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The "Idiot Index": the simple math that made Elon Musk billions

Explore episode Jun 4, 2026

You have to be very sensitive to notice these things. And then the other thing is you have to be audacious enough to actually think that you can fix that problem. And then there's this final circle, which is like logic.

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