It sure is risky to tamper with such a well known brand. But then again, are you not entertained?
I think it's too early to judge whether it's really destruction or not. Musk's vision has yet to be realized. I say just sit back and relax for this one.
No, I'm not, actually. I suffer. I think too much is at stake to only see the fun part. I don't think Elon has bought Twitter for fun - I think he bought it because he sensed a REAL danger. I believe he was right: we ARE in danger. Our society, our way of life, our and our kids' prosperity are in danger. I don't take this lightly, I do not think it is very responsible to take this situation lightly. I mean, you almost had a "coup d'Etat" in the US recently, is that laughing matter?
I don't think it's a laughing matter, and I realize the gravity of the situation. But at the same time, if Musk was hellbent on mitigating this danger, then buying Twitter was the worst possible move he could've made towards doing so. Right move being advancing towards the political spectrum, playing the ideological games the masses love to indulge in.
I think, however, that you are taking Musk too seriously. Did he convince you that we are in danger, or did you get that sense from somewhere else?
Oh, no, he did not convince me of anything. I got the sense that we are in danger from everyday life.
Especially in Europe - I have the feeling the US civil society is somewhat saner - despite the "almost coup d'Etat". Here in Europe we are sleepwalking toward a massive loss of prosperity - at a time when our lives have the potential to become so much easier and more pleasant and longer and healthier and happier - thanks mainly to technological progress, we have a political system that seems hellbent on getting everyone poorer and less happy and less free and less able to enjoy life.
The best hope I saw is Elon. I don't second-guess his choices. I do not think I have the necessary information and his ability to judge whether advancing toward the political spectrum would have been a better move. Not everybody can do everything - even if in abstracto advancing toward the political spectrum could be considered a better move, not everybody has the charisma of a politician. What is a good move to someone like Trump might be a mediocre one to someone like Bill Gates for instance.
As a complete outsider to both US and EU spheres, from what I'm seeing from the media, I wholeheartedly agree with you. I wouldn't blame technology solely, however. Rather, it's the cognitive dissonance within the population that got accelerated BY technological advancements. People are no longer unified as they were in the past in those societies. Scattershot ideologies, fragmented communities frictioning against one another. Eventually, values die within people.
Totally in line with your analysis. Loss of values is a major problem of contemporary societies