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However that is not why Musk purchased Twitter. He needed to show that his beliefs would result in a greater world.
Which beliefs? Which higher world? From Google to Fb, tech corporations have all the time offered themselves with “higher world” arguments. Free speech, connection, sharing info, selling democracy, giving the individuals a voice, stimulating creativity, and so forth.
What’s actuality? The dynamics of social media are poisonous. It’s not for this type of beliefs the fitting software for the job. As well as: The obscure guarantees turn out to be watered down, the concrete guarantees are damaged and privateness is misplaced. Twitter cheerfully co-censors in numerous nations. And manipulates like loopy, repeatedly on particular ego journeys from Elon Musk who can hardly argue.
At some factors or moments, public platforms do certainly appear to create a greater world. At many instances they undermine rule of regulation, democracy, reality, social cohesion and simply plain good dialog about public points. Twitter isn’t distinctive on this, however beneath Elon it could fail even tougher than it did.
