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Duchess's avatar

Beautifully put and thought out. All. true. Hope Elon can see this and have an epiphany. Time for him to grow up and try and save the world. He would be remembered more for this than for Tesla or Mars.

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John Carter's avatar

I'm not so sure. More think tanks won't do much - those exist primarily to justify the policies the powerful have already decided upon; they're meaningless in terms of cultural influence.

More social media platforms won't do much, either. As you noted yourself, there's a plethora already. They're either empty or echo chambers. Either way, not helpful.

I'm not saying that $44 billion for Twitter is a good investment. On the other hand, the fallout if they're forced to admit that they've been juicing establishment numbers with bots could get interesting. People realizing "hey wait a minute - we're the majority here, by a lot!" is how preference cascades start.

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