John Borthwick Contributor Share on Twitter John Borthwick is the founder and CEO of betaworks, has been a leader and early-stage investor in New York technology for more than two decades and is leading the COVID-19 Tech Task Force. More posts by this contributor Demonstrating 15 contact tracing and other tools built to mitigate the […]
Though Elon Musk may be famously erratic, his interest in cryptocurrency seems particularly at odds with his other ventures and sustainability goals. dpa
Tesla Chief Executive Elon Musk has long maintained his purpose in life is to improve the prospects for humanity’s long-term survival - by colonising other planets, building technology to keep artificial intelligence under human control and, above all, accelerating the shift from fossil fuels to renewable energy sources.
Tesla’s core mission, repeated countless times by Musk, is “to accelerate the world’s transition to sustainable energy.” He once told Rolling Stone, “Climate change is the biggest threat that humanity faces this century, except for AI.”