Tesla CEO Elon Musk has given the answer checklist featured on the cover of Time Magazineof the December edition, he denied giving any interviews or confirming the listed items as his own. Musk reiterated that their primary focus is to make life multiplanetary to maximize the potential lifetime of consciousness.
The magazine’s cover features a photo of Musk next to a checklist that includes achievements such as “electric vehicles,” “become the richest person,” “buy Twitter,” “launch a rocket,” “bring back a rocket,” and “implant.” Human brain chip“It also includes more items like “Elect Trump,” “Work with Mar-a-Lago,” and future goals like “$2 trillion slash” and “slash.fly to mars.” The cover headline reads, “Citizen Musk: What’s Next on His To-Do List?”
In response, Musk clarified on social media platform X that the checklist does not represent his priorities.
“To be clear, I haven’t done any media interviews, and this isn’t actually my checklist. I’m trying to make life multiple to maximize the potential lifespan of consciousness. That requires a few things below,” Musk posted.
Social media users reacted to Musk’s clarification with a mix of curiosity, humor and criticism. One user asked, “What’s your checklist? It will be interesting to see. Another criticized the magazine, writing, “Setting the tone. They’re lying about Allen on his own platform.” Others found the situation amusing, with one commenter saying, “Elon fact-checking is hilarious!” Meanwhile, some praised the magazine’s checklist, calling it a “solid to-do list”.

Elon Musk rejects Time magazine cover page checklist featuring him: ‘I’m trying to make life multifaceted’
Elon Musk and the cover page of Time magazine (Image credit: AP/X)