Why did Musk buy Twitter? What is he trying to do? And what does this have to do with Jack, technocracy, crypto, and “longtermism”?
A compelling but equally disturbing piece by @davetroy:
https://davetroy.medium.com/no-elon-and-jack-are-not-competitors-theyre-collaborating-3e88cde5267d
And that he now wants to make people pay for blue badges is completely in line with this. It’s not about money. The verification badge will suddenly look like a joke and it will be impossible to tell if a person or a piece of information is trustworthy. Musk is effectively discrediting and deplatforming thousands of journalists, scientists, and politicians.
@matthiasott @davetroy is there by any chance a link not behind a paywall?
@jeffsonstein @davetroy Ah, I’m sorry! It seems like I had not reached my limit on Medium yet so I didn’t think about the paywall. I’m afraid I don’t know if Dave has also published the piece or a summary elsewhere…
@matthiasott @davetroy thank you, no worries