Elon Musk’s Space Centers Are a “Fever Dream” | Office Hours
Scott Galloway and Ed Elson cover renewable energy economics, how to handle a big stock windfall, recovering from failure, and why Elon Musk's space data centers don't add up financially.
The gist
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Galloway says 88% of new US power capacity in 2025 came from renewables, and clean energy is now cheaper than fossil fuels even without subsidies.
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If a single stock grows to over 50% of your net worth, Galloway recommends selling 25 to 50% and spreading it across unrelated asset classes.
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Galloway calls Musk's space-based data centers a fever dream, arguing launch costs per kilogram make the business model financially implausible.
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Deliberately putting yourself in situations where you might fail builds rejection tolerance, which Galloway sees as a learnable trait that separates high performers.
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