Elon Musk’s Brain Is Full of 1970s Media and Technology

How One Man’s Mind Became a Sci-Fi Storage Unit with a Billionaire Budget

By Cyborg McMoneybags, bohiney.com

Elon Musk is not a man. He is an idea, a myth, a real-life sci-fi character who somehow escaped the pages of a 1970s paperback novel, built an empire, and then decided to make flamethrowers for fun. His brain operates less like a traditional human organ and more like an old-school arcade cabinet playing Asteroids on an infinite loop. While most billionaires are hoarding gold bars and beachfront property, Musk is collecting Star Wars memorabilia and reruns of Monty Python.

But where did it all begin? How did one man absorb the entire cultural zeitgeist of 1970s America while growing up in South Africa? The answer lies in the technology, books, movies, and TV shows that flooded his impressionable, proto-billionaire mind like a Space Invaders glitch.

The Operating System of Musk’s Mind

Most people’s thought processes resemble something orderly—maybe a spreadsheet, maybe a filing cabinet. Elon Musk’s brain, however, is more like an old Atari game: pixelated, unpredictable, and occasionally overheating when asked too many questions. It’s the only brain in history that runs on a combination of Dungeons & Dragons rules, Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy logic, and Monty Python humor.

This explains everything. His approach to space travel? Straight out of Star Trek. His obsession with AI? A Blade Runner-inspired fever dream. His public persona? A mix between Tony Stark and that one Dungeon Master who insists on playing a chaotic neutral rogue even though nobody asked.

If you took the 1970s and shoved it into a Tesla charging port, you’d get Elon Musk: a man who sees reality the way most of us see comic books.

The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy: Elon’s User Manual for Reality

Elon Musk read The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy as a kid and said, “Yes. This is how the universe works.” This explains why his companies are run on a combination of chaotic optimism, absurd engineering challenges, and a deep suspicion that dolphins might actually be smarter than us.

Musk literally named SpaceX’s landing ships Just Read the Instructions and Of Course I Still Love You, which makes sense—those are the exact phrases NASA uses every time he tries to push an untested rocket past regulations. He has also taken to heart the book’s most famous advice: Don’t Panic. When Tesla was on the brink of bankruptcy, when Twitter turned into a raging dumpster fire, when Cybertrucks started looking like rejected props from Minecraft—he followed the Hitchhiker’s philosophy and kept going.

And let’s be honest: if anyone is likely to invent an intergalactic ride-sharing service or a reality-warping Improbability Drive, it’s Musk. He’s just one bad day away from launching a project called Tesla Galactic: We Might Get You There.

Star Wars: Elon Musk’s Multi-Billion Dollar Fan Project

Elon Musk isn’t just a Star Wars fan—he’s a man actively trying to turn himself into a real-life Jedi. The only reason he hasn’t built a functional lightsaber yet is that he’s probably waiting for the patent office to catch up.

SpaceX, if we’re being honest, is just Musk’s attempt to make the Rebel Alliance real. He even made sure his rockets landed vertically, just like the ships in The Empire Strikes Back. (Notably, early SpaceX tests were also just as explosive as the Death Star.)

Musk has also taken a few notes on AI from Star Wars, but wisely decided against the whole “giving robots full autonomy” thing. Because let’s face it, R2-D2 was great, but Musk knows that if AI gets too smart, we’re one step away from a Tesla Model X rolling up to our house and demanding we call it “Darth Auto.”

And then there’s his infamous quote: “I want to die on Mars, just not on impact.” Which is basically just his way of saying he wants a heroic Star Wars-style death, preferably involving a wise old mentor and some dramatic John Williams music in the background.

Star Trek: Elon Musk’s Guide to Becoming Humanity’s Space Dad

If Star Wars made Musk want to escape to space, Star Trek made him want to run it. Musk has cited Star Trek as a major inspiration for SpaceX, and it shows—he’s out here trying to make first contact with Mars before we even figure out how to reliably get airline WiFi to work.

The Star Trek philosophy is all about using science and technology to better humanity, which explains Musk’s deep love for engineering breakthroughs and his absolute refusal to accept that anyone else might be in charge of the future. If the Star Trek crew had a billionaire on board, it would definitely be someone like Musk—standing at the controls of the Enterprise, arguing with Spock about the cost efficiency of warp drives.

Also, let’s be real: Musk is basically a real-life Spock. He’s a logic-driven problem solver, slightly socially awkward, and occasionally delivers quotes that sound like they were generated by an AI that just learned about human emotions. We’re not saying he’s half-Vulcan, but if he suddenly starts mind-melding with Tesla engineers, we won’t be surprised.

The Lord of the Rings: One Billionaire to Rule Them All

Elon Musk has often described his brain as a “storm.” If he were really being honest, he’d just admit he sees himself as Gandalf, but with stock options.

The Lord of the Rings saga taught Musk that one determined (and slightly eccentric) hero can change the world. Except instead of throwing a cursed ring into Mount Doom, he’s trying to throw all of us into a SpaceX rocket bound for Mars. Same mission, different volcano.

It’s also worth mentioning that SpaceX’s Raptor engines sound suspiciously like something Sauron would have commissioned. And Musk, like any good Tolkien character, has a deep love for questing—whether it’s the quest to colonize Mars, the quest to defeat fossil fuels, or the quest to get Twitter users to pay $8 for a blue checkmark.

If Musk ever starts referring to Jeff Bezos as “Saruman” and Neuralink as “The One Chip to Rule Them All,” we may need to check if he’s secretly hoarding a ring of power.

Dungeons & Dragons: Elon Musk’s Never-Ending Campaign

Imagine 12-year-old Elon Musk, hunched over a table, rolling dice while his friends try to figure out why he’s explaining orbital physics in the middle of a dragon fight.

Musk has said that Dungeons & Dragons taught him about problem-solving, creativity, and making decisions with unexpected consequences—like buying Twitter. Running Tesla and SpaceX is essentially one very complicated D&D campaign, except Musk is both the dungeon master and the player, and he keeps changing the rules mid-game.

If we had to assign Musk a character alignment, he’d probably be Chaotic Genius. Every few months, he rolls a die to decide whether he’s launching a new car, a new rocket, or a new way to confuse shareholders. And let’s be honest—Twitter is definitely the chaotic neutral rogue of his business empire.

The only question left: when will Musk introduce Tesla-branded 20-sided dice? Because we all know he’s thought about it.

Iron Man: Elon Musk’s Unofficial Biography

Let’s not even pretend. Elon Musk is Tony Stark.

Robert Downey Jr. literally met with Musk to study him before playing Stark in the Marvel films, which means Musk is technically responsible for making Iron Man the most charismatic billionaire in cinematic history. The only real difference between Musk and Tony Stark is that Musk hasn’t built an arc reactor (yet) and his facial hair is slightly less on point.

The Cybertruck is basically something Stark would design if he got really into Minecraft. And let’s not forget: Musk actually made a cameo in Iron Man 2. If that’s not a sign that he’s writing his own superhero origin story, we don’t know what is.

The only thing missing now is the Iron Man suit. And let’s be real—if Musk ever walks onto a stage in a fully functioning exosuit, just accept that he’s won capitalism.

Foundation Series: Musk’s Master Plan for Humanity

Isaac Asimov’s Foundation series is about a genius who predicts the fall of civilization and creates a secret plan to save humanity. So when Musk says it’s his favorite book, it’s… concerning.

Musk clearly took notes, because SpaceX, Tesla, Neuralink, and The Boring Company (yes, that’s real) all feel like pieces of a much bigger puzzle. Is he actually planning to save civilization from collapse? Or did he just really like the part where the protagonist builds a secret space empire?

If Musk ever starts referring to Tesla as “The First Foundation” and Neuralink as “The Second Foundation,” we might want to start paying closer attention.

The Matrix: Elon Musk’s Reality Check (Or Lack Thereof)

Musk has repeatedly said that we probably live in a simulation. Which, if true, means he’s basically Neo, except instead of fighting Agent Smith, he’s fighting traffic congestion and Twitter algorithms.

If we are in a simulation, Musk is the guy trying to glitch it. He’s hacking the system by creating self-driving cars, launching rockets on a whim, and trolling world governments on social media. The real question is: if we unplugged Elon Musk from The Matrix, would he just wake up on Mars?

Monty Python and the Holy Grail: Musk’s Business Strategy

Monty Python taught Musk that reality is absurd, so why not lean into it? He’s named products things like “Not-a-Flamethrower,” sold Tesla-branded tequila, and once tweeted that he was going to buy Coca-Cola to put the cocaine back in.

If Holy Grail taught us that life is about ridiculous quests, then Musk is out here treating business like a medieval adventure. Instead of searching for the Holy Grail, he’s searching for a way to tweet memes from orbit.

If Tesla ever introduces a “Department of Silly Walks” feature in its self-driving cars, we’ll know exactly where he got the idea.

Five Comedian Lines on Elon Musk’s 1970s Sci-Fi Brain

1. “Elon Musk runs his companies like a game of Dungeons & Dragons—he just keeps rolling dice and hoping SpaceX lands on a natural 20 instead of an explosion.” – John Mulaney

2. “Musk is basically trying to speedrun human civilization. Dude saw Star Trek as a kid and said, ‘Yeah, I’m gonna do that—but with Twitter drama.’” – Taylor Tomlinson

3. “He launched a Tesla into space playing David Bowie. That is the most billionaire midlife crisis thing I’ve ever seen. Next, he’s gonna try to park a Cybertruck on the moon while blasting Pink Floyd.” – Marc Maron

4. “Musk built Neuralink so we can all connect our brains to computers. Great, because nothing has ever gone wrong when billionaires play with human consciousness.” – Hannah Berner

5. “If Elon Musk had been born in the Middle Ages, he wouldn’t have been a king. He’d be the crazy guy in the village yelling about ‘self-driving horses’ and building catapults just to see if they could launch a goat into orbit.” – Ilana Glazer

15 Humorous Observations About Elon Musk’s 1970s Sci-Fi Brain

• Elon Musk treats The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy like an actual instruction manual. That’s why SpaceX rockets have names like Just Read the Instructions instead of something normal, like Not Exploding Today.

• Musk’s obsession with Star Wars explains why he wants to colonize Mars—he’s just trying to find a planet where he can legally wield a lightsaber in public.

• If Musk really took inspiration from Star Trek, we’d have teleportation by now. Instead, we have a Cybertruck that looks like it’s still buffering.

• The Lord of the Rings taught Musk that one determined hero can change the world. That’s why he’s throwing humanity into a SpaceX rocket like Frodo tossing the One Ring into Mount Doom.

• Neuralink is basically The Matrix for rich people—except instead of fighting a dystopian AI, you just use it to tweet faster.

• Musk doesn’t see Blade Runner as a warning—he sees it as a step-by-step guide to running Tesla’s AI department.

• The only reason Musk hasn’t built an Iron Man suit yet is because he keeps getting distracted trying to make flamethrowers that are “technically not flamethrowers.”

• SpaceX is just Musk’s way of trying to prove that Star Wars is a documentary, not a movie.

• He runs his companies like a Dungeons & Dragons campaign—except he’s both the Dungeon Master and the guy who rerolls every time something goes wrong.

• Musk genuinely believes we live in a simulation, which makes sense. How else do you explain the fact that the richest man in the world tweets memes about Dogecoin in the middle of the night?

• If Musk had a time machine, he wouldn’t go back to stop bad events—he’d just go back to 1977 and buy stock in Star Wars merch.

• The Cybertruck was clearly designed by a 12-year-old Musk watching Blade Runner and thinking, “Yeah, I want that.”

• The Monty Python influence is obvious: Musk runs businesses with the same energy as a knight yelling, “It’s just a flesh wound!” after every financial crash.

• If Elon Musk had been born in medieval times, he wouldn’t be a lord—he’d be the guy trying to convince people that dragons are just unlicensed airplanes.

• At this point, we should just accept that Musk is trying to remake reality into a 1970s sci-fi movie. The only question is: which one?