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The Real Reason Elon Musk Wants You to Have More Babies

The Real Reason Elon Musk Wants You to Have More Babies

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Virginia Heffernan
Oct 28, 2022
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Musks stands, arms crossed and grinning, before a Tesla Model S
Musk. (WIki photo)

“IF PEOPLE DON’T have more children, civilization is going to crumble,” proclaimed Elon Musk from a Tesla factory late last year. As usual, he was treated as an oracle. Deepening the effect, he added, preposterously: “Mark my words.”

Musk spoke his truth at a Wall Street Journal event while hyping his proposed Tesla bot, an android that…

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