One of the most interesting articles about the future of the internet I’ve read this year. The possibility that Dorsey is “trying to build a kind of “full stack” of products that put the ordinary citizen beyond the power of government overreach” is both tantalizing and worthy of extreme skepticism. Still, it’s clear the internet is doing at least as much harm as good so maybe there’s a small basis for optimism. I often feel that, so far as the internet goes, we are now inevitably the pawns of big business and big government.
J Bryant
11 months ago
One of the most interesting articles about the future of the internet I’ve read this year. The possibility that Dorsey is “trying to build a kind of “full stack” of products that put the ordinary citizen beyond the power of government overreach” is both tantalizing and worthy of extreme skepticism. Still, it’s clear the internet is doing at least as much harm as good so maybe there’s a small basis for optimism. I often feel that, so far as the internet goes, we are now inevitably the pawns of big business and big government.
Gerald Arcuri
11 months ago
Beware the expert in one narrow field of endeavor attempting to become persuasive in another. Haven’t we heard enough nonsense from other “lucky” tech entrepreneurs who hit the financial jackpot but who know almost nothing of value about anything else?
Gerald Arcuri
11 months ago
Beware the expert in one narrow field of endeavor attempting to become persuasive in another. Haven’t we heard enough nonsense from other “lucky” tech entrepreneurs who hit the financial jackpot but who know almost nothing of value about anything else?
Jim Veenbaas
11 months ago
For a guy who supports free speech, he did very little to push back against the censorship regime at Twitter. Maybe he could have made public some of the directives he was getting from the security apparatus. And he certainly didn’t have to hire a cadre of woke employees, who directed 94% of their political donations to one party. Even if he was a supporter of old school Democrats, and didn’t like the GOP, it doesn’t take a tech mogul to figure out that a business is better off with diversity of opinion.
I think one has to give space to people evolving. We don’t all stay the same and would learn few lessons if we did.
Jim Veenbaas
11 months ago
For a guy who supports free speech, he did very little to push back against the censorship regime at Twitter. Maybe he could have made public some of the directives he was getting from the security apparatus. And he certainly didn’t have to hire a cadre of woke employees, who directed 94% of their political donations to one party. Even if he was a supporter of old school Democrats, and didn’t like the GOP, it doesn’t take a tech mogul to figure out that a business is better off with diversity of opinion.
Simon S
11 months ago
Notice the side swipe from this journalist of the very DNC Vice – “Junior” (RFK)… being supported by Dorsey “campaigning for an open primary that could include him.” Could?????? RFK is registered officially for the primary. Why the deceit? Paving the way for something?
Notice the side swipe from this journalist of the very DNC Vice – “Junior” (RFK)… being supported by Dorsey “campaigning for an open primary that could include him.” Could?????? RFK is registered officially for the primary. Why the deceit? Paving the way for something?
Ben Jones
11 months ago
Whisper it softly: maybe Gen X were right all along?
Whisper it softly: maybe Gen X were right all along?
S Smith
11 months ago
Among many of the annoying things about today’s political environment is the dismay of journalists when they can’t pigeonhole someone politically. If you were someone who was at one time loosely “on the left” as Dorsey obviously was/is, there is nothing quite so bizarre as the unhinged world that most of the “left” now exists in.
RFK Jr. is sort of like this new hope for many of us–a consolidation of many of the things we once held dear about liberalism, but which has now completely vanished from anything resembling the new “woke” leftism, which in some ways resembles the anti-human and militaristic progressivism of the turn of the last century, where eugenics was promoted in tandem with weird amalgams of anti-capitalist fervor.
More than anything, though; heterodox political views should be applauded as they almost always represent someone who is a critical thinker.
Last edited 11 months ago by S Smith
S Smith
11 months ago
Among many of the annoying things about today’s political environment is the dismay of journalists when they can’t pigeonhole someone politically. If you were someone who was at one time loosely “on the left” as Dorsey obviously was/is, there is nothing quite so bizarre as the unhinged world that most of the “left” now exists in.
RFK Jr. is sort of like this new hope for many of us–a consolidation of many of the things we once held dear about liberalism, but which has now completely vanished from anything resembling the new “woke” leftism, which in some ways resembles the anti-human and militaristic progressivism of the turn of the last century, where eugenics was promoted in tandem with weird amalgams of anti-capitalist fervor.
More than anything, though; heterodox political views should be applauded as they almost always represent someone who is a critical thinker.
One of the most interesting articles about the future of the internet I’ve read this year. The possibility that Dorsey is “trying to build a kind of “full stack” of products that put the ordinary citizen beyond the power of government overreach” is both tantalizing and worthy of extreme skepticism. Still, it’s clear the internet is doing at least as much harm as good so maybe there’s a small basis for optimism. I often feel that, so far as the internet goes, we are now inevitably the pawns of big business and big government.
One of the most interesting articles about the future of the internet I’ve read this year. The possibility that Dorsey is “trying to build a kind of “full stack” of products that put the ordinary citizen beyond the power of government overreach” is both tantalizing and worthy of extreme skepticism. Still, it’s clear the internet is doing at least as much harm as good so maybe there’s a small basis for optimism. I often feel that, so far as the internet goes, we are now inevitably the pawns of big business and big government.
Beware the expert in one narrow field of endeavor attempting to become persuasive in another. Haven’t we heard enough nonsense from other “lucky” tech entrepreneurs who hit the financial jackpot but who know almost nothing of value about anything else?
Beware the expert in one narrow field of endeavor attempting to become persuasive in another. Haven’t we heard enough nonsense from other “lucky” tech entrepreneurs who hit the financial jackpot but who know almost nothing of value about anything else?
For a guy who supports free speech, he did very little to push back against the censorship regime at Twitter. Maybe he could have made public some of the directives he was getting from the security apparatus. And he certainly didn’t have to hire a cadre of woke employees, who directed 94% of their political donations to one party. Even if he was a supporter of old school Democrats, and didn’t like the GOP, it doesn’t take a tech mogul to figure out that a business is better off with diversity of opinion.
I think one has to give space to people evolving. We don’t all stay the same and would learn few lessons if we did.
I think one has to give space to people evolving. We don’t all stay the same and would learn few lessons if we did.
For a guy who supports free speech, he did very little to push back against the censorship regime at Twitter. Maybe he could have made public some of the directives he was getting from the security apparatus. And he certainly didn’t have to hire a cadre of woke employees, who directed 94% of their political donations to one party. Even if he was a supporter of old school Democrats, and didn’t like the GOP, it doesn’t take a tech mogul to figure out that a business is better off with diversity of opinion.
Notice the side swipe from this journalist of the very DNC Vice – “Junior” (RFK)… being supported by Dorsey “campaigning for an open primary that could include him.” Could?????? RFK is registered officially for the primary. Why the deceit? Paving the way for something?
Well spotted.
Well spotted.
Notice the side swipe from this journalist of the very DNC Vice – “Junior” (RFK)… being supported by Dorsey “campaigning for an open primary that could include him.” Could?????? RFK is registered officially for the primary. Why the deceit? Paving the way for something?
Whisper it softly: maybe Gen X were right all along?
About what, exactly?
Whatever
Whatever
About what, exactly?
Whisper it softly: maybe Gen X were right all along?
Among many of the annoying things about today’s political environment is the dismay of journalists when they can’t pigeonhole someone politically. If you were someone who was at one time loosely “on the left” as Dorsey obviously was/is, there is nothing quite so bizarre as the unhinged world that most of the “left” now exists in.
RFK Jr. is sort of like this new hope for many of us–a consolidation of many of the things we once held dear about liberalism, but which has now completely vanished from anything resembling the new “woke” leftism, which in some ways resembles the anti-human and militaristic progressivism of the turn of the last century, where eugenics was promoted in tandem with weird amalgams of anti-capitalist fervor.
More than anything, though; heterodox political views should be applauded as they almost always represent someone who is a critical thinker.
Among many of the annoying things about today’s political environment is the dismay of journalists when they can’t pigeonhole someone politically. If you were someone who was at one time loosely “on the left” as Dorsey obviously was/is, there is nothing quite so bizarre as the unhinged world that most of the “left” now exists in.
RFK Jr. is sort of like this new hope for many of us–a consolidation of many of the things we once held dear about liberalism, but which has now completely vanished from anything resembling the new “woke” leftism, which in some ways resembles the anti-human and militaristic progressivism of the turn of the last century, where eugenics was promoted in tandem with weird amalgams of anti-capitalist fervor.
More than anything, though; heterodox political views should be applauded as they almost always represent someone who is a critical thinker.
Jack Dorsey is lost and flailing.
Jack Dorsey is lost and flailing.
I like Jack.