Elon Musk's Cultural Vandalism and Reactionary Political Project

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The speaker expresses admiration for Elon Musk's recent actions.
The speaker considers Elon Musk's actions as a political and reactionary project.
Elon Musk was displeased by the sense of entitlement among tech workers and Twitter's endorsement of liberal causes.
Elon Musk mocked the idea of supporting the Black Lives Matter movement.
The speaker believes Elon Musk's intention is to dismantle the cultural institution and reject its values.

On Sunday night, a crane arrived in downtown San Francisco to take down the Twitter sign from the company’s office building. The crane’s arrival marked the death of Twitter, the brand, and the start of X, Elon Musk’s everything app. Today, why Elon’s acquisition feels more and more like cultural vandalism and what, if anything, will replace the global town square.

Then, is Sam Altman’s universal basic income cryptocurrency app Worldcoin an iris scanning tool to save humanity, or just another attempt to get rich on crypto?

Plus: a trip to Google’s robotics lab, where artificial intelligence models are creating breakthroughs.

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