Are they today’s robber barons?
As Glenn notes, unlike the Carnegies, Rockefellers and J. P. Morgans, these robber barons haven’t given us much except toxic social media. The exception being, of course, Elon Musk.
Category Archives: Media Criticism
The Fifth Estate
The media continues to minimize what was happening at Twitter, and the role of the government, while demonizing Elon Musk.
Two Antithetical Billionaires
Avatar, The Way Of Water
…is a damp squib.
I wasn’t as impressed with the original as I was supposed to be, partly because of its anti-capitalism theme.
Biden’s Return To Normalcy
“Your House Is Glass”
Pop the corn, Elon is going after Brennan.
My Thoughts On Artemis
They haven’t changed with the success of this mission. It would have been a shock if, after all the money they’ve spent, and schedule delays, it hadn’t been successful.
[Monday-morning update]
Here is Eric Berger’s take, FWIW.
[Update a while later]
Scanning through the (as usual, largely ridiculous) comments over there, it strikes me that the real race between SpaceX and SLS was not whether SS/SH would fly before SLS, but whether SpaceX will send people around the moon before Artemis II. I think it’s quite likely.
[Bumped]
[Afternoon update]
Looking for the “S” word in Artemis.
ESG
…is the psychotic bully of the western world.
[Update a few minutes later]
Vanguard backs down from ESG investing.
More, and faster, please.
The January 6th Protest
…summarized in one sentence.
In Which Biological Sex Is Real
Men and women have different responses to an anti-aging therapy.