In an extensive interview with podcast presenter Joe Rogan, the billionaire discussed current projects and life on Mars.
March 19, 2021
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This article has been translated from our English edition.
In an extensive interview with podcast presenter Joe Rogan, Elon Musk revealed in February that he manages to get six hours of sleep a night, despite dividing his responsibilities across all of his companies.
Speak The Joe Rogan Experienceseemed to confuse the CEO of SpaceX and Tesla Rogan when talking about her work schedule.
‘How do you have time? I never get you when it comes to the way you run multiple businesses at once, ”Rogan said. “You would think something like that [el cohete SpaceX] it would take a lot of concentration, I think this would be your whole being trying to figure out how this works. “
Musk responded bluntly by saying he works “a lot,” adding that he usually works until 1 or 2 am during the week. When Rogan asked him how much the tech entrepreneur slept regularly, Musk didn’t hesitate to give a number.
“About six o’clock,” he said. “Not surprising.”
Musk later admitted impressively to Rogan that he had tried to sleep less, but noted that “overall productivity decreases” when he does.
“I find I don’t want to sleep longer than six,” he said.
The nearly three and a half hour interview covered seemingly every possible topic, from what humans would need to live on Mars to Musk’s concerns about artificial intelligence. At the beginning of the interview, the billionaire businessman even shared a funny fact: He noted that he made Starship, the SpaceX rocket, “spikeier” after watching Sacha Baron Cohen’s 2012 comedy The Dictator.
“I thought it would be funny if we made the rocket more pointed, and we did,” said Musk, adding that the design had no effect on the rocket’s aerodynamics.
In addition to overseeing SpaceX and Tesla, Musk runs or works at three other companies: The Boring Company, Neuralink and OpenAI.