Page holds Musk up as a model he wishes others would emulatea figure that should be replicated during a time in which the businessmen and politicians have fixated on short-term, inconsequential goals. I dont think were doing a good job as a society deciding what things are really important to do, Page said. I think like were just not educating people in this kind of general way. You should have a pretty broad engineering and scientific background. You should have some leadership training and a bit of MBA training or knowledge of how to run things, organize stuff, and raise money. I dont think most people are doing that, and its a big problem. Engineers are usually trained in a very fixed area. When youre able to think about all of these disciplines together, you kind of think differently and can dream of much crazier things and how they might work. I think thats really an important thing for the world. Thats how we make progress.

Elon Musk by Ashlee Vance