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Comment · 7 months ago
It doesn't seem that supprising. You need a certain level of narcissism/sociopathy to have the drive to become a billionaire in the first place.
Comment · 7 months ago
-100 points for not having a volume slider.
Comment · 7 months ago
>are we going to do any better next time

The US is completely fucked if another pandemic hits within the next ~20 years. Or at least until a large percentage of the anti-vaxers created in the covid pandemic age out of the population. Having a decent response when half the country is going to be on team virus is not possible.

> Have we put measures in place to ensure that accurate information about the disease, including appropriate disease-specific hygiene measures, are rapidly disseminated.

This is irrelevant if half the country has the through process of "goverment says it therefore it is fake news bill gates microchip conspiracy".

Comment · 7 months ago
A foreign national buying one of the largest American media platforms and turning it into a right-wing propaganda machine should probably concern you at least somewhat.
Comment · 7 months ago
There was literally never a time where mainstream medical advice was "masks do nothing".
Comment · 7 months ago
Replacing work does not neccessarily mean replacing workers.
Comment · 7 months ago
Do you really think e.g Opus 4.6 is less reliable than the average facebook/x post (which is where most people get their news from today)?

People already just blindly believe whatever is put in front of them by the algorithm gods. Even the "@Grok is this real" spam on every X post is an improvement.

Comment · 7 months ago
China is currently a more morally virtuous country than the US.
Comment · 7 months ago
Nothing wrong with being a robot.
Comment · 7 months ago
Yes, how do we optimize social interaction out of our lives, maybe we can all live in VR with simulated girlfriends and never have to interact with another human again.
Comment · 8 months ago
I think the bigger issue is I doubt any company is going to blow a trillion dollars to send a person to Mars.
Comment · 8 months ago
It's okay to realise some things are just beyond us right now. There is plenty of other things humans can do with their time.

I would rather the geniuses of earth work on anti-aging or cancer research than wish fulfillment of a 50 year old man child.

Comment · 8 months ago
Climate hasn't been a real topic of discussion since the Obama administration.
Comment · 8 months ago
Because the negative effects of unrestricted internet access on children (and adults) is becoming more evident.
Comment · 8 months ago
Ok, so what do you do when your child visits a friends house and they have unrestricted access to the internet?

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