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Comment by WalterBright | Hacker News Reader

It is possible for people to learn and change their minds.

I'm pretty sure that doxxing is not allowed on HN, Reddit, and other platforms, including the D language forums. I'm good with that.

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The problem is that he is only learning when it negatively affects him. Plenty of people have already learned many of these lessons, he just has no interest in listening to them.

People learning from experience is a good thing.

If we, as a species, only learned from our own personal experiences, we'd still be dwelling in caves.

He is 50 years old.

It would be, if they then use that experience to modify their stance in a consistent manner but that is not what is happening here.

Sure. But if the only way Elon can learn why something is bad is through first-hand experience, will he act against speech that threatens minority groups he's not part of? What about those that are economically disadvantaged?

You can already see this lack of empathy at work in how he's trying to claw back severance he owes Twitter's ex-employees.

> It is possible for people to learn and change their minds.

In this case, it seems to be more about serving his self-interest. What do you think he might have learned beyond that?

I sincerely hope he learns and changes his mind.

Evidence so far is that he’s not principled enough to do so. “Free speech absolutism” just meant he didn’t give a fuck as long as he wasn’t the one at risk. I don’t think that will change, but I’d love to be wrong.

You are clearly not paying attention since the account is still up in instagram and facebook: https://www.instagram.com/elonmusksjet/?hl=en

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