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A little break from what I normally post here but since I'm American I want to talk about this for a sec...

Just a heada up... Tw: politics 😭

If you live in America, please vote 😭

The whole Gov. Gavin Newsom thing is so funny to me 😂 If you dont know, he signed a bill outlawing political misinformation basically saying "You should not be able to promote something that is known to be false as certain fact, and you can not use political figurs vocies and appearance to make them say something they wouldnt normally say" Sounds like a positive for everyone right? Less lies, more truth and sort of security in knowing people will be discouraged from using deepfakes right?

NOPE! Republicans took it as a personal attack on them 😂 He referenced a deepfake video that Elon musk re-tweeted that features Kamala's voice being used to say things she wouldn't normally say... and now Republicans are like rallying behind it?? 😂😂 They are literally on twitter going "Hes coming after us!! Hes trying to take away our rights to lie as much as we want! And hes trying to take away our right to make fake videos featuring a political figures voice agaisnt their will!!" Like wtf?! Do they think being able to manipulate media and lie purposefully to fear monger is a right?!?! Like for fucks sake! Show me where on the Bill of Rights it says "Elon Musk should be allowed to be angry at women online because hes a sad man child and repost actual propaganda as fact to millions."

Sorry for the rant! I know my page is definitely more liberal leaning but I needed to vent after a very stressful week of American Politics 😂😭 Love you all, Ill be back with morw voice videos soon!

[srkshaju]

Elon Musk's Neuralink Implants First Brain Chip in Human: A Look at the Tech and the Future

Elon Musk's brain-computer interface (BCI) company, Neuralink, has taken a significant step forward with the successful implantation of its first wireless brain chip in a human patient.

This marks a major milestone in the field of neurotechnology and has sparked both excitement and debate about the potential of this technology.

What is Neuralink's Brain Chip?

The chip, currently in its early stages of development, is designed to connect the human brain directly to computers.

It uses thin, flexible threads implanted in the brain to record and transmit neural activity wirelessly.

This technology has the potential to revolutionize how we interact with the world around us, potentially allowing for mind-controlled devices, enhanced communication for those with disabilities, and even treatment for neurological conditions.

Initial Results and Future Goals:

While the initial results only show promising detection of neural activity, it's a significant first step.

Musk has stated that the first product, called "Telepathy," aims to enable control of phones, computers, and other devices using only thoughts.

He envisions this technology initially benefiting those with paralysis, allowing them to communicate and interact with the world more easily.

Challenges and Concerns:

Despite the potential benefits, Neuralink's technology faces several challenges and ethical concerns.

Safety is paramount, and the company has faced criticism regarding its animal testing practices.

Additionally, the potential for misuse and the ethical implications of directly accessing and manipulating brain activity need careful consideration.

The Race for Brain-Computer Interfaces:

Neuralink is not alone in this field. Other companies, like Blackrock Neurotech and Precision Neuroscience, are also developing similar technologies.

This race for BCI dominance could lead to rapid advancements, but it's crucial to ensure responsible development and prioritize safety and ethical considerations.

The Future of Neurotechnology:

Neuralink's first human implant is just the beginning.

As BCI technology continues to evolve, we can expect to see even more groundbreaking applications in various fields, from healthcare and communication to entertainment and gaming.

However, it's important to approach this technology with caution and ensure it's developed and used ethically and responsibly.

This blog post provides an informative overview of Neuralink's recent achievement, its potential impact, and the challenges and considerations surrounding this emerging technology.

It encourages readers to stay informed and engage in discussions about the future of neurotechnology.

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انسانی دماغ میں نصب کی گئی کمپیوٹر چپ کیا ہے؟

ارب پتی بزنس مین ایلون مسک نے اعلان کیا ہے کہ ان کی کمپنی ’نیورالنک‘ نے انسانی دماغ میں پہلی بار کمپیوٹر چِپ نصب کر دی ہے۔ یہ اعلان ایلون مسک نے اپنے سوشل میڈیا پلیٹ فارم ’ایکس‘ پر کیا، انہوں نے ٹوئٹ کرتے ہوئے لکھا کہ امریکی نیورو ٹیکنالوجی کمپنی ’نیورا لنک نے  پہلے انسان کے دماغ میں کمپیوٹر چپ نصب کر دی ہے اور وہ شخص صحت یاب ہو رہا ہے‘۔ ایلون مسک نے یہ بھی بتایا کہ ’ابتدائی نتائج حوصلہ افزا رہے ہیں جس دوران نیورونز کی سرگرمیوں میں اضافے کو دیکھا گیا۔‘ ایلون مسک نے بتایا کہ اس چپ کی مدد سے لوگ اپنے خیالات کے ذریعے موبائل فون، کمپیوٹر سمیت تمام الیکٹرونک ڈیوائس کو استعمال کر سکیں گے ان کا کہنا تھا کہ ابتدا میں یہ چپ ہاتھوں پیروں کو استعمال کرنے سے معذور افراد کے دماغ میں نصب کیا جائے گا۔ ایلون مسک نے اس تجربے کے بارے میں مزید تفصیلات ظاہر نہیں کیں اور نہ ہی یہ بتایا کہ پہلی چپ لگوانے والا شخص کون تھا یا ٹیکنالوجی کیا تھی، تاہم انہوں نے بتایا کہ نیورالنک کا پہلا پروڈکٹ ٹیلی پیتھی ہے۔

یاد رہے کہ ’نیورا لنک‘ ٹوئٹر کے مالک ایلون مسک کی کمپنی ہے، جسے 2016 میں بنایا گیا تھا، اس کمپنی کا مقصد ایسی کمپیوٹرائزڈ چپ تیار کرنا ہے، جنہیں انسانی دماغ اور جسم میں داخل کر کے انسان ذات کو بیماریوں سے بچانا ہے۔ اسی کمپنی نے 2020 میں تیار کردہ کمپیوٹرائزڈ چپ کو جانوروں کے دماغ میں داخل کر کے اس کی آزمائش بھی کی تھی اور پھر کمپیوٹرائزڈ چپ والے جانوروں کو دنیا کے سامنے بھی پیش کیا گیا تھا۔ کمپنی نے مذکورہ چپ کی انسانوں پر آزمائش کے لیے امریکی محکمہ صحت سے اجازت طلب کی تھی اور مئی 2023 کو نیورا لنک کو آزمائش کی اجازت دے دی گئی تھی۔ نیورا لنک کی جانب سے اپنی ٹوئٹ میں دعویٰ کیا گیا تھا کہ امریکا کے ’فوڈ اینڈ ڈرگ ایڈمنسٹریشن‘ (ایف ڈی اے) نے کمپیوٹرائزڈ چپ کی انسانی دماغ میں آزمائش کی اجازت دے دی۔

انسانی دماغ میں نصب کی گئی کمپیوٹر چپ کیا ہے؟ نیورا لنک کی جانب سے بنائی گئی مذکورہ چپ کسی چھوٹے سکے کی سائز کی ہے اور وہ انتہائی پتلی ہے، جسے کسی بھی جاندار کے دماغ میں نصب کر کے اسے وائرلیس سسٹم کے ذریعے اسمارٹ فون سے منسلک کیا جاسکے گا۔ مذکورہ چپ فالج، انزائٹی، ڈپریشن، جوڑوں کے شدید درد، ریڑھ کی ہڈی کے درد، دماغ کے شدید متاثر ہوکر کام چھوڑنے، نابینا پن، سماعت گویائی سے محرومی، بے خوابی اور بے ہوشی کے دوروں سمیت دیگر بیماریوں اور مسائل کو فوری طور پر حل کرنے میں مدد فراہم کرے گی۔ مذکورہ چپ کو موبائل فون کے سم کارڈ کی طرح ایسے سسٹم سے بنایا گیا ہے جو سگنل کی مدد سے اسے اسمارٹ فون سے منسلک کرے گا اور پھر فون کے ذریعے مذکورہ چیزیں شامل کی جا سکیں گی اور چپ سے چیزیں نکالی بھی جا سکیں گی۔ مذکورہ چپ انسانی خیالات کا ریکارڈ بھی جمع کرے گی جب کہ انسان کی یادداشت کو بھی محفوظ رکھ سکے گی۔ چپ میں محفوظ انسانی یادداشت کو کمپیوٹر یا موبائل کے ذریعے کسی بھی وقت ری پلے کیا جا سکے گا یا کسی بھی وقت ماضی میں گزرے دنوں کو اسکرین پر ڈیٹا کی صورت میں لایا جا سکے گا۔

بشکریہ ڈان نیوز  

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Neuralink, the implantable brain chip developed by Elon Musk

INTRODUCTION:

Elon Musk's Neuralink is a ground-breaking program that seeks to combine artificial intelligence (AI) and human brain capabilities in the field of cutting-edge technology and bold endeavors. The creation of an implantable brain chip, which is at the center of Neuralink's ambition, has many intrigued and worried about the possible ramifications of this ground-breaking technology.

The goals include enhancing human potential, treating neurological conditions like Parkinson's or ALS, and maybe even establishing a mutually beneficial partnership between humans and artificial intelligence.

  The Neural Network's Brain:

Elon Musk established Neuralink in 2016 with the goal of creating a seamless future brain-computer interface. The main objective is to treat neurological disorders and eventually improve human cognition by directly connecting the brain to external equipment.

  Important Elements of the Neuralink Brain Chip:

Neuralink's concept is based on a tiny implantable device called the Neural Interface, which is intended to communicate directly with the human brain. Electrodes are contained in incredibly tiny threads that make up the device—thinner than a human hair. To create a high-bandwidth connection, these threads are surgically inserted into the brain.

  Redefining Neurological Treatments:

Neuralink's principal objective is to transform the way neurological diseases are treated. The brain chip has the potential to treat epilepsy, improve movement and functionality for people who are paralyzed, and offer innovative treatments for a range of neurological conditions, all of which would greatly enhance the quality of life for those who are impacted.

  Bidirectional Brain-Machine Communication(BMI):

The brain and external devices can communicate in both directions thanks to Neurolink's brain chip. This innovative function enables information to be sent back to the brain in addition to reading neural signals. This ushers in a new era of adaptable and interactive technologies that can work in perfect harmony with the human intellect.

  Possibility of Neural-Computer Cooperation:

The technology developed by Neurolink creates the groundwork for a new phase of brain-computer coperation. The distinction between artificial and human intelligence may become more hazy as a result of this partnership, resulting in more natural and effective interactions with digital technologies. This smooth transition has effects in a variety of domains, including professional work, education, and artistic pursuits.

  Enhancing Research on Brain-Computer Interfaces:

Neurolink makes a major contribution to the field of brain-computer interfaces (BCIs) with its efforts. Neurotechnology is being pushed to its limits by the research and development needed to create a brain chip that is both safe and dependable. This development affects the scientific community and our comprehension of the brain in larger ways.

  Cognitive Enhancement:

Neuralink's brain chip has the potential to improve cognitive function in areas other than medicine. By facilitating seamless interaction between users and external devices, the technology has the potential to enhance cognitive abilities and pave the way for the discovery of new frontiers in human intellect.

  Difficulties and Ethical Issues:

Risks and Surgical Procedures:

Because Neuralink's brain chip installation requires surgery, there are worries over the potential risks involved. Critics draw attention to the risks involved and the necessity of strict safety protocols when using such cutting-edge technologies.

  Privacy and Security:

There are a lot of privacy and security issues because of the direct connection between the brain and external equipment. It becomes critical to protect the data sent between the brain and linked systems, which calls for strong encryption and defense against unwanted access.

  Ethical AI Use:

As Neuralink progresses in integrating AI with the human brain, ethical questions about the proper application of AI technologies become increasingly important. Making sure AI applications respect human rights and values is a difficult task that needs to be carefully considered.

  Informed Consent and Autonomy:

Neuralink's brain chip is optional, which raises concerns regarding informed consent and personal autonomy. An important ethical challenge is striking a balance between giving people access to transformational medical treatments and guaranteeing them complete autonomy over their decisions.

  CONCLUSION:

The implantable brain chip developed by Neuralink is a groundbreaking innovation that has the potential to completely change the fields of neuroscience, medicine, and human-machine interaction. Even if the technology has a lot of potential to treat neurological conditions and improve cognitive capacities, managing ethical issues, guaranteeing safety, and maintaining personal liberty will be crucial to navigating the long-term effects of this ground-breaking project. The social and ethical implications of brain-machine interfaces will need to be carefully considered as Neuralink pushes the envelope of what is conceivable.

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Three AI insights for hard-charging, future-oriented smartypantses

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Living in the age of AI hype makes demands on all of us to come up with smartypants prognostications about how AI is about to change everything forever, and wow, it's pretty amazing, huh?

AI pitchmen don't make it easy. They like to pile on the cognitive dissonance and demand that we all somehow resolve it. This is a thing cult leaders do, too – tell blatant and obvious lies to their followers. When a cult follower repeats the lie to others, they are demonstrating their loyalty, both to the leader and to themselves.

Over and over, the claims of AI pitchmen turn out to be blatant lies. This has been the case since at least the age of the Mechanical Turk, the 18th chess-playing automaton that was actually just a chess player crammed into the base of an elaborate puppet that was exhibited as an autonomous, intelligent robot.

The most prominent Mechanical Turk huckster is Elon Musk, who habitually, blatantly and repeatedly lies about AI. He's been promising "full self driving" Telsas in "one to two years" for more than a decade. Periodically, he'll "demonstrate" a car that's in full-self driving mode – which then turns out to be canned, recorded demo:

https://www.reuters.com/technology/tesla-video-promoting-self-driving-was-staged-engineer-testifies-2023-01-17/

Musk even trotted an autonomous, humanoid robot on-stage at an investor presentation, failing to mention that this mechanical marvel was just a person in a robot suit:

https://www.siliconrepublic.com/machines/elon-musk-tesla-robot-optimus-ai

Now, Musk has announced that his junk-science neural interface company, Neuralink, has made the leap to implanting neural interface chips in a human brain. As Joan Westenberg writes, the press have repeated this claim as presumptively true, despite its wild implausibility:

https://joanwestenberg.com/blog/elon-musk-lies

Neuralink, after all, is a company notorious for mutilating primates in pursuit of showy, meaningless demos:

https://www.wired.com/story/elon-musk-pcrm-neuralink-monkey-deaths/

I'm perfectly willing to believe that Musk would risk someone else's life to help him with this nonsense, because he doesn't see other people as real and deserving of compassion or empathy. But he's also profoundly lazy and is accustomed to a world that unquestioningly swallows his most outlandish pronouncements, so Occam's Razor dictates that the most likely explanation here is that he just made it up.

The odds that there's a human being beta-testing Musk's neural interface with the only brain they will ever have aren't zero. But I give it the same odds as the Raelians' claim to have cloned a human being:

https://edition.cnn.com/2003/ALLPOLITICS/01/03/cf.opinion.rael/

The human-in-a-robot-suit gambit is everywhere in AI hype. Cruise, GM's disgraced "robot taxi" company, had 1.5 remote operators for every one of the cars on the road. They used AI to replace a single, low-waged driver with 1.5 high-waged, specialized technicians. Truly, it was a marvel.

Globalization is key to maintaining the guy-in-a-robot-suit phenomenon. Globalization gives AI pitchmen access to millions of low-waged workers who can pretend to be software programs, allowing us to pretend to have transcended the capitalism's exploitation trap. This is also a very old pattern – just a couple decades after the Mechanical Turk toured Europe, Thomas Jefferson returned from the continent with the dumbwaiter. Jefferson refined and installed these marvels, announcing to his dinner guests that they allowed him to replace his "servants" (that is, his slaves). Dumbwaiters don't replace slaves, of course – they just keep them out of sight:

https://www.stuartmcmillen.com/blog/behind-the-dumbwaiter/

So much AI turns out to be low-waged people in a call center in the Global South pretending to be robots that Indian techies have a joke about it: "AI stands for 'absent Indian'":

https://pluralistic.net/2024/01/29/pay-no-attention/#to-the-little-man-behind-the-curtain

A reader wrote to me this week. They're a multi-decade veteran of Amazon who had a fascinating tale about the launch of Amazon Go, the "fully automated" Amazon retail outlets that let you wander around, pick up goods and walk out again, while AI-enabled cameras totted up the goods in your basket and charged your card for them.

According to this reader, the AI cameras didn't work any better than Tesla's full-self driving mode, and had to be backstopped by a minimum of three camera operators in an Indian call center, "so that there could be a quorum system for deciding on a customer's activity – three autopilots good, two autopilots bad."

Amazon got a ton of press from the launch of the Amazon Go stores. A lot of it was very favorable, of course: Mister Market is insatiably horny for firing human beings and replacing them with robots, so any announcement that you've got a human-replacing robot is a surefire way to make Line Go Up. But there was also plenty of critical press about this – pieces that took Amazon to task for replacing human beings with robots.

What was missing from the criticism? Articles that said that Amazon was probably lying about its robots, that it had replaced low-waged clerks in the USA with even-lower-waged camera-jockeys in India.

Which is a shame, because that criticism would have hit Amazon where it hurts, right there in the ole Line Go Up. Amazon's stock price boost off the back of the Amazon Go announcements represented the market's bet that Amazon would evert out of cyberspace and fill all of our physical retail corridors with monopolistic robot stores, moated with IP that prevented other retailers from similarly slashing their wage bills. That unbridgeable moat would guarantee Amazon generations of monopoly rents, which it would share with any shareholders who piled into the stock at that moment.

See the difference? Criticize Amazon for its devastatingly effective automation and you help Amazon sell stock to suckers, which makes Amazon executives richer. Criticize Amazon for lying about its automation, and you clobber the personal net worth of the executives who spun up this lie, because their portfolios are full of Amazon stock:

https://sts-news.medium.com/youre-doing-it-wrong-notes-on-criticism-and-technology-hype-18b08b4307e5

Amazon Go didn't go. The hundreds of Amazon Go stores we were promised never materialized. There's an embarrassing rump of 25 of these things still around, which will doubtless be quietly shuttered in the years to come. But Amazon Go wasn't a failure. It allowed its architects to pocket massive capital gains on the way to building generational wealth and establishing a new permanent aristocracy of habitual bullshitters dressed up as high-tech wizards.

"Wizard" is the right word for it. The high-tech sector pretends to be science fiction, but it's usually fantasy. For a generation, America's largest tech firms peddled the dream of imminently establishing colonies on distant worlds or even traveling to other solar systems, something that is still so far in our future that it might well never come to pass:

https://pluralistic.net/2024/01/09/astrobezzle/#send-robots-instead

During the Space Age, we got the same kind of performative bullshit. On The Well David Gans mentioned hearing a promo on SiriusXM for a radio show with "the first AI co-host." To this, Craig L Maudlin replied, "Reminds me of fins on automobiles."

Yup, that's exactly it. An AI radio co-host is to artificial intelligence as a Cadillac Eldorado Biaritz tail-fin is to interstellar rocketry.

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If you’d like an essay-formatted version of this post to read or share, here’s a link to it on pluralistic.net, my surveillance-free, ad-free, tracker-free blog:

https://pluralistic.net/2024/01/31/neural-interface-beta-tester/#tailfins

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you know what telomeres are? they're a protein cap that keeps your genome from unraveling the same way the hard plastic tip on your shoelaces keep them from fraying. When the telomere wears away, the genome comes untwisted a bit and the cell stops being able to replicate itself perfectly and thats what aging is. And why we die of old age.

They are working on this for humans by the way. They are experimenting with ways to repair the telomeres without dying of cancer (lobsters live forever by producing a substance called telomerase, but telomerase is basically gasoline for cancer, so. Lobsters are also just immune to cancer. psh. no biggie). Labs are making progress, too. People could achieve healthy mature adult lives of two hundred years or more sometime soon.

sidenote did you know they found a way to activate a gene that will cause an adult human to grow a new set of teeth? Because our bodies know how to do that, have already done it once, just like when you were a kid, new set comes in. That'll be handy, y'know, like for when you turn 150 years old and your teeth have all worn out for the 3rd time.

And i kinda hate how it's currently being handled, but as a species, our space exploration is pretty impressive for where we're at, a colony on mars or the moon is not outside the realm of possibility before too much longer.

btw the stupid elon musk brain chip was actually developed over the last, like, 15 years before he took an interest, and it was created so that paralyzed people could control a computer and therefor talk to people and do activities (the first ones just let them move a mouse cursor, so they could at least use letters to talk, now i think it will let them also click, which i'm sure you can imagine what even just being able to move and click a mouse cursor would do for your quality of life if you couldn't talk or move)

i'm just sayin' we are about to, istfg it almost makes me cry in simultaneous wonder and outrage, we are about to be in the midst of a golden age, if we can please oh please just somehow not completely shit the bed first.

if we could just find some way to have peace and not fuck the planet into extinction, we are about to witness miracles

if we can just, as a species, come together enough to be worthy of them

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https://rumble.com/v4mw58c-pay-with-a-digital-chip-in-your-hand.html?mref=3fb31l&mc=4c61c

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(via Elon Musk’s Neuralink reports trouble with first human brain chip | Ars Technica)

I would not want to be the guy that has elon stumbling around in their brain, fucking shit up.

The first invasive brain chip that Neuralink embedded into a human brain has malfunctioned, with neuron-surveilling threads appearing to have become dislodged from the participant's brain, the company revealed in a blog post Wednesday.

It's unclear what caused the threads to become "retracted" from the brain, how many have retracted, or if the displaced threads pose a safety risk. Neuralink, the brain-computer interface startup run by controversial billionaire Elon Musk, did not immediately respond to a request for comment from Ars. The company said in its blog post that the problem began in late February, but it has since been able to compensate for the lost data to some extent by modifying its algorithm.

You know they are giving us the “good version” - I wonder what is really going in in there?

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Elon Musk behaves more like a James Bond villain all the time. His latest hobby is to stoke race riots in the UK.

Elon Musk Won’t Quit Trying to Stoke Civil War in the U.K.

He fled from South Africa the same year that President F.W. de Klerk announced reforms which would lead to Black majority rule. He has a racial chip on his shoulder. His silly panic about "population collapse" has more to do with the population of white people leveling off than any real danger of human extinction.

If Elon Putz won't properly moderate his platform then the UK government should do it for him and make him pay for it.

The only time I see Twitter/X posts is when somebody sticks them in an article. Occasionally I'll click an unlabelled link to Twitter/X but then quickly close the window after noticing my error; I then delete any data and history for the pluto-fascist platform from my browser.

MAGA crony Elon Putz deserves no help from me – and you should not be lending him your eyeballs or data either.

If you think megalomaniacal multi-billionaires already have too much influence in politics, work to defeat Weird Donald Trump.

[comeonamericawakeup]

Musk grew up being bullied by his father and in school.

He is perhaps autistic and perhaps bipolar. Not within my abilities to diagnose. But he is often unable to control his emotions and has extremely poor impulse control

Scary for someone with his money and power.

His father is a very extreme hardright lunatic. He had two children with Elon's stepdaughter.

Elon was very unhappy about it but unable to stop it. His father's extremism has destroyed his economics. He has threatened suicide if Elon stops supporting him.

Elon is basically not a nice person.

He has no ability to express empathy. He treats anyone who opposes him harshly. He fired 75% of the Twitter workforce within 2 months of buying the company.

He expects all of his employees to put their guts on the table all of the time.

Elon's sense of humor apparently stopped evolving when he was in the 7th grade. Most of it appears to be of the "potty" variety. I think this speaks to his overall emotional maturity.

For Elon, it's always his way or the highway. He is an extreme adrenalin addict and it's a miracle that he is still alive and that his companies have survived his maniacal leadership. He likes to set impossible goals and drive employees to achieve them.

Elon can be extremely brilliant at times but his brilliance is always accompanied by a dark side that threatens to consume him and everyone around him.

He likes to put all his chips on the table and roll the dice. Reckless should be his middle name.

Elon worries about Al destroying humanity. But with his intelligence, money, power, and poor impulse control, he is a much larger and more immediate threat to humanity.

Elon thinks that he is a political moderate providing free speech to everyone. He is totally unable to recognize his own far-right extremism. Nor can he recognize his own racism or antisemitism or his anti-LGBTQ bias.

Elon worries about declining population growth and has kids at the drop of a hat. Of course, he never worries about kids dying from hunger or poverty. I guess he just thinks that affluent white people should have more kids.

Elon has no problems lying when it suits his purposes. He has lied constantly for the last 5 or 10 years about the arrival of Tesla self-driving cars. Every year he announces that this is the year.

Elon doesn't like radar or lidar. He therefore has insisted that his self-driving car capability rely totally on cameras.

Elon thinks colonizing Mars is the only way to save humanity. I sure hope not.

l am so glad to be done with this book. It is a necessary read but it is also very depressing and disturbing. So much intelligence and ability coupled with such dysfunctional, disturbing, and dangerous behavior. It's amazing that he and his businesses have not yet imploded.

I wish that I could root for some of Elon's ventures and projects. I really do. But he doesn't seem to be growing any less mega-maniacal. Further success would just be more dangerous to us all.

He is willing to throw far too many of us under the bus to achieve his worldview.

And finally, Elon has no use for democracy. He would prefer a good ole autocrat/plutocrat any day. He is a major opponent of anything referred to as "woke".

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I will never read or listen to the book. I appreciate the summary. It seems very consistent with what I have learned about Muskrat in the past year.