[ExI] Gilded Rage: Elon Musk and the Radicalization of Silicon Valley

[John Clark]

On Fri, Oct 24, 2025 at 7:34 AM <spike at rainier66.com> wrote:


> *>>>… **OK so… now what?  TwitterX is free, Truth Social, Reason, Blue
>>> Sky, free free free.  These media have a magic way of collectively finding
>>> stuff out:*
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>> *>>…TwitterX **also has a magic way of making stuff up… John *
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> *> Ja. This puts the responsibility (and the ability) of verification on
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*If somebody's only news source is TwitterX then the only way they can
judge the accuracy of a story that they have read on TwitterX is by
comparing it with other stories that they have also read on TwitterX. And
the richest man in the world's algorithm triumphs yet again. *

*> We do not need or want an elite class of professional news reporters.*


*I think we do, I think we need reporters that give us the facts, and who
make a clear distinction between facts and opinions, in other words
reporters that BOTH extreme left-wing AND extreme right-wing people hate
with a vengeance.  *


*John K Clark*






> This helps the reader develop critical thinking skills, healthy skepticism
> and discernment.  Now the world no longer has professional class of people
> who shape public opinion.  This is a good thing.  Now public opinion is
> shaped by collective public opinion.  We do not need or want an elite class
> of professional news reporters.  We want an enormous class of ordinary
> people who are volunteer news reporters.  Information wants to be free.
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