Elon Musk IAmA Live on Reddit

He has a great bit of advice[0] regarding learning that sounds simple but is easy to forget:

>One bit of advice: it is important to view knowledge as sort of a semantic tree -- 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.

[0]http://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/2rgsan/i_am_elon_musk_...

My life is complete. Thank you for posting this, I would be heartbroken if you hadn't

Reading his comments makes him seem really 'down to earth.'