@micsolana To be fair, Matt isn’t claiming that he’s not immoral or selfish, either. He’s just orders, and orders, and orders of magnitude less persuasive.
@asherhuey@redsteeze They won’t be essential anymore, that’s the point. Don’t want to license your likeness? Unreal Engine will create the next generation of actors via AI. No licensing required. Sucks, but it’s true. Plan accordingly.
@jdmortenson@kewhittington Perhaps these students are being poorly served if they read the situation as a binary wherein allowing a judge to speak at a law school = “principles mean nothing”
@thehowie@RealPaulWinters@TSHamiltonAstro @Nials5 @NateSilver538 Maybe it was dangerous. But was it *more* dangerous than our politicians, media, and tech companies working in lockstep to blunt public discourse around what was obviously possible? The damage to institutional legitimacy has been irreparable.
@ctabesh@shadihamid Yes, but how does funding anti-democracy candidates keep that faction out of power? Funding crazed opposing candidates is a tale as old as time, which is the point…no rational person would do this if they seriously believed the republic is about to crumble. It’s performative.
@micsolana can’t wait for the day President DeSantis gets his hands on the levers of power of the DHS Disinformation Board. good job, everyone. we’re doing great.
@notaxation@FanbyteMedia Are we finally ready to have the conversation around how geopolitical foes owning western media companies is done in part to provoke domestic unrest and destabilize society?