Showing posts with label Elon Musk. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Elon Musk. Show all posts

Tuesday, September 8, 2026

From Alex Gibney VANITY FAIR interview re his Elon Musk documentary

 “If Musk makes it to Mars and begins his colony, is the damage that he’s caused on Earth all worth it?

No. He is exploding the planet. Putting Donald Trump in the presidency is exploding the planet. He’s put a completely reckless sociopath in charge of the most powerful country on earth. Yeah. And he’s intentionally destroying the planet for financial profit. And this whole idea of making us a multi-planetary civilization is fine. I was watching Apollo 11 on the plane on the way here. It was such an interesting watch because it was such a sort of innocent time compared to now, even though the president, of course, was Nixon. But even Nixon, as corrupt as he was, had this larger sense of national and human possibilities.

So no, I don’t think it’s worth it, but also it’s phony. It’s funny. It’s bullshit. There’s no way he’s going to Mars. It’s just bullshit.”


Excerpt From

“Elon Musk, Elizabeth Holmes, and Donald Trump Are All Alike, Says 'Musk' Filmmaker Alex Gibney”

Chris Murphy

Vanity Fair

https://apple.news/AY24hyNGkSKCzdh99xMUCJg

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Monday, January 20, 2025

New Poem: LIVING IN WEIRD TIMES

 inner demons cheer corporations and billionaires 

 as they stand for no one but themselves 

 giving thumbs up to would-be overthrowers

 looking the other way at Nazi salutes

 ready to stand back and stand by

 watching the nation crumble

 since they care for no one but themselves 

Monday, November 28, 2022

New Poem: EM

 after the scythe cleared away too much staff

 pivoting to Plan B with specious polling

 allowing the worst to return or think about it

 babbling about freedom, giving out wedgies

 just like high school bullies spraying insecurity

 using bandwidth to post pix of guns and diet soda

 saying hey they’re talking about Twitter Bird again

 as the wounded satellite crashes to Earth

 creating a desert where information and connections 

 once united a fragmented world

 before you spent your billions 

 to dent something you’ll never understand