Starlink Internet access enables people to learn anything and access the global market for their goods & services, improving their standard of living
for decades, western institutions did a fairly good job of conveying truth and advancing the values that had built this civilization
which is why so many people still blindly trust them
they have abused that trust
a great example is how little they cover massively important things (like grooming gangs) - it could best be described as suppression
any institution that purports to be truth seeking but is in fact not truth seeking, will eventually crumble or be replaced by something that is more truth seeking
The goal of the 𝕏 algorithm is simple: show each user the content they are most likely to find interesting, limited only by the laws within a given jurisdiction. No thumb on the scale.
Doesn’t mean we achieve the goal, but that is what I tell the team.
Elon nailed the real test for Mars: the fork in human destiny is whether we build a city there that can keep going and growing even if Earth stops sending resupply ships.
If Mars can survive on its own, consciousness gets a way longer shot at lasting.
Those lawyer billboards on the highway?
You’re paying for them.
Dragged-out cases. Inflated settlements. Higher insurance premiums.
Welcome to the Highway Billboard Tax.