I listened to the podcast of Bari and Walter I. Surprisingly to me it was actually good. What makes my temperature rise, however, is Bari's tendency to inject her biases into her writing and interviewing and do so without seeming to recognize that she is biased. Wanna know what she did in this one? She poses the question to herself and t…
I listened to the podcast of Bari and Walter I. Surprisingly to me it was actually good. What makes my temperature rise, however, is Bari's tendency to inject her biases into her writing and interviewing and do so without seeming to recognize that she is biased. Wanna know what she did in this one? She poses the question to herself and to Isaacson whether Musk has "too much power". Bari and Walter agree, Musk has too much power! Surprise, surprise, surprise. But did either try to explain why? Justify it? Explain it? Unless you think "well, he has all these major companies which he controls, Q.E.D., that is too much power". That is really a pathetic analysis by each of them. We expect better from Bari, if not Walter.
But the interview was good, mainly because Bari let Walter talk. I'd downloaded the book and intend to read it - have started. It'll be my 4th from Isaacson.
An honest criticism. The fact that the question of “does Elon have too much power” has even been created as an honest question is inherently biased. The question could of course be asked about any extremely wealthy individual. Let’s substitute Jeff Bezos for Elon Musk. Anyone asking that question? If so I haven’t heard of it. What exactly is “too much” power. Who’s to judge? Seems no one was too worried about his having “too much power” until after he purchased Twitter and began exposing censorship that made the powerful elite a bit nervous. They much prefer to wield their power quietly, behind the scenes. That Elon does it much more openly is something they are not used to, are uncomfortable with. He does not play by their rules.
I listened to the podcast of Bari and Walter I. Surprisingly to me it was actually good. What makes my temperature rise, however, is Bari's tendency to inject her biases into her writing and interviewing and do so without seeming to recognize that she is biased. Wanna know what she did in this one? She poses the question to herself and to Isaacson whether Musk has "too much power". Bari and Walter agree, Musk has too much power! Surprise, surprise, surprise. But did either try to explain why? Justify it? Explain it? Unless you think "well, he has all these major companies which he controls, Q.E.D., that is too much power". That is really a pathetic analysis by each of them. We expect better from Bari, if not Walter.
But the interview was good, mainly because Bari let Walter talk. I'd downloaded the book and intend to read it - have started. It'll be my 4th from Isaacson.
But, Bari, be a journalist, not a politician.
An honest criticism. The fact that the question of “does Elon have too much power” has even been created as an honest question is inherently biased. The question could of course be asked about any extremely wealthy individual. Let’s substitute Jeff Bezos for Elon Musk. Anyone asking that question? If so I haven’t heard of it. What exactly is “too much” power. Who’s to judge? Seems no one was too worried about his having “too much power” until after he purchased Twitter and began exposing censorship that made the powerful elite a bit nervous. They much prefer to wield their power quietly, behind the scenes. That Elon does it much more openly is something they are not used to, are uncomfortable with. He does not play by their rules.
Damn close. I think the Elon bias started a bit earlier - when he said people should vote Republican. The Elites seemed to have a cow at that point.