Julian SanchezI think Musk has passed the event horizon of the Trump Feedback Loop: You make a series of decisions that alienate smart, competent people & attract a bunch of cranks, weirdos, and deranged halfwits. So you get terrible advice and a skewed view of the world, leading to more decisions that [etc etc]
“I don’t understand what’s going wrong… my changes should have been super popular according to my poll of Catturd2 and the guy from Judicial Watch….”
RickRussell_CA@normative Accurate
Nicholas Weaver@normative
And I think its made worse by him always having surrounded himself by enablers and yes-men, so the transition was easy.
There are SO MANY stupid things about Tesla's development in the past few years (yoke steering wheels? Fart noises? EVERYTHING about the Cyberduck?).
The only check was outside opinion, and he's basically feedback-looped-himself into insanity now.
Hammancheez@normative when everyone realizes in a week the emperor not only has no clothes but also micropenis its hard to get the crowd back on your side
Matthew Lasar@hammancheez @normative so what happens beyond the event horizon?
@matthewlasar @normative if I recall something in latin and no eyeballs which could be a great metaphor for lack of twitter views
Msbrisaqt@normative
Absolutely the best explanation of Musky and TFG. Thank you for this.
Absolutely the best explanation of Musky and TFG. Thank you for this.
Bianca@normative Concur. I find it incredible how much his drama mirrors Trump. It was also obvious before he took office that he’d ruin his brand & attract more scrutiny than he had ever imagined possible. Apparently Elon just had to test this playbook out for himself. #PersonalResponsibility
Rich Tong ❤️🤷♂️@normative wow a great way to look at it. Reality distortion zone just increases
SandaBlueDeux@normative The Musk/Greenwald loop is the one I've been waiting for, and it arrived.