To the surprise of nobody, DOGE staff may have been selected to breach federal data based on social media posts demonstrating their adherence to racist doctrine: Just for the record, I was racist before it was cool. […] I just want a eugenic immigration policy, is that too much to ask. Now consider why breaches … Continue reading Elon Musk DOGE Staff: “Just for the record, I was racist before it was cool”
I’ve covered this before, when Elon Musk uses the “some of my best friends are” defense. It’s wrong to use for many well known and studied reasons, including being clearly racist. Here’s yet another example of him using it, as if he really doesn’t care. The forthcoming book Character Limit: How Elon Musk Destroyed Twitter, … Continue reading “My Good Friend is Black”: Elon Musk Gives Racist Response to Concerns About Twitter Racism
Update August 3, 2024: This new cartoon is so spot on, it’s like The Onion’s Stan Kelly has been reading my blog. Update November 30, 2023: Elon Musk, after being widely condemned for obvious antisemitism, uses his Swastika platform (formerly known as Twitter) to affirm and spread violent white nationalism. Here’s the key to decode … Continue reading How Racist is Elon Musk?
When efficiency becomes the supreme value, it crowds out everything that actually makes systems robust and humane. It’s weird intellectual laziness disguised as sophistication. Like, “we’ve solved it, just optimize for the single metric!” But real systems – whether they’re societies, ecosystems, or self-driving cars – are irreducibly complex. The obsession with efficiency creates blindness … Continue reading Efficiency is Idiocy. DOGE is a Racist DOG Whistle