Musk says money will become irrelevant, value measured in wattage and tonnage
elonmusk · x · 2026-10-21
Elon Musk says currency will become irrelevant and future value will be measured in fundamental physics metrics — wattage, tonnage, mass and energy — reinforcing his long-running thesis that energy and compute are the ultimate resources.
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