You do not, under any circumstances, gotta commend Elon.
You do not, under any circumstances, gotta commend Elon.
Edit: Or I have missed the reference in your comment, it seems!
> issuing correction on a previous post of mine, regarding the terror group ISIL. you do not, under any circumstances, "gotta hand it to them"
I tend to view Musk's actions as focused on achieving that outcome rather than destroying Twitter, and it's one aspect that's hard to replace even if we don't always like the outcome.
Maybe the net outcome is good, maybe not. I think it's hard to achieve that type of outrage (both good and bad) without these massive social media sites. So we might get less toxic social media, but reduce our ability to effect change through social justice.
1. SpaceX.
2. Ending peravasive political censorship on Twitter, resulting in significant, positive (IMO) real-world political shifts.
He has made many bad and questionable things, but those two achievements make up for all the rest, from my perspective.