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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@wfryer he didn’t surprise me. I figured he was a poopy-head after he started treating people who worked at Twitter so badly. It just got worse. What I have trouble with is how folks got mad when I told them what was going to happen and that organizations should establish themselves on Mastodon. But orgs decided to take a wait and see attitude…would a fascist billionaire get worse? A silly question since you either are a poophead or you are not at his level. 🙃 They were afraid to lose their time investment in Twitter.
I have been on Twitter since May, 2007. What dumpster fire 🔥 for educators, and other special pops and communities who found a voice.
Now, our focus needs to be building our own space, and hope the masses decide to come. And if they don’t, at least, we have the benefit of hindsight.
@mguhlin I think I was being willfully naïve, because I was impressed by technologies of electric cars & space rockets :-(
@wfryer aren’t we all. No judgement, just hope we can achieve Star Trek without the crappy treatment of humans. Of course, that is a longterm growth experience. We r here now.
@mguhlin Yea, indeed. You know, Shelly is a huge Star Trek geek but my literacy there is much more limited. But that’s also a great way to scaffold this conversation. Good leadership matters, & we need good leaders who consistently demonstrate respect & kindness for others at all levels. For this, there is no substitute. #EduTooter #leadership