What separates Musk from people who just read books is that he applies the knowledge he acquires.
Musk has stated that he has two basic principles for knowledge acquisition and application:
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"It is important to view knowledge as sort of semantic tree.Β
Make sure you understand the fundamental principles, ie the trunk and big branches, before you get into the leaves/details or there is nothing for them to hang on to.β
"It is important to view knowledge as sort of a semantic tree β make sure you understand the fundamental principles, like the trunk and big branches, before you get into the leaves/details or there is nothing for them to hang on to"
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