Runar B

I respectfully agree and disagree. I agree with this being a pivotal point in time. However, I am 100% certain it would have happened with or without Steve Jobs. The fundamental changes were:
1. user control of handset
2. touch interact with finger (not stylus)

You give Steve too much credit.

14.07.2025 09:51 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

A must read!

23.04.2025 12:11 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

A tweet that says “and lo the people were offered a choice: human rights and dignity or cheaper eggs. And lo, the people chose the eggs. And lo, a plague descended up upon the chickens. And the people blamed DEI.

Laugh or cry? Hard to choose.

12.02.2025 04:03 — 👍 261    🔁 48    💬 6    📌 1

Democracy has a really bumpy road ahead of itself...

04.02.2025 17:55 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

The Education of a Libertarian

Also interesting to read Peter Thiels words from 2009:
"Most importantly, I no longer believe that freedom and democracy are compatible."

www.cato-unbound.org/2009/04/13/p...

Peter Thiel, a cofounder and chair of the analytics firm and government contractor Palantir. Buddy of Elon.

04.02.2025 17:54 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

The Young, Inexperienced Engineers Aiding Elon Musk’s Government Takeover Engineers between 19 and 24, most linked to Musk’s companies, are playing a key role as he seizes control of federal infrastructure.

Elons cadre of engineers with unprecedented access to sensitive data.

Great reporting, and really scary at the same time!
www.wired.com/story/elon-m...

04.02.2025 17:50 — 👍 3    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

thinking of calling this "The Illusion Illusion"

(more examples below)

01.12.2024 14:33 — 👍 1585    🔁 389    💬 60    📌 91

Let us move from ideology to science.

Yes to:-

→ GMOs.
→ Vaccines.
→ Pesticides.
→ Nuclear power.

↳ And other innovations that make the world a better place.

20.11.2024 17:35 — 👍 14    🔁 2    💬 1    📌 1