@elonmusk (asked about forms of government on Mars)
44m30s
"If society does not have a war and there is no cleansing function or garbage collection for rules and regulations then rules and regulations will accumulate every year. Because they are immortal. Humans die but the laws don't. So. We need a garbage collection function for rules and regulations. They should just not be immortal. Because some of the rules and regulations that are put in place will be counterproductive... Done with good intentions but counterproductive. Sometimes not done with good intentions. So if rules and regulations just accumulate every year, you get more and more of them. Then eventually you won't be able to do anything. You'll be just like Gulliver tied down by thousands of little strings. "
44m30s
"If society does not have a war and there is no cleansing function or garbage collection for rules and regulations then rules and regulations will accumulate every year. Because they are immortal. Humans die but the laws don't. So. We need a garbage collection function for rules and regulations. They should just not be immortal. Because some of the rules and regulations that are put in place will be counterproductive... Done with good intentions but counterproductive. Sometimes not done with good intentions. So if rules and regulations just accumulate every year, you get more and more of them. Then eventually you won't be able to do anything. You'll be just like Gulliver tied down by thousands of little strings. "