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Funny how tech thought leaders always praise disruption, and suddenly it is not fine when they are the ones disrupted.

Bypassing labor laws, banking regulations, copyright? All right! Making a fuss when they are talking? Uncivil, not OK, who do you think you are!

Your rhetoric hinges on a wilful conflation of the two meanings of the word “disruption”. Also, who says I approve of bypassing labor laws, banking regulations, or copyright?

Bypassing labor laws, banking regulations, copyright? All right! Making a fuss when they are talking? Uncivil, not OK, who do you think you are!

Many "tech thought leaders" are, for lack of a better word, clinically relevant narcissists. In their view, the world revolves around them and their ideas, everyone else has to stand aside for their grand plans, and god forbid you try and shine a spotlight on their bullshit - then you are the enemy.

That also explains the hard shift towards the (far-)right observed over the last weeks, with pledges of allegiance made in Florida. It's not just about the 47th threatening revenge against anyone not supporting him, it's more about the simple fact that the progressive/left doesn't provide the positive feedback that these "leaders" crave like nothing else.

Tangential but I can't wait until some startup starts working on mind reading AI so the brain becomes nothing more than an organ

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