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"I don’t know if anyone else has noticed this but everything seems to be going
down the tubes quite fast. And not fun tubes, like at a waterpark. The “ending
in shit” kind. The issues are complicated, the reasons diverse, but there are a
few culprits who have been making themselves extremely visible.
Alongside those holding political office, tech gragillionnaires (I had to
invent a new number) like Elon Musk and Mark Zuckerberg obviously wield huge
global influence with their computers and numbers and whatnot. There has been a
lot written about them and there will be more, as they continue to shape the
world and win favour with Donald Trump. Big, scary, probably ruinous things lie
ahead. But I’m here to discuss the smaller part. The insult to injury, the
sprinkling of salt in the wound.
Whether I am engaging with the news, or with Musk tweeting constantly like a
man with no job or friends, or with Zuckerberg sending out weird videos and
appearing on Rogan, I am in pain. Not just because I don’t like what they are
doing but because they are so incredibly,
painfully cringe.
I knew that one day we might have to watch as capitalism and greed and bigotry
led to a world where powerful men, deserving or not, would burn it all down.
What I didn’t expect, and don’t think I could have foreseen, is how incredibly
cringe it would all be. I have been prepared for evil, for greed, for
cruelty, for injustice – but I did not anticipate that the people in power
would also be such huge losers."
Via Kenny Chaffin.
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
