Bezos is less flamboyant than Musk but now is rivaling him (and Zuckerberg) in social destruction.
At least the "new-tech" plutocrats of the original Gilded Age eventually put some/much of their wealth to positive use. (Eg Carnegie, Rockefeller, Vanderbilt, Mellon. even Morgan.)
At least the "new-tech" plutocrats of the original Gilded Age eventually put some/much of their wealth to positive use. (Eg Carnegie, Rockefeller, Vanderbilt, Mellon. even Morgan.)
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Jay Rosen
"It’s craven. He’s basically fearful of Trump."
Marty Baron, former executive editor of the Washington Post, interprets what Jeff Bazos announced this morning. open.substack.com/pub/zeteo/p/...
Marty Baron, former executive editor of the Washington Post, interprets what Jeff Bazos announced this morning. open.substack.com/pub/zeteo/p/...
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RFK Jr. may well screw up vaccination planning, but what happens when Musk's uber-AI makes a bad weather forecast and a hurricane or crop freeze or pest infestation is missed?
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Will they just say "Sorry..." or "We're still teaching The Machine, so be patient... that's the price of progress"?
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but ultimately when you’re going to Hell in a handbasket, all the handbasket does is provide a touch of gentility