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Still waiting for a change of the general attitude in certain rationality etc circles concerning Elon Musk, a change that would also take into account what kind of news sources Musk promotes on X.
Concentration of power is problematic but it's also necessary for things getting done. If you take robert Moses, the concentration of power around him was problematic but he got things build.
Fear of concentration of power on individual people is one core feature of the Great Stagnation.
As far as Musk's retweeting goes, it's impact is not very large compared to the the effects of projects like Starship.
"Concentration of power is problematic but it's also necessary for things getting done."
Sure some amount of power may be productive, but very high concentration of power can be problematic, for example as it puts people on the powerful person's Mercy.
"Fear of concentration of power on individual people is one core feature of the Great Stagnation."
I assume "feature" in this cases means correlate, not cause.
"As far as Musk's retweeting goes, it's impact is not very large compared to the the effects of projects like Starship."
It's always surprising (which means it should be never surprising) how much of a bubble I (and you, it seems) am in. I have multiple partially-overlapping groups, NONE of which view Musk as overall admirable, though some are more balanced in evaluating his successes and offenses.