TNW’s tech person of the year

How many problems can one man try to solve in a year? What if the problems aren’t your garden variety problems – like a broken faucet − but rather the earth’s most serious and existential problems? Maybe one? What if the problems are fossil fuel dependence, global warming, the future of artificial intelligence, and the colonization of other worlds? Maybe none? In 2016 Elon Musk took on all of these problems.  It was his incredible ambition to change the world in 201