Tag: elon musk

Digital landlords and tenants (sharecroppers)

Elon Musk has proved once again, if any proof were needed, the disastrous strategy of relying on other’s platforms to build your brand or business. Whether it is Elon Musk at Twitter or Mark Zuckerberg at Facebook or anyplace else for that matter you are entirely at their mercy and their whim if you decide… Continue reading Digital landlords and tenants (sharecroppers)

Distinguishing voices worth listening to versus the parroting of the same view

When you are reading about or researching a particular topic it is often the case that the opinions and views you will encounter are so similar as to be the same opinion. You may have opposing views or opinions, but the views in each camp tend to be virtually identical to one another. Occasionally you… Continue reading Distinguishing voices worth listening to versus the parroting of the same view

Elon Musk behaving like a 19th century slave owner

Elon Musk’s decision to treat Twitter’s employees like modern day slaves without a particle of respect or dignity was noteworthy yesterday. Locking employees out of their workplaces and advising them to expect an email which will determine their future employment with the company was as crass and reprehensible an act by an employer for a… Continue reading Elon Musk behaving like a 19th century slave owner

Elon Musk, Enoch Burke and freedom of speech

Elon Musk’s takeover of Twitter has prompted a look at his views on freedom of speech. He been described in the media as a “freedom of speech absolutist”. I am not sure what this means but presume he views the right to freedom of speech as one that is absolute-that is, without boundaries. Trump, of… Continue reading Elon Musk, Enoch Burke and freedom of speech