[ExI] Just say no to Google

[spike at rainier66.com]

From: John Clark <johnkclark at gmail.com> 
Sent: Thursday, 20 November, 2025 4:27 AM
To: spike at rainier66.com
Cc: ExI chat list <extropy-chat at lists.extropy.org>
Subject: Re: [ExI] Just say no to Google

 

 

 

On Wed, Nov 19, 2025 at 9:49 AM <spike at rainier66.com <mailto:spike at rainier66.com> > wrote:

 

>>> TwitterX isn’t evil, even though it is bigger and more powerful than ever. 

 

 

>>…I'd say that being the principal dispenser of lethal medical advice is evil. 

 

 

 

> TwitterX doesn’t dispense medical advice,

 

Vaccines cause autism.  The Covid vaccine causes sterility. The Covid vaccine is part of Bill Gates's  secret conspiracy to implant a trackable microchip into everybody. Don't take the Covid vaccine because .... 

 

John K Clark

 

 

 

Sure, but TwitterX didn’t tell you any of that.  The people who posted that claim told you that.  So filter those posts and people.  On TwitterX it is YOUR responsibility to filter YOUR OWN content, as you see fit.  They don’t do it for you.  They expect you to be the grownup and shape your content in agreement with your understanding.  TwitterX is the air, which vibrates to carry you signals from the voices of people, some of whom you don’t like.  The air didn’t tell you anything, but it carried the unpleasant message.

 

If you wish to hire someone to cover your sensitive eyes and ears from offensive material, to protect your delicate sensibilities, to maintain a safe space, TwitterX is a terrible place.  It is not the place for children, sensitive types or jackwagons.  It is not Namby Pamby land, it will not be the place to find self confidence:

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WEbzM2FUP9s

 

It has its value for political betting however.  If you hang out there, you will be able to predict election outcomes and investment opportunities much more accurately, for it isn’t a safe space, it isn’t a carefully filtered small minority.

 

spike

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

…> On Behalf Of John Clark via extropy-chat

 

>…Google started small but it is now large and powerful. Can you think of any powerful nation or corporation or person or ANYTHING that has not done shitty and evil things? I can't. John K Clark

 

 

John you make a great case for Google’s competitor, TwitterX.  Elon Musk is in full agreement with you.  Musk recognized that Twitter was doing exactly as you say.  His strategy was to buy the big powerful evil Twitter and just stop it from DOING anything.  All it needed to fulfil its Don’t Be Evil slogan (trademark) is to stop doing anything.  That was easy: Twitter doesn’t even need humans, which saves huge costs and saves the company itself from bankruptcy.

 

Now, TwitterX isn’t evil, even though it is bigger and more powerful than ever.  Information wants to be free.  There are evil things posted there, and good things.  It is up to the reader to figure out which is which, not TwitterX.  Let that sink in.  Well, that was easy.  It damn sure wasn’t cheap, but it was easy.

 

spike

 

 

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