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Elon Musk talks Twitter, Tesla and how his brain works — live at TED2022
Solving For Twitter
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Buying Twitter, Elon Musk Will Face Reality of His Free-Speech Talk
Elon Musk talks Twitter, Tesla and how his brain works — live at TED2022
What the Hell Should Musk Do with Twitter?
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If you’re going to basically declare that Twitter is a sacred public good, the world’s town square, you’ve got to at least acknowledge—and presumably have an argument to justify—the fact that there’s something just a little troubling about the richest man in the world buying the town square.
Musk is the first person to become the richest person in the world by deliberately setting out to reduce existential risk for humanity.
The other thing that troubles me about Musk’s “only I can save Twitter” bravado is that the guy has more important things on his plate right now.