Listened to Joe’s interview with Elon over the long weekend. It lacked some of the sizzle from their first interview. My favorite part of the interview was listening to Elon try to explain a lot of the technical details of how things work, why certain things won’t work, etc. I learned a lot about solar. I’ve heard from other engineers that today’s solar panels are about as good as it will get. Elon confirmed that in this interview as well.

Why I thought the interview lacked some luster is because although Joe is a really smart guy and a great interviewer, I think he lacks the scientific background to keep up with Elon. I did appreciate Elon’s attempt at explaining some of his concepts in a way so that Joe (and his listeners including me) could understand them. I think this would have been a good time to have a third person on the show. Someone like Lex Fridman or Neil Degrasse Tyson, that could’ve helped Joe dive a little deeper into Elon’s world.

Still a great interview though. Every time I listen to Elon, I feel like I’ve been transported into the future.