Let's add Mark Zuckerberg, Peter Thiel, and Larry Ellison (off the top of my head, there certainly are more rich tech geeks) to the list. Personally, Musk became even more of a pariah to me once he unleashed his "venom" on TWITTER making him, in my mind, as dangerous as Zuckerberg. I'm not a participant in the social media craze - but,…
Let's add Mark Zuckerberg, Peter Thiel, and Larry Ellison (off the top of my head, there certainly are more rich tech geeks) to the list. Personally, Musk became even more of a pariah to me once he unleashed his "venom" on TWITTER making him, in my mind, as dangerous as Zuckerberg. I'm not a participant in the social media craze - but, i've pictured the rise in the militia movement and the threat to our democratic republic from right wing neo-Nazi groups as parallel to the evolution of Facebook, Twitter, and the other social media outlets. We saw in the 2022 election these people (Musk, Theil, Ellison, Zuckerberg) support "republicans" clearly knowing they stood for the "Big Lie." Musk is showing signs of being a QAnon nut job and, both Musk and Zuckerberg, are opening the platforms they control back up to those spewing mis/disinformation. Trump will soon be back on Facebook and, likely TWITTER once his own social media adventure goes "belly up." We often read/hear about "Russian oligarchs" - I think it's time to begin identifying the America oligarchs and deciding as a nation how much wealth they have to accrue before regulations aimed at the "common good" are instituted.
I like to see a full list of Bankman Fried’s contributions. It was stolen money much from thousands of small investors. It must be returned to their rightful owners otherwise the recipients are no better than Bankman Fried and we live in a Mafia state.
Let's add Mark Zuckerberg, Peter Thiel, and Larry Ellison (off the top of my head, there certainly are more rich tech geeks) to the list. Personally, Musk became even more of a pariah to me once he unleashed his "venom" on TWITTER making him, in my mind, as dangerous as Zuckerberg. I'm not a participant in the social media craze - but, i've pictured the rise in the militia movement and the threat to our democratic republic from right wing neo-Nazi groups as parallel to the evolution of Facebook, Twitter, and the other social media outlets. We saw in the 2022 election these people (Musk, Theil, Ellison, Zuckerberg) support "republicans" clearly knowing they stood for the "Big Lie." Musk is showing signs of being a QAnon nut job and, both Musk and Zuckerberg, are opening the platforms they control back up to those spewing mis/disinformation. Trump will soon be back on Facebook and, likely TWITTER once his own social media adventure goes "belly up." We often read/hear about "Russian oligarchs" - I think it's time to begin identifying the America oligarchs and deciding as a nation how much wealth they have to accrue before regulations aimed at the "common good" are instituted.
I like to see a full list of Bankman Fried’s contributions. It was stolen money much from thousands of small investors. It must be returned to their rightful owners otherwise the recipients are no better than Bankman Fried and we live in a Mafia state.
Stanford’s contribution to modern America: C. Rice, E. Holmes and Bankman Fried. Quite a trifecta.