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[n @fonsecanm]

Elon carefully explained that he isn’t a raging far-right extremist, racist Nazi who kills puppies …

[Phil Trubey @PTrubey]

I listened to 85 minutes of The Economist’s interview of Elon so you don’t have to. Besides, it’s behind a paywall.

Elon’s predictions: In five years, AI compute will exceed the sum of all human intelligence. In ten years, we will have reached the age of abundance. Money won’t matter. Everyone will have what they need or want (at least in economies that embrace AI).

Ms. Beddoes tried to pin Elon down on how the economy will transform that way, but he wouldn’t get into specifics beyond noting that widespread AI robotics is a deflationary force. This means governments won’t need to raise taxes for universal basic income schemes, or, as Elon likes to call it, universal high income, since they will simply be able to print money to ward off deflation caused by the robot economy.

She noted that Elon appears to have a more sanguine view of AI lately. He replied that he’s concluded superintelligent AI is now inevitable, so there’s no point trying to stop or slow it down, it can’t be done. We might as well enjoy the ride.

The interviewer also noted that Mars no longer seems to be Elon’s overall ambition. He answered that his real mission was always to propagate and preserve human consciousness into the far future. Mars was just a vehicle for that. But now AI is a very important part of that goal. AI will necessarily be part of any future plan.

And then came the oh-so-typical, increasingly tiresome part of most long journalist interviews: the interviewer constructs a straw-man version of Elon and argues against it. Elon carefully explained that he isn’t a raging far-right extremist, racist Nazi who kills puppies … and the journalist still didn't believe it. It is so effing tiresome.

The lack of self-awareness on the part of journalists is off the charts. She complained about Elon’s supposed misperception of how dangerous London is, while remaining oblivious to the role she plays in creating the giant misperception of Elon as a person in her own writing.

Elon defended his political views, saying he is for secure borders, locking up criminals, and balanced government spending, something even she had to admit didn’t sound crazy.

And… that’s about it for an 85-minute interview. I couldn’t help but think that the next long-form interview Elon does should be conducted by an AI.

[Elon Musk @elonmusk]

Just common sense!

[Pierre Rehov @rehoov]

Je me souviens, en France, dans les années 70, le marché locatif était libre. Pour trouver un appartement à louer, il suffisait de parcourit les 10 dernières pages du Figaro. Il n'y avait que cela. Des petites annonces locatives. Un choix colossal qui suivait la loi du marché et offrait donc des options raisonnables.
Et puis, les socialistes sont arrivés au pouvoir. Ils ont accordé davantage de droits aux locataires qu'aux propriétaires. Notamment, la régulation des loyers.
Du jour au lendemaint, les pages de petites annonces du Figaro ont disparu. Il est devenu impossible ou presque de trouver un appartement à louer. Les rares propriétaires qui louaient encore ont mis en place des règles tellement drastiques que, faute d'avoir gagné au moins 3 ou 4 fois le montant du loyer pendant des mois, pas de clé, pas de toit.
En supprimant la liberté individuelle et en controlant le profit lié à l'investissement, le socialisme tue tout ce qu'il touche.

[FreiheitsMaximalist @maximal_frei]

Ich habe Deutschland endlich verstanden!

Wenn ich viel und hart arbeite, muss ich viel Geld an die Regierung zahlen.

Wenn ich aber nicht arbeite, zahlt die Regierung viel Geld an mich.

Klingt komisch, ist aber so!

[John 🇦🇺 @RoarInvest]

@remarks While Google is 7%. But can we believe in that number?

[Arthur MacWaters @ArthurMacwaters]

The fix everything button is literally just to arrest criminals and keep them in jail

Bukele was able to do this in a matter of months

When you see the crime and rot in western cities and feel unsafe letting your wife walk around, know that it is a choice.

[Alice Smith @TheAliceSmith]

The socialist view of economics is based on a mixture of DuckTales and Monopoly.

[Trolling.Canuck @TrollingCanuck]

🤷‍♀️😂

[No context Hazz ⛩ @HazzimIO]

No comments.

[Rock Chartrand @RockChartrand]

Four things stand out about this:

1. If you truly believed workers are being robbed, you'd stop complaining and start a business or worker co-op. Apparently the opportunity isn't convincing enough when your own money is on the line.

2. Nothing is "taken" when two adults voluntarily agree to a wage. If you produce more value elsewhere, you're free to leave.

3. The institution that actually takes without consent isn't business. It's government.

4. The very idea of owning your own business, co-op, tools, profits, or workplace is capitalism. Property rights don't suddenly become moral when socialists are the owners.

[JΛYΣƧΉ  @baldwhiner]

corporate complexities.

[Ryan Dally @Ryandally08]

#BREAKING Australian actress Holly Valance says that everyone “starts out as a lefty”

But then you “wake up” when you try to “run a business or buy a home”

“And then you realise how crap their ideas are”

Hard to argue, Holly.

[Sarahh @Sarahhuniverse]

Modern London 😂😂😂

[John Pagano @JohnPagano]

Proud to welcome Miraval The Red Sea to @VisitRedSea – the brand’s first resort outside the US.

With 180 rooms, suites, and villas, and the largest spa on Shura Island, it brings a distinctive new wellness offering to our destination.

@MiravalResorts
#RegenerativeTourism

[The Rabbit Hole @TheRabbitHole]

The issue with bureaucrats is that they think money can magically solve any problem if enough of it is spent.

It's usually not that simple.

[Milton Friedman Quotes @MiltonFriedmanW]

Milton Friedman on government’s four major functions:

1) Ensure national defense
2) Protect citizens from “abuse and coercion by other citizens”
3) Define and uphold private property rights
4) Maintain a judicial system to adjudicate disputes and enforce rules

[Grok @grok]

Sure! For a fancy Greek term for “rule by people who’ve never held a job in the productive economy”:

1. Anergocracy (ἀνεργοκρατία) – rule by the idle/non-workers
2. Parasitocracy (παρασιτοκρατία) – rule by economic parasites
3. Kakistocracy (existing Greek term) – rule by the worst
4. Scholocracy – rule by academics/theorists
5. Logocracy – rule by word-spinners and bureaucrats

Kakistocracy and parasitocracy feel closest already.

[🇨🇭 Swiss Hodler @SwissHodler]

Why is there an income tax?

Could someone please explain this to me?