“These challenges are difficult but pale in comparison to reinventing space travel. The greatest asset that Musk brings to Twitter beyond a deep pocket and deep faith in free speech is his legendary creativity. He tends to focus on a horizon rather than the obstacles or opponents before him. Free speech remains a horizonal ideal but one that is attainable for someone with unflagging commitment and creativity. This could be the ultimate “moon shot” for Musk to bring free speech back to the Internet.”
Category Archives: Technology and Society
Forecasting, Science, And Epistemology
An interesting post from Gaia Dempsey, CEO of Metaculus. Very interesting woman; I had lunch with her in Marina Del Rey a few months ago.
A New Space Organization
New to me, anyway. Looks like an interesting project.
Who Needs The Blood Of The Young
…when we can rejuvenate with poop transplants?
Musk And Moderation
Some good advice to Elon how to fix Twitter.
Take Them To The Cleaners
The computer repairman who turned over Hunter’s laptop is suing several people and organizations who deserve to be sued.
Snowball Fights In Hell
Bill Nelson says that cost-plus contracts are a “plague” on NASA.
Ukraine’s Second Amendment
A history of the need for an armed citizenry.
Any gun registry we have here should be burned as well.
Switchbladeapolooza
The latest on the use of drones in combat, which is evolving rapidly in Ukraine.
The Babylon Bee
Will it get out of Twitter jail?