Zack WhittakerOct 13
We really have to stop uncritically accepting the batshit drivel that billionaires come up with. Their main qualification is exploiting people at scale to enrich themselves with power and money, and they will do and say anything to keep it that way, especially if they pitch it as "the future."
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@zackwhittaker The important thing is to both be deeply skeptical of their 'genius'; but never of their ruthlessness.

Given how Oracle implementations go; having them deliver an entire surveillance dystopia would probably cost ~1.5 GDP; but that will be cold comfort if you get a partial surveillance dystopia for just eleventy-zillion.

And 'datacenters in space' is patently silly; but so long as he can just punt on solving the problem because that's in the future, Sam gets what he wants.

Oct 13 at 1:35pmWeb