Just finished "Character Limit" (Conger & Mac, 2024) about how Musk wrecked Twitter, and what's funny is how unremarkable both the world's richest man and the tech he's trying to build really are.

There was nothing genius about any of it. He fired most of the staff overnight, gutted moderation, watched the hate speech and bots he claimed he'd kill flood right back in, and tanked a $44B platform in every possible way. In the end, it was just about power, attention, and owning another rich guy's toy.

Musk doesn't actually want humanity to achieve great things. He's like an adult baby, sucking his thumb and throwing a tantrum whenever he isn't worshipped. The world's richest man and the loneliest internet troll alive, a perfect image of entitlement.

When Trump was banned from Twitter, he was quickly replaced by even bigger man-child. The rise of far-right alt-tech owes a lot to these two clowns. Zuck and Dorsey aren't far behind either.

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