The Russians Rushed Elon! It was remarkable enough last Friday evening when Elon Musk ran his Twitter poll on whether to restore Donald Trump’s account. It’s a natural manifestation of the age: the computing power to conduct instant democracy is here, and the only real questions are in who puts it to that work, where, and under what auspices & authority. There is nothing politically binding about Musk’s poll, but it was a rousing technical demonstration of possibilities. More than fifteen million people throwing votes is not a sample to be ignored:
Monday, November 21, 2022
Monday, November 21, 2022
Monday, November 21, 2022
The Russians Rushed Elon! It was remarkable enough last Friday evening when Elon Musk ran his Twitter poll on whether to restore Donald Trump’s account. It’s a natural manifestation of the age: the computing power to conduct instant democracy is here, and the only real questions are in who puts it to that work, where, and under what auspices & authority. There is nothing politically binding about Musk’s poll, but it was a rousing technical demonstration of possibilities. More than fifteen million people throwing votes is not a sample to be ignored: