A few years ago, Musk made a bold statement: 1 million people will be sent to Mars before 2050! Now this technology geek is encountering smoke and fire. According to domestic media reports, Musk's main "Starship" prototype rocket (Starship 9) used for Mars colonization exploded into a huge fireball when it landed on February 2.
In fact, Musk, the boss of SpaceX, has always had high hopes for the interstellar spacecraft. In his plan, the interstellar spacecraft can carry 100 people to the moon and Mars at one time in the future. Nowadays, this is the eighth prototype rocket that "Iron Man" has lost.
At present, Musk and SpaceX have not expressed their stance on this matter. However, the setback in his dream of colonizing Mars does not seem to have affected this Silicon Valley madman's "conquering cities and territories" in the field of life.
The day before (February 1), Musk revealed on the well-known platform Clubhouse that his brain-computer interface company Neuralink successfully implanted a brain-computer interface device in the brain of a monkey. , now this monkey can play video games using its brain. The relevant video will be made public within one month. If nothing else, in the hands of Musk, the plot of science fiction is likely to come true.
In this regard, Musk explained that he is currently in close communication with the FDA, hoping to use implanted chips to compensate for people's lost abilities, such as brain and spinal injuries, and ultimately achieve digital immortality.
As a "longevity believer" comparable to Peter Thiel, Musk and his girlfriend Grimes seem to care more about physical youth than the immortality of humans and machines. It has long been reported abroad that Musk has used nose plastic surgery, hair transplantation and other methods to make himself look younger, and his Canadian musician girlfriend is leading the fashion trend by using cutting-edge ageless elements like HNAD+ to maintain youthful vitality.
Data show that since 2016, "Nature", "Science" and other journals have published hundreds of relevant papers, demonstrating from different pathways that this molecule has a positive effect on the rejuvenation of animal cells. It has been put into mass production. According to JD.com’s big data survey, 90% of people in the first and second tiers believe that it will have an impact on the aging process.
In fact, Grimes is not the only one pursuing HNAD+ cutting-edge materials. Prior to this, the Chinese wealthy circle on the other side of the ocean had already joined in. Since 2017, domestic tycoons such as Tycoon Lee and Tycoon Poon, who are well-known to the public, have repeatedly been in the news for trying this substance. Compared with their cautiousness, Western wealthy people are much bolder and more aggressive.
In order to live beyond the age of 120, Musk’s ally and famous Silicon Valley investor Peter Thiel not only takes hormones every day and spends millions to replace his “old blood”, but also pre-booked a cryonics plan in advance. Because of his outrageous behavior, many netizens ridiculed him as the "Silicon Valley Vampire".
Equally bold and radical as Peter Thiel is Canadian billionaire Nygard, who calls young women his "secret to youth." To this end, he built a 14,000-square-meter Mayan-themed mansion in the tourist resort of the Bahamas and lured 7,000 young women, the youngest of whom was only 14 years old.
The rich people’s obsession with the dream of immortality seems to have also infected Musk. On the same day that Starship 9 was reduced to smoke and fire, Musk remained highly optimistic when talking about brain-computer interface technology: If things go well, we may be able to conduct preliminary human trials later this year.
But are things really so optimistic? Judging from the recent use of Internet disconnections and account bans in the United States, the social and security issues that may be caused by brain-computer interfaces have to be worthy of our vigilance.
So when the current situation is unclear, we might as well let the bullets fly for a while!