The advice about having a mindset of looking at the world via first principals rather than through assumptions and analogies was a great insight.
Musk then elaborated nicely, saying that people use the assumption that batteries have always been expensive so they always will be expensive. A better way to look at the problem is to check the London spot price for the individual battery components; cobalt, aluminium etc and deriving a price from that.
Are there books or resources where I can train this 'mental muscle' of looking at the world through first principals?
I should mention that don't have a physics or engineering background myself.
Musk then elaborated nicely, saying that people use the assumption that batteries have always been expensive so they always will be expensive. A better way to look at the problem is to check the London spot price for the individual battery components; cobalt, aluminium etc and deriving a price from that.
Are there books or resources where I can train this 'mental muscle' of looking at the world through first principals?
I should mention that don't have a physics or engineering background myself.