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Deirdre Donovan's avatar

Awesome insight! Now, if only you did this in a movie, or at least an audio version because my 3 adult children, aged 24, 26 and 31 do not take the time to read anything I send them. If there was an audio, they would be more likely to listen while they are working on something. Nonetheless, I send then yours and try to share with people on BlueSky that I believe would actually take the time to read your substacks. This year it's becoming fucking surreal!

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GullyFoyle's avatar

I just tweeted about a reference to Musk's grandfather in your Xwitter feed, and I now see you have it covered here in this great article. Andrew Hickey's recent podcast on the Grateful Dead (fascinating even if, like me, you you're not crazy about the band) spoke about it in passing and makes a bit of fun of Scott Adams as well, with insights on Silicon's Valley's technocracy ethos that's doing huge damage as it comes to roost,

https://500songs.com/podcast/episode-165-dark-star-by-the-grateful-dead/

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Sharon Dymond's avatar

I've been saving the email for this for days until I have the bandwidth for the visual clutter. Besides relational DBs, my forté is UI design. I'm of the less is more school. Will read if my tail holds out.

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Kanon's avatar

UAE Minister of Cabinet Affairs and Chairman of the World Government Summit (WGS), Mohammad Al Gergawi in a conversation with Elon Musk at the 2017 World Gov Summit, Elon says, "There will be fewer and fewer jobs that a robot cannot do better. But what to do about mass unemployment? This is gonna be a massive social challenge. And I think ultimately we will have to have some kind of Universal Basic Income [across the globe]. I don't think we're going to have a choice....These are not things that I wish would happen...these are things that I think probably will happen." hhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rCoFKUJ_8Yo

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Ed P's avatar

Fascinating insights, thank you. This ideology is wild and I wasn’t aware of much of it

But I also think Musk is being more forcefully manipulated here than meets the eye. Remember Bezos was hacked by the Saudis or so he claims, causing the most expensive divorce in history. I think team Putin-MbS has some dirt or leverage on Musk and are bending him to their will, sometimes quite reluctantly, sometimes in agreement. He is being corrupted and abused, although he himself is an abusive tyrant. Thats how these goons machinations work. They align such personalities to do their bidding as they corrupt them and sink them deeper into a amoral hole of sociopathy. Trump, Barr, Manafort - all narcissistic jerk bullies - Musk too.

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Sharon Dymond's avatar

Objectivism recycled with added touches of tech. I want to read all on this important topic, Jim, but my bandwidth is stretched so thin I'll have to come back to this when my energy does. Good night, sweet prince.

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Kanon's avatar

Musk says brain chip to begin human trials soon – and plans to get one himself

World’s richest man says human trials will begin within six months during presentation at health tech company Neuralink https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2022/dec/01/elon-musk-brain-chip-human-trials-nueralink

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Laura Wiley Haynes's avatar

Have a look at Martine Rothblatt - also a transhumanist.

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