯克时，他发现他的
reaction bizarre you're on um it's kind
反应很奇怪 嗯，几乎是
of almost a Blank Stare he just kind of
茫然的凝视，他只是
looked at me bewildered that I was in
困惑地看着我，因为我当时就站在
front of him in in that in the state
他面前，
that I was in he seemed shocked that I
他似乎对
was having that response to what I had
我读到的内容的反应感到震惊
read
an investigation into the launch failure
对发射失败的调查
revealed that Holman was not to blame
显示，霍尔曼不应该受到指责，
who further Rockets were lost after
火箭在发射后失踪
launch and didn't reach orbit
，没有进入轨道，
SpaceX was considered a joke in its
SpaceX 在早期被认为是一个笑话，
early days I was considered a fool for
我
working with him but one thing that Elon
和他一起工作被认为是一个傻瓜，但有一件事 埃隆非常非常
is very very very very very good at is
非常擅长的事情就是，他
not even thinking about failing
甚至没有想过失败，
he never imagines that he can fail he
他从来没有想过自己会失败，他
just doesn't
只是没有
in 2008 SpaceX launched again
在 2008 年 SpaceX 再次发射，
this time the grainy multi-camera point
这一次，模糊的多摄像机
of view footage captured a more euphoric
视角镜头捕捉到了一个更加令人欣喜的
moment
时刻
no cut out and a successful trip into
剪下来并 成功进入
orbit
轨道
SpaceX and Elon musk's other high-tech
SpaceX 和伊隆马斯克的另一家高科技
company Tesla had both come perilously
公司特斯拉
close to collapse in 2008 there's no
在 2008 年都濒临破产，毫无
doubt Tesla came very very close to
疑问特斯拉非常接近
bankruptcy SpaceX was within one launch
破产 SpaceX 距离一次发射只有一步之遥，
uh uh one fan one more failure
呃呃一个粉丝，再失败一次，
essentially and SpaceX would have
基本上 SpaceX 就会 已经
shuttered
关闭的
Tesla had only been saved when musk
特斯拉只有在马斯克设法
managed to secure emergency funding at
在最后一刻获得紧急资金时才得以拯救
the last minute
Elon Musk story at many different points
伊隆马斯克的故事在很多不同方面
is one of confidence overcoming all
都是一个克服所有
obstacles and if you can create the
障碍的信心，如果你能创造
perception of success everyone else and
成功的感觉，那么其他人和
everything else kind of reorients
其他一切都会成功 重新定位
themselves around that vision of success
自己，实现自己的成功愿景，
there's sort of a strain of this in in
Silicon Valley culture which is fake it
硅谷文化中有一种这样的倾向，那就是假装成功，
so you make it
然后你去实现它，
musk was now a minor celebrity
马斯克现在是一个小名人，
he'd been living in Bel Air in Los
他
Angeles since 2002 with his wife Justine
从 2002 年开始和妻子住在洛杉矶的贝莱尔 贾斯汀
after their first baby died in infancy
在他们的第一个孩子夭折后，
the couple went on to have five children
这对夫妇又生了五个孩子，
but in 2008 they divorced and six weeks
但在 2008 年他们离婚了，六周
later musk texted Justine to tell her he
后马斯克给贾斯汀发短信告诉她，他
was engaged to British actress Tallulah
已经和英国女演员塔卢拉·莱利订婚了
Riley
how he handled
他当时拍摄了
a documentary following musk at the time
一部纪录片，
captured an intriguing snapshot of their
记录了马斯克和埃隆的
home life
家庭生活，
Elon proposed really quickly my parents
埃隆很快就向我求婚了，我的父母被
are traumatized by this whole experience
这段经历吓坏了，
although there's been so many times that
尽管这种情况已经发生过很多次了，
right I'm getting on a plane to England
现在我正要上飞机去英国，
and I'm never gonna see you again
我 再也见不到你了，
really
真的，
um no no not really
嗯，不，不，不是真的，
musk also began making Cameo appearances
马斯克也开始
in TV and film you gotta be kidding me
在电视和电影中客串，你在开玩笑吧，
sorry
对不起，
your Elon Musk I am
你是埃隆·马斯克，我是
musk appeared in The Big Bang Theory the
马斯克，出现在《生活大爆炸》这部
cult U.S sitcom that showcased nerd
美国情景喜剧中，展示了书呆子
culture
文化，
his acting was wooden well I was on the
他的表演 是木头做的，我当时在吃
turkey line but I got to murder for
火鸡，但我因为
being too generous with the gravy
肉汁太慷慨而被谋杀，
that wasn't the point the Nerds were
这不是重点，书呆子们
just taking over the American economy by
只是把
portraying himself as someone who could
自己描绘成一个可以接管美国经济的人，
even though he was this world famous
尽管他是这个世界闻名的
billionaire already that he could hang
亿万富翁已经知道他可以
out with a bunch of fellow nerds and and
和一群书呆子朋友一起出去玩，与
just relate to them and engage with them
他们建立联系，与他们进行
on their level it's a really important
同层次的交流，这是
part of uh of his appeal
他吸引力的重要组成部分
but not everyone was convinced by the
但并不是每个人都相信
musk Magic
麝香的魔力
[音乐 ]
my name is Mark spiebo I run a small
我的名字是 Mark Spiebo，我经营着一家小型
value-oriented hedge fund and I've had a
价值导向型对冲基金，
short position in Tesla in meaningful
size actually unfortunately since 2014.
不幸的是，自 2014 年以来，我一直持有特斯拉的空头头寸，而且规模相当可观。
so the reason I shorted Tesla stock is
所以我做空特斯拉股票的原因是
that electric cars are easy to make
电动汽车很容易制造
they're not profitable uh when they
它们没有盈利，当它们
become profitable all of the large auto
盈利时，所有的大型汽车
manufacturers will step in and and build
制造商都会介入并制造
them and basically wind up burying
它们，最终会蚕食
Tesla's electric car market share you
特斯拉的电动汽车市场份额，你
know the only Advantage they had was
知道他们唯一的优势就是
just doing it first when other companies
在其他公司没有这样做的时候先做这件事 我
didn't want to do it
不想这么做，
but in this market it doesn't seem to
但在这个市场上，这似乎并不
matter this is Tesla since it went
重要，这是特斯拉，因为它
public in through 2016 all of a sudden
在
between March of 2013 and up here this
2016 年 3 月突然上市，现在
is September of 13. the stock absolutely
是 13 年 9 月。股票绝对
took off
起飞了
the thing that really drove Tesla to the
真正推动特斯拉登上
moon so to speak is the promotional
月球的是
capabilities of Elon Musk
伊隆·马斯克的宣传能力，
he appeals to a certain sort of almost
他吸引了一批近乎
cultish audience which is a large
狂热的受众，
audience that in my opinion have very
在我看来，这批受众几乎
few critical thinking skills and have
没有批判性思维能力，
just fallen in love with the guy
只是爱上了 家伙
essentially the
本质上
um synthetic graphite this
嗯合成石墨这
sympathetically filmed Tesla shareholder
同情 拍摄的特斯拉股东
meeting reveals the Adoration musk
大会揭示了马斯克的崇拜
commands uh hi my name is Jason Chang I
命令呃嗨我叫 Jason Chang 我
own one share of Tesla
拥有一股特斯拉的股票是的
yeah
呃
and uh right uh so first I want to say I
对呃所以首先我想说我也
love you
爱你
love you too
Tesla's share price has in large part
特斯拉的股价在很大程度上是
been driven by amateur investors
由业余爱好者推动的 投资者
I don't run anybody over yet
我还没有压倒任何人，
but a small core of professional
但一小部分专业
investors have backed them throughout
投资者一直支持他们，
let's do it Mr Tesla Ross Gerber runs a
让我们一起做吧特斯拉先生罗斯·格伯在洛杉矶经营着一家
green investment Fund in Los Angeles
绿色投资基金，
the money he's made from Tesla has
他从特斯拉赚到的钱
enabled him to buy a 140 000 Tesla Model
让他买了 14 万辆特斯拉 Model
S plaid a car so Advanced it's meant to
S 是一款非常先进的汽车，它的设计初衷是
be able to come to its owner when
当车主召唤它时，它会来到车主
summoned you got halfway out the door Mr
身边，
Carr and then you didn't get any further
而当你走到半路时，车主就无法再向前走了。虽然
it may not always work but Gerber is
它可能并不总是有效，但 Gerber
convinced Tesla is the investment of the
相信特斯拉是 未来
future
Tesla has enormous upside potential
特斯拉有巨大的上行潜力，
climate change is the kind of issue that
气候变化是那种
no matter how bad you try to deny it you
无论你如何努力否认都
can't so when you think about investing
无法否认的问题，所以当你考虑投资
in a theme like climate change and a
气候变化这样的主题和
company like Tesla it's a necessity and
特斯拉这样的公司时，这是必要的，而且
it's for our human survival to some
对于我们人类的生存来说
degree
Elon Musk is the innovator of our time
伊隆·马斯克是我们这个时代的创新者
and people who don't recognize his gift
，那些不承认
that he's brought us are missing the
他给我们带来的天赋的人错过了一点，
point
Elon musk's appeal isn't only about his
伊隆·马斯克的吸引力不仅仅在于他的
talent for innovation
创新天赋，
for many musk's private life is just as
对于许多人来说，马斯克的私生活同样
interesting
有趣，
in 2016 he divorced to Lula Riley and
2016年他 与 Lula Riley 离婚，
began a relationship with American
开始与美国
actress Amber Heard
女演员 Amber Heard
's husband Johnny Depp has claimed the
的丈夫 Johnny Depp 交往，声称他们的
relationship began while they were still
关系始于他们仍处于婚姻状态时
married
mosque denies the allegation
清真寺否认了这一指控
musk celebrity can't only be measured by
马斯克的名人不能仅通过
his Hollywood love life
他在好莱坞的爱情生活来衡量
in less than 10 years the number of
十年来，
people following him on Twitter has
他在 Twitter 上关注的人数已
risen to over 90 million
超过 9000 万。
I don't think Elon Musk would exist
我认为，如果没有社交媒体，埃隆·马斯克就不会存在。
without social media I think that he has
我认为，他能够
been able to take charge of his own
narrative in a way that
以一种前所未有的方式掌控自己的叙事。
was not possible before social media
在社交媒体出现之前，
but he wanted more
但他想要更多
Elon Musk reached a deal to buy Twitter
伊隆·马斯克达成协议收购推特
Elon Musk space and Automotive Pioneer
伊隆·马斯克 太空和汽车先驱
and social media icon
和社交媒体偶像
he has so much power today on the
他今天在互联网上拥有如此大的影响力
internet you know
你知道
the power that he has now on social
他现在在社交媒体上的影响力
media from building this Persona means
建立这个角色意味着
that Tesla doesn't have to spend one
特斯拉不需要花一
dollar in advertising not a dollar they
美元在广告上，他们
don't even have a PR department and why
甚至没有公关部门，为什么
because he's built this ability to tweet
因为他建立了这种能力，可以通过推特发布
information make it news and everybody
信息，让新闻成为新闻，每个人都会
falls
喜欢，
but musk went from being a fan and
但马斯克从 从
prolific user of Twitter
Twitter 的粉丝和活跃用户
to striking a deal to become its owner
到达成协议成为其所有者，
billionaire who's put himself in charge
这位亿万富翁将自己
of global Free Speech Elon Musk says
置于全球言论自由的掌控之中，伊隆·马斯克表示，
he's spending a cool 44 billion dollars
他将在 Twitter 上投入 440 亿美元，
on Twitter to unlock the digital Town
以解锁数字城镇
Square but will he also unleash the
广场，但他也会释放
hounds of Hell Mr musk has pledged a
猎犬吗 地狱马斯克先生承诺进行一系列
series of reforms saying he wants the
改革，称他希望该
platform to be a genuine forum for free
平台成为一个真正的
speech when he was asked why he wanted
言论自由论坛，当他
to buy Twitter in a typically cerebral
在一次典型的理性的Ted Talk采访中被问及为什么要收购Twitter时，
Ted Talk interview musk's answer was
马斯克的回答要
much deeper my strong intuitive sense is
深刻得多，我的直觉是
that having a public platform that is
拥有一个
maximally trusted
最大程度信任的公共平台，
um and any and and broadly inclusive
嗯，任何和广泛包容的平台
is extremely important to the future of
对于文明的未来都极其重要，
civilization but you've you've described
但你已经描述了
yourself I don't care about the
自己，我根本不关心经济，
economics at all
musk went further and in a considered
马斯克更进一步，经过深思熟虑
exchange with the financial times he
他承诺允许与金融时报进行交流
promised to allow Donald Trump back onto
唐纳德·特朗普回到
the social media platform
社交媒体平台，
I do think that uh
我确实认为，
uh it was not correct to ban Donald
呃呃，禁止唐纳德·特朗普是不对的，
Trump I think that was that was a
我认为那是一个
mistake
错误，
um because it uh it alienated a large
因为它疏远了很大
part of the country
一部分国家，
but amid plunging share prices musk put
但在股价暴跌的情况下，马斯克把
the purchase of Twitter on hold
暂停收购 Twitter，
for someone who makes a point of saying
因为有人坚持说
how much they believe in free speech
他们相信言论自由，
Elon musk's most famous company doesn't
伊隆马斯克最著名的公司并不
always like it when people talk in a way
总是喜欢人们以一种
it doesn't want to hear
它不想听到的方式说话，
giant gigafactory near Reno employs
雷诺附近的巨型超级工厂雇佣了
close to 10 000 people and produces
近 拥有 10,000 名员工，
lithium batteries for the company's
为公司的电动汽车生产锂电池，
electric cars
每个人都如坐针毡，
你听到 Elon 这个词，这些
人没有发抖，
to where if you even heard whisper he
到哪里，如果你甚至听到耳语说他
was coming
来
it was like the second coming
了 就像第二次降临
I think people are afraid of the Elon
我认为人们害怕伊隆·
Musk Elon Musk was directly involved in
马斯克 伊隆·马斯克直接参与了
so much of what was going on here at
当时发生的很多事情
that time I was told my first time I met
我第一次见到马斯克先生时被告知
Mr Musk
don't look him in the eyes don't look
不要看他 眼睛 别看
him in the eyes people walked around
他的眼睛，人们在
this place on eggshells
这个地方小心翼翼地走来走去。Lynn
Lynn Thompson and Carl Hansen both
Thompson 和 Carl Hansen 都
worked at the gigafactory in the summer
在 2018 年夏天在超级工厂工作。
of 2018. as Tesla struggled to ramp up
特斯拉努力提高
production of its new model 3.
其新款 Model 3 的产量。
it was about work as much as you had to
这不仅仅是为了工作 正如你所说，
bottom line the schedule is going to be
底线是，进度表将会得到
met even to the fact where
满足，甚至
electrical equipment that was supposed
to be commissioned after it had been
在电气承包商移交后，电气设备应该进行调试，
turned over by the electrical
contractors and I viewed it well hardly
而我观察到，几乎没有
anything ever passed nothing passed on
任何东西通过，
the first time stuff that hasn't been
第一次没有通过 时间 未经检查的东西
inspected
it's dangerous at the same time another
这很危险 同时，另一名
employee a man called Martin trip
员工，一个叫马丁·特里普的人，
contacted a journalist in New York with
联系了纽约的一名记者，提出了
his own allegations about Tesla's safety
他对特斯拉安全
and environmental record
和环境记录的指控
Martin Tripp reached out to me he was an
马丁·特里普联系了我，他是一名
hourly employee line worker but he was
计时工流水线工人 但他
dealing with quality control and he was
负责质量控制，他
seeing issues at the factory that he
发现工厂里存在一些他
thought was not safe or good for the
认为不安全或不利于
environment
环境的问题，
he thought he was joining Tesla to
他本以为加入特斯拉是为了
protect the Earth
保护地球，
and he was seeing at the company that
但他发现公司的情况
that's not what was going on
并非如此
I became aware of Marty Tripp probably
我大概
around
mid-may to end of May I also learned
5 月中旬到 2017 年底的时候注意到了 Marty Tripp。 我还了解到，
around that same time that Tesla could
特斯拉可以
hire a team
聘请一个团队
to help identify Insider threats this
来帮助识别内部威胁，这个
Insider threat team was actually on
内部威胁团队实际上是
Marty Tripp
马蒂·特里普·
Elon was convinced that Martin was
埃隆，他确信马丁在
working with big oil or short sellers or
与石油巨头或卖空者合作，或者
something they thought they were going
他们认为他们会发现的某种东西
to find some cabals some crazy Puppet
一些阴谋集团，一些疯狂的傀儡
Master behind all of it
大师，这一切的背后，
how you doing sir on June the 20th 2018
你好吗，先生，2018 年 6 月 20 日，
a security officer contracted by Tesla
特斯拉雇佣的一名保安人员
informed the police that Martin Tripp
通知警方，马丁·特里普
was on his way to the gigafactory with a
带着枪前往超级工厂，
gun
the police released body cam footage of
警方公布了他们反应的随身摄像机镜头
their response
there was a report that he was going to
有报道称，他要
be coming with a firearm and that he was
带着枪过来，然后要开枪
going to be shooting the place up
射击这个地方，
um when when we were able to locate him
当我们找到他时，
he did not have firearm
他没有枪，
he was whistleblowing
他一直在吹哨，
check out all the way
they keep saying that I'm like stealing
他们一直在说 我还是喜欢偷
data still and I
数据，
I'm not that smart gotcha at the end of
我没那么聪明，
the day there was never a credible
到头来从来没有一个可信的
threat substantiated
威胁证实，
he was fearful for his own well-being
他担心自己的安危
and basically in hiding thinking that
，基本上躲起来了，以为
Tesla was after him
特斯拉在追他
what are they trying to do they're
他们试图做什么 他们
trying to sue me
试图起诉我，
I don't believe there was ever a threat
我不相信他们曾经对我进行过威胁，
I believe that he was set up to make an
我相信他是被陷害的，是为了拿
example out of him
他来杀鸡儆猴，
that's just my personal opinion
这只是我个人的看法，
trip eventually decided to release a
旅行最终决定公布大量与
large number of legal documents relating
to his case against Tesla on Twitter
他的 在推特上起诉特斯拉
breaching a confidentiality agreement
违反了保密协议，
as a result he was made to pay the
结果他被要求向
company damages of around half a million
公司赔偿约 50 万
dollars
美元。
I think the way
我认为，
someone after Martin Tripp was
继马丁·特里普之后，有人
to make an example
for every every 40 000 of Tesla's
为特斯拉的每 4 万名
workers for them to understand that they
工人树立了一个榜样，让他们 明白他们
should never speak to the Press
永远不应该对媒体说话
a few weeks later Lynn Thompson's
几周后，Lynn Thompson
contract with Tesla was allowed to
与特斯拉的合同被允许
expire
到期，
he believes this was because he reported
他认为这是因为他报告了
his belief there was theft of copper
他认为工厂里有铜被盗的情况，
from the plant
we kept turning in pictures of
我们一直在上交
individuals that were involved in these
涉案人员的照片 这些
actions but uh
行为，但
I was told by Tesla's upper management
特斯拉的高层管理人员告诉我，
that if I did not catch it with them in
如果我没有抓住他们，
their hands I better not say nothing and
我最好什么都不要说，
I was also instructed by my Superior
of Tesla that it was okay if they stole
特斯拉的上级也指示我，如果他们偷了
two million dollars worth of copper as
价值 200 万美元的
long as they met the schedule
local police had also complained that
当地警方也曾抱怨
Tesla were being uncooperative in their
特斯拉
investigations into the alleged theft of
copper
shortly after he began to follow up
在开始跟进
Thompson's report of thefts Carl
汤普森的盗窃报告后不久，他们对涉嫌盗窃铜的调查不予配合。卡尔·
Hansen's employment was terminated by
汉森的雇佣关系被
the security company as part of what
保安公司终止，这
Tesla says was a company-wide
是特斯拉所说的全公司
restructuring I was told sit down don't
重组的一部分。我被告知坐下来，不要 不
talk to anybody
和任何人说话，
the company is intent at the time was to
公司当时的意图是
repress any information about the theft
压制有关盗窃的任何信息，
um
and focus solely on production
只专注于生产，
you know the impact on me has been
你知道这对我的影响是
tremendous myself Lynn Thompson
巨大的，我自己是Lynn Thompson
Marty Tripp and it bothers me
Marty Tripp，这让我
tremendously because we were trying to
非常困扰，因为我们试图
do the right thing we were trying to do
做正确的事，我们试图做
the right thing
正确的事，
both Thompson and Hanson's whistleblower
汤普森和汉森的举报人
cases are yet to be decided
案件都尚未判决，
other problems were developing inside
Tesla's giant Fremont car plant in San
特斯拉在旧金山的弗里蒙特巨型汽车工厂内部也出现了其他问题，
Francisco
allegations of racism
种族主义指控，
it's the company that touts itself as a
这家公司
as a technology as a leader of the
自诩为技术 作为未来的领导者，
future launching rockets and electric
发射火箭和电动
cars and yet they're they're operating
汽车，但
in the past in the way that they treat
他们对待员工的方式却与过去一样，
their workers
you would think you were reading about
你会认为你正在阅读
something in Alabama in the 1930s it's
阿拉巴马州的一些事情 20 世纪 30 年代，
astonishing
令人震惊的是，
we were being put in the worst areas of
我们被安排在特斯拉部门最糟糕的地方
the department in Tesla to work in cold
工作，在寒冷
wet climates the most nastiest areas
潮湿的气候下工作，
that you can possibly be at
这可能是你能遇到的最恶劣的地方，
I was called the B word
我被称为 B 字
[\h__\h]
妓女
monkey
猴子，
the black women or the bottom of the
黑人妇女或最底层
barrel at the Fremont Tesla Factory
在弗里蒙特特斯拉工厂，
we are nothing
我们什么都没有，
shortly after like my first day I
就像我第一天上班后，我
started hearing the n-word
开始听到有人
the word monkey things like that on the
说“黑鬼”，“猴子”之类的话
line and I was like this is a very
，我觉得这是一个非常
unprofessional place to work at
不专业的工作场所。
my supervisor he called me the n-word
我的主管打电话给我 我说“黑鬼”这个词，然后
and riding around you just hear the
你骑车四处转，就能听到有人
n-word being being called out whether
喊我“黑鬼”这个词，不管是
it's me downstairs delivering the part
我在楼下说这番话
and I hear it out and I'm the only
，我都能听到，我是
person that's in that area
那个区域里唯一一个被人
got to be directed towards me if I'm the
指向我的人，如果我 我
only person that's around here
是这里唯一一个
you can be using the restroom
可以使用厕所的人，
look to your left look to your right
看看你的左边，看看你的右边，
you'll see racial graffiti you'll see
你会看到种族涂鸦，你会看到
swastikas you'll see all that
纳粹标志，你会看到
I complain to HR I was met with
我向人力资源部投诉的一切，我遇到了
resistance I was met with uh hostility I
阻力，我 会见 呃，我
was met with this didn't happen I can't
遇到了敌意，这没有发生，我不敢
believe you that's that's what I was met
相信，这就是我遇到的，
with
African-American workers at the plant
including Monica Chapman and Marcus faun
包括莫妮卡·查普曼和马库斯·法恩在内的工厂里的非洲裔美国工人
have now banded together to bring an
现在已经联合起来，
extraordinary class action against Tesla
对特斯拉发起了一项特别的集体诉讼，
alleging racial harassment and
指控
discrimination
in May 2017 musk sent an email around to
2017 年 5 月，马斯克向员工发送了一封电子邮件，
workers calling on them not to ever
呼吁他们不要
intentionally allow someone to feel
故意让别人感到
excluded uncomfortable or unfairly
被排斥、不舒服或受到不公平
treated but he added an extraordinary
对待，但他补充了一个特别的
caveat
警告，
he says
他说，
In fairness if someone is a jerk to you
公平地说，如果有人对你很刻薄，
but sincerely apologizes it is important
但你真诚地道歉 重要的是
to be thick-skinned and accept that
要厚脸皮，接受
apology
道歉，
if you were part of a less represented
如果你是一个代表性较低的
group you don't get a free pass on being
群体，你不能因为
a jerk yourself
自己是个混蛋而逍遥法外，
astonishing that his response would be
令人惊讶的是，他的反应
anything other than
竟然不是
I take this very seriously I would never
我非常认真地对待这件事，我会 永远不会
tolerate this that instead his response
容忍这种事情，相反，他的反应
is to blame the victim and say this is
是责怪受害者，说这是
your responsibility to deal with it
你的责任，要处理这件事，
for the head person to say that it's
负责人说，这
kind of like everybody else Falls in
有点像其他人都遵守
line
规定
and from then on it was just
，从那时起，就只是
go to work come back home and getting it
去上班，回家，
straight at work you know get called the
在工作中把事情处理好，你知道，被称为
n-word get called a monkey
黑字，被称为猴子，
and we had to just deal with it we
我们不得不接受它，我们
couldn't speak up anymore
不能再说话了，
we are still compiling the class list
我们还在编制班级名单，
but we believe that ultimately there'll
但是 我们相信，最终
be thousands of workers
会有成千上万的工人，
um at least 2 000 class members
至少 2000 名工人阶级
people who are buying these cars because
成员购买这些汽车，因为
it makes them feel good that they're
他们觉得
doing something good by buying an
购买电动汽车是在做一件好事，
electric car if they knew the kind of
如果他们知道
racism that was happening that at its
这种种族歧视 发生的事情是，
core that the core of this company is
这家公司的核心已经
rotten they might think twice
腐烂了，他们可能会三思而后行，
Berry has been awarded one million
贝里
dollars after he won his case against
Tesla
in a separate case Tesla was ordered to
在另一起案件中赢得了对特斯拉的诉讼，获得了一百万美元的赔偿，特斯拉被勒令向
pay another African-American worker 137
另一名非裔美国工人支付 1.37
million dollars for failing to stop
亿美元 未能阻止
racial harassment
in April the figure was reduced to 15
四月份的种族骚扰，赔偿金额降至 1500
million dollars but the judge rejected
万美元，但法官驳回了
Tesla's appeal commenting on testimony
特斯拉的上诉，评论
that the Tesla Factory was saturated
称特斯拉工厂充斥
with racism
着种族主义，
the class action is ongoing this lawsuit
集体诉讼正在进行中，这起诉讼与
is not about financial gain
经济利益无关，
this is about me standing up for who I
而是关于我的站起来
am as an African-American woman and
作为一名非裔美国女性，我
saying enough is enough
受够了
Tesla and musk did not respond to this
特斯拉和马斯克没有回应本
program's request for comment
节目的置评请求，
they have previously stated that some of
他们此前曾表示，
Mr Hansen's claims are outright false
汉森先生的一些说法完全是错误的
and that others could not be
，其他说法无法证实，
corroborated
in general of the Reno allegations they
总的来说，关于雷诺的指控，他们
have said they are untrue and
说这些指控是不真实的，是
sensationalized only intended to seek
耸人听闻的，只是为了 寻求
the attention of the media
媒体
on racism Tesla recently said
对种族主义的关注特斯拉最近表示，
Tesla strongly opposes all forms of
特斯拉强烈反对一切形式的
discrimination and harassment and has a
歧视和骚扰，并设有
dedicated employee relations team that
专门的员工关系团队，负责
responds to and investigates all
回应和调查所有
complaints
投诉
we also have a diversity equity and
我们还有一个多元化公平和
inclusion team
包容团队
Tesla has always disciplined and
特斯拉一直对员工进行纪律处分和
terminated employees who engage in
解雇 那些有
misconduct including those who use
不当行为的人，包括那些使用
racial slurs
种族歧视言论的人，
they say that they have a training
他们说他们有一个培训
program reinforcing that all employees
计划，强调所有员工
must treat each other with respect
必须互相尊重，
they seek to provide a workplace that is
他们寻求提供一个
safe respectful fair and inclusive
安全、尊重、公平和包容的工作场所，
on musk's email to employees they said
在马斯克给员工的电子邮件中，他们说自己
as one of many points in that email Elon
是一个整体 在那封电子邮件中，埃隆
also explained that if someone makes an
还解释说，如果有人
offensive or hurtful statement on a
在某个场合发表了冒犯或伤害性的言论，
single occasion but subsequently offers
但随后提出了
a sincere apology then we believe that
真诚的道歉，那么我们相信
apology should be accepted
道歉应该被接受。
one of the great goals of the electric
伟大的目标之一 电动
car is to make it self-driving
汽车的最终目标是实现自动驾驶
critics claim musk's determination to
批评者称，马斯克决心
push the limits of this technology
突破这项技术的极限，
combined with his talent for hype
再加上他的炒作天赋，这
is dangerous
是危险的。
I might actually be putting Tesla
customers at risk
if you fail with
如果
self-driving autonomous vehicles
自动驾驶失败，我实际上可能会让特斯拉客户面临风险。 车辆
people's lives are in danger
人们的生命处于危险之中
Elon musk's most recent partner is the
伊隆马斯克最近的伴侣是
Canadian pop star Grimes
加拿大流行歌星格莱姆斯
the couple had two children called X and
这对夫妇在分居前有两个孩子，分别叫X和
Y before separating
Y
not surprisingly press attention focused
毫不奇怪，媒体
on musk's private life has dwarfed that
对马斯克私生活的关注已经相形见绌，
looking at his Flagship new product
看着他的 旗舰新产品
autopilot
自动驾驶仪
all Tesla cars are capable of driving
所有特斯拉汽车都能够
themselves but critics claim the
自动驾驶，但批评者声称
autopilot feature is dangerously over
自动驾驶仪功能被过度
hyped everything about Elon Musk is
炒作了，埃隆·马斯克的一切都是
Cutting Edge so when he Hypes up a
最前沿的，所以当他炒作一款
product it typically is is for a good
产品时，通常是有充分
reason
理由的，
when it comes to autopilot and full
当谈到自动驾驶仪时 完全
self-driving when Elon over Hypes this
自动驾驶当埃隆过度炒作这个
particular product people's lives are
特定的产品时，人们的生命
theoretically now in jeopardy
理论上现在处于危险之中
Tesla says that you need to keep your
特斯拉说，你需要
hands on the wheel at all times even
一直把手放在方向盘上，即使
when the car is in autopilot Elon Strays
汽车处于 自动驾驶仪 Elon Strays
from that you can see him driving with
从那里你可以看到他开车时
his hands nowhere near the steering
双手根本不靠近方向盘，
wheel
touching anything no hands no feet
没有手，没有脚，
nothing
什么都没有。
the internet is full of hair-raising
互联网上充斥着令人毛骨悚然的
images of people driving like musk
图片，人们像马斯克一样开车时
without their hands on the wheel
手不放在方向盘，这是
an early advert by Tesla itself
特斯拉的早期广告
demonstrating autopilot also proved
自动驾驶仪本身的演示也引起了
highly controversial
很大的争议，
the person in the driver's seat is only
驾驶座上的人只是
there for legal reasons it claimed he is
出于法律原因，它声称他
not doing anything the car is driving
没有做任何事情，汽车是自动驾驶的
itself
[音乐]，
or was it
或者是
the video was very misleading because it
视频非常具有误导性，因为它
really suggested that that entire Drive
真的暗示了整个驾驶过程
was in one shot
是在一个镜头中，
when in reality it was actually chopped
而实际上它被
up
切碎了，
Tesla essentially edited out
特斯拉基本上把
for the driver had to take over and by
司机必须接管的部分删掉了，通过
editing it led people to believe that a
编辑它让人们相信
driver is not needed
司机是不需要的，
he seems to be over hyping full
他似乎过度炒作了
self-driving because of the valuation
全自动驾驶，因为 估值
and the stock
和股票不幸的
there are cases where unfortunately
是，有些情况下
Tesla's on autopilot are crashing
特斯拉的自动驾驶仪会崩溃
and unfortunately it results in in the
，不幸的是，它会导致
driver's dying
驾驶员死亡
特斯拉和马斯克没有回应该
program's request for comment its
计划的评论请求，其
website states that autopilot and full
网站表示，自动驾驶仪和完全
self-driving capability are intended for
自动驾驶功能旨在
use with a fully attentive driver who
用于 司机全神贯注，
has their hands on the wheel and is
双手放在方向盘上，
prepared to take over at any moment the
随时准备接管
currently enabled features do not make
当前启用的功能无法使
the vehicle autonomous
车辆实现自动驾驶
musk has tweeted that safety is always
马斯克在 2020 年 1 月发推文称，安全始终是
top priority at Tesla
特斯拉的首要任务
in January 2020 Elon Musk celebrated the
埃隆·马斯克庆祝特斯拉
production of the first cars made in
首批汽车下线
Tesla's new Factory in Shanghai in
特斯拉在上海的新工厂以
typically bizarre fashion
典型的怪异方式，
he would soon be celebrating a new
他很快就会庆祝
extraordinary surge in the Tesla share
特斯拉股价出现新的非凡飙升
price
how much money have I made on Tesla
我在特斯拉赚了多少钱，
it's a very various points in time in
这是旅程中非常不同的时间点，
the in the journey and I still own a lot
我仍然拥有
of Tesla personally that I haven't sold
我个人有很多特斯拉股票没有卖掉，
but it's Millions
但价值数百万，
this is a guy who's coming up with
这个人正在想出
things that we don't even know what he's
一些我们甚至不知道他会想出什么的东西，
going to come up with yet
and that's the beauty of investing with
这就是投资
one of the few true entrepreneurial
为数不多的真正的
Geniuses of our time
我们这个时代的企业家天才
Elon has the ability to make you feel
埃隆有能力让你觉得
like you should never bet against him
你永远不应该和他打赌
他让人们觉得我们可以
在不做出牺牲的
情况下拯救地球相反，你可以买一辆性感的红色汽车
ladies and gentlemen
女士们先生们
Tesla's share price means musk now
特斯拉的份额 价格意味着麝香现在
alternates between being the richest and
交替
second richest man in the world
in May 2021 he made a glitzy Showbiz
2021 年 5 月，他成为全球首富和第二富豪，
appearance as host of Saturday Night
作为《周六夜现场》的主持人，他在娱乐圈中亮相，
Live I'm actually making history night
事实上，我正在创造历史，
as the first person with Asperger's to
成为第一位主持 SNL 的阿斯伯格综合症患者，
host SNL
thank you
谢谢你，
or at least the first to admit
或者至少是第一个承认
[ 音乐]
down in Boca Chica musk continues to
在博卡奇卡，马斯克继续
work tirelessly on his ultimate goal
孜孜不倦地致力于他的最终目标
Mars
火星。
I think Elon will succeed in in sending
我认为埃隆会成功将
people to Mars I don't believe he'll
人们送上火星。我不相信他会
actually go himself but I believe he
亲自去，但我相信他
will send a crew there
会派一个船员去那里。
hero or villain musk continues to set
英雄或恶棍 马斯克继续在几乎每一个机会中，用富有远见的鼓舞人心的演讲来
out his own fantastic vision of reality
阐述他自己对现实的奇妙愿景，
in almost Visionary inspirational
speeches at every opportunity
Earth is the Cradle of humanity but you
地球是人类的摇篮，但你
cannot stay in the Cradle forever
不能永远呆在摇篮里，
it is time to go forth because it's a
是时候向前迈进了，因为它是一个
star-faring civilization
星际文明，
be out there Among the Stars
在那里 星星
expand the scope and scale of human
扩展了人类意识的范围和规模，令人
consciousness
incredibly exciting
难以置信地兴奋，
that makes me glad to be alive
这让我很高兴活着，
I hope you feel the same way
我希望你也有同样的感受