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   Paris Marx (parismarx@mastodon.online)'s status on Thursday, 01-Dec-2022 06:30:42 JST Paris Marx

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   The myth of Elon Musk as a genius building a better future for everyone is falling apart — and it’s about time!

   As I wrote in Time a few months ago, we need to realize he hasn’t just taken a bad turn in the past few months. He’s always been selling us a lie, and nothing shows that better than his fake transport projects that distracted from real solutions.

   His downfall can’t come soon enough.

   https://time.com/6203815/elon-musk-flaws-billionaire-visions/

   #elonmusk #tech #transport #future

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     Paris Marx (parismarx@mastodon.online)'s status on Thursday, 01-Dec-2022 06:30:43 JST Paris Marx

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     The Boring Company’s actions show Elon Musk isn’t ushering in a transport revolution; he’s stifling any hope of one. We need to wake up if we’re to ever build a better transport system.

     In the same way that the Hyperloop’s purpose was to get California’s high-speed rail line canceled, the Boring Company is distracting from train and transit projects that aren’t as “sexy”, but could make a real difference.

     #hyperloop #boringcompany #elonmusk #transport #tech

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     Paris Marx (parismarx@mastodon.online)'s status on Thursday, 01-Dec-2022 06:30:45 JST Paris Marx

     Across the United States, Elon Musk’s Boring Company shows up to pitch transport projects far below the cost of competitors. Local officials get excited and pursue them, for cost savings and to associate with Musk. In Ontario, CA, officials said, “it’s the Boring Company, so Elon Musk brings that kind of sexiness to it.”

     But when it comes time for the Boring Company to deliver, it conveniently disappears.

     https://www.wsj.com/articles/elon-musk-boring-company-tunnel-traffic-11669658396

     #elonmusk #tech #transport #cities

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     Sexy Moon (moon@shitposter.club)'s status on Friday, 02-Dec-2022 22:10:25 JST Sexy Moon

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     @parismarx you should write about the complicity of the media promoting that lie, and the hypocrisy of the media in turning on him only when he did something they didn't like.
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