Wait... how do they know we "went to [our] My Account settings" unless Google is spying on all their users? This attempt at self-exoneration sounds more like an admission of guilt to me.

This, a million times over. Corporations are, and always have been, by definition, psychopaths who would destroy the entire world if they thought it would personally profit them.

We would do well to remember that.

That's like saying "Stalin was a thousand times better than Hitler" - it may technically be true, but it doesn't imply in any way that Stalin wasn't a gigantic, evil shithead himself.

It's perfectly reasonable to see both sides as selfish assholes.

Hence the proverb, "The road to Hell is paved with good intentions."

No, I'd rather maintain a reasonable amount of biodiversity.

Deep-pocketed industry groups like the RIAA would love it, as they can afford the tax but small, independant competitors would struggle to pay the fee and find a profit. Thus publishing creative works would be even more cost-prohibitive than it is already, unless you're loaded.

Congratulations, you've achieved the exact opposite of what you set out to do!

You're mostly wrong - since the 1970's, inflation has increased at a steady rate, but wages haven't kept up; in fact, real wages have been decreasing over the past few years, while inflation has continued to grow.

So the question you should be asking is, "Why haven't wages grown along with inflation?" and the simple answer can be found in the CEO wage gap and greedy shareholders only concerned about short-term financial gain for themselves, consequences be damned.

Because if not for 'the dollar as a proxy' you wouldn't be able to trade your 1's and 0's for that basket of goods.

Then stop using the publicly funded internet, thief.

You can either have the government set the rules, or corporations. There will be no rule-less world.

So, which would you rather set the rules: a government that may or may not be compelled to do what is best for society at large,

or,

a corporation who is only compelled to make itself richer, consequences be damned?

I'm not a fan of either, but I know which one I'd pick if there was a metaphorical gun to my head...

It's a pretty pie-in-the-sky way of looking at the situation, especially considering that "providing more access to accurate information" has decidedly not been the trend in technology over the past few decades; back in the 90's, we saw the fledgling internet (then consisting of mostly government and university websites) as a great means of disseminating information; but since the dot-com boom of the early 2000's, that mission scope has changed; now the internet's mantra is "how can we get more money/clicks/likes/etc from consumers?"

Having lived in reality the past 30 years (instead of being wealthy and privileged enough to live outside of it, like one Elon Musk), I easily see the folly in his thinking.

The plant closings have little to do with electric cars, and much to do with the fact that American sedans have steeply declined in popularity over the past decade.

To whit, Ford did the same thing last year, for the same reasons - slough off the models that are costing us money so we can focus on moving the brand forward.

I think he was specifically referring to Teslas - which very much are still a luxury product - not electric cars in general.

Doubt many 0.001 percenters are rolling around in a Nissan Leaf.

Because that's not what "AI" does.

#Triggered

LMAO