This is an excellent article about Elon Musk by economist Paul Krugman in the New York Times. This is a “gift link,” so you don’t need a subscription to read the full version.
Why Petulant Oligarchs Rule Our World
http://wfryer.me/42z
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Krugman may not have been surprised by Elon‘s actions in the past couple weeks, as he took over Twitter, but I naively have been. What a disappointment. I had some sense of Elon’s penchant for rash and “ugly behavior,” but that has become dramatically apparent to everyone this last week. Understanding who Elon Musk is and the values he both demonstrates through his actions and supports have me rethinking my latent desire to buy a Tesla electric car at some point.
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I also lament the fact that via SpaceX, our U.S. national space program today is so dependent upon a leader who is so irresponsible and flat out “ugly,” from a behavioral and values standpoint.
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I’ve been preparing to possibly stop using Twitter for quite awhile. I set up and started infrequently using a Mastodon account back in 2017.
https://www.speedofcreativity.org/2017/04/05/5-reasons-you-should-join-me-on-mastodon/
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@wfryer Amaroq is the only iOS app? Did you mean to write MacOS app? Maybe I misunderstood? Nice points, Wes, in your piece.
