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U.S. universities are tolerant of outlandish ideas and harassment
For China's economic and technological circles, the ** on the SORA in the United States is really shocking. While we think about the development level of artificial intelligence technology in the United States, it also leads to an old Qian Xuesen question: why are Chinese universities always unable to cultivate excellent creative talents?
The reason why the United States can have so many technological innovations is entirely due to the unique charm that Musk has shown in American universities.
Musk left Queen's College Ontario in 1992 to study economics at the Wharton Business School of the University of Pennsylvania. Wharton School, as the world's top business school, one of the top in the United States, covers finance, international strategy, insurance, real estate and other fields, the purpose is to equip students with leadership, innovation, and practical skills, and Warren Buffett, Peter Lynch, Donald Trump and many other business geniuses have come out of here.
At Queen's College Ontario, Musk was already used to mingling with the people around him, and by Wharton, Musk had completely detached himself from his teenage personality. As people always"Situational animals"Therefore, in the transformation of a person's personality, the change of environment plays a great role.
Together with his friend Rossi, Musk rented a large 10-bedroom house outside the school and rented the unused space as a meeting place. Since the advertisement was published, a steady stream of students have come to the party, paying five yuan each to enjoy beer, jelly and other beverages, so that a single rental can attract 500 customers.
Even with an extra salary, Musk has not given up on learning because of this. He studied well in school and won many scholarships to help him complete his studies. Musk, on the other hand, is caught up in planning for his future.
At first, Musk remembered the one he made when he was a child"Launch rockets"experimented, and even considered whether to make a video game, but then he rejected it, after all, it was just a trivial idea, even if it was popular all over the world, what use would it be? After all, it's just a game, and it doesn't have much impact on human beings now, but it will make people more addicted to it. After thinking about it, Musk finally chose the three major directions of aerospace, the Internet and clean new energy, and started his own struggle.
Why these three areas? For Musk, all this is closely related to the development of mankind, he has had such ideas since he was a child, but in the eyes of others, all this seems a little absurd and absurd. However, Musk has already launched"Deafness"He doesn't care at all what other people think, on the contrary, people are not interested in it, but it shows more that this path is indeed worth exploring.
In order to realize his dream, to solve this problem, Musk published an article on solar energy, from the improvement of materials, to the construction of large-scale photovoltaic power plants, to how to use solar energy efficiently, and he also painted the prospects of a power plant: he drew two giant solar panels floating in the air, each more than 4,000 meters high, transmitting electrical energy to the ground through electromagnetic waves, and on the ground, an antenna of up to 7,000 kilometers was installed.
If this were placed in Canada or South Africa, he would definitely be labeled as cranky, and if he was not careful, he would be labeled as "cranky", but because of the attitude of Americans towards "openness", his report received a 98-point evaluation. Musk recognized that it was right to stay in the United States to continue his studies.
Musk got his undergraduate diploma in economics in 1994, but he wasn't satisfied, and he got another degree in physics. Musk is more interested in physics than economics, one is economics and the other is physics, the former is more destructive. It is this study that has laid a solid foundation for Musk in the three major industries of aerospace, electric vehicles, and solar energy.
Musk graduated from Stanford from Wharton Business School in 1995 and began his research in materials and applied physics. However, what everyone didn't expect was that Musk would drop out on the first day of school. In just two days, what the hell is going on?
When Musk was at Stanford University, he saw many students who had a strong interest in the Internet, and all of them had unique skills, dreaming of being able to dare to try like Bill Gates and create many new businesses, such as Sergey Brin and Larry Page. As a country born at the forefront of Internet technology, Musk has a new understanding of everything around him. He suddenly understood"There is no end to learning"How terrifying it was: he might have to read a lifetime of books to gain knowledge, but what real value were those diplomas? Why waste so much time reading?
After thinking about it for a day, Musk made a decision: to put all his energy into his work. But all this costs money, and as a college student, he does not have enough capital and can only make money by his own efforts.
Many people think that Musk's withdrawal is a very stupid thing, Stanford is one of the most well-known universities in the United States, and it is inevitable that there is some respect for Gates"Form 2"Finish. However, in Musk's view, this kind of education method is like being produced in a large factory, and neither Stanford nor Wharton can train according to this established teaching method, and he must maintain his unique heart.
The open-mindedness of Americans has created a genius like Musk who is different.