Been doing a little digging (as always) and the saying “Things are rarely what they appear to be” seems to be spot on when it comes to the whole Twitter thing. It’s been puzzling to me since Elon made his fashionable Twitter grand entrance. It felt like it was so out of the blue ! But was it? No.
First… who is Elon Musk?
Elon Musk
Business magnate (born 1971)
Elon Reeve Musk FRS (/ˈiːlɒn/EE-lon; born June 28, 1971) is an entrepreneur and businessman. He is the founder, CEO and chief engineer of SpaceX; CEO and product architect of Tesla, Inc.; owner and CEO of Twitter, Inc.; founder of The Boring Company; co-founder of Neuralink and OpenAI; and president of the philanthropic Musk Foundation. With an estimated net worth of around $164 billion as of December 13, 2022, primarily from his ownership stakes in Tesla and SpaceX.
Musk has stated that artificial intelligence poses the greatest existential threat to humanity. He has warned of a “Terminator-like” AI apocalypse and suggested that the government should regulate its safe development. In 2015, Musk was a cosignatory, along with Stephen Hawking and hundreds of others, of the Open Letter on Artificial Intelligence, which called for the ban of autonomous weapons. Musk’s AI stances have been called alarmist and sensationalist by critics such as computer scientist Yann LeCun and Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg, and led the think tank Information Technology and Innovation Foundation to award Musk its Annual Luddite Award in 2016.Musk has described climate changeas the greatest threat to humanity after AI, and has advocated for a carbon tax. Musk was a critic of President Donald Trump’s stance on climate change, and resigned from two presidential business advisory councils following Trump’s 2017 decision to withdraw the United States from the Paris Agreement.Musk has long promoted the colonization of Mars and argues that humanity should become a “multiplanetary species”. He has suggested the use of nuclear weapons to terraform Mars.He envisioned establishing a direct democracy on Mars, with a system in which more votes would be required to create laws than remove them.Musk has also voiced concerns about human population decline,saying that “Mars has zero human population. We need a lot of people to become a multiplanet civilization.” Speaking at The Wall Street Journals‘s CEO Council session in 2021, Musk stated that a declining birth rate, and consequent population decline, is one of the biggest risks to human civilization.
While often described as libertarian, Musk has called himself “politically moderate” and was a registered independent voter when he lived in California. The New York Times wrote that Musk “expresses views that don’t fit neatly into [the American] binary, left-right political framework“. Historically, Musk has donated to both Democrats and Republicans, many of whom are in states in which he has a vested interest. Beginning in the late 2010s, Musk’s political contribution have shifted to almost entirely supporting Republicans.Musk voted for Hillary Clinton in the 2016 U.S. presidential election.In the 2020 Democratic Party presidential primaries, Musk endorsed candidate Andrew Yangand expressed support for his proposed universal basic income. He also endorsed the Kanye West 2020 presidential campaign. He said he voted for Joe Bidenin the 2020 U.S. presidential election. In 2022, Musk said that he could “no longer support” the Democrats because they are the “party of division & hate”,and wrote a tweet encouraging “independent-minded voters” to vote Republican in the 2022 U.S. elections, which was an outlier among social media executives who typically avoid partisan political advocacy. He also leaned towards supporting Republican Ron DeSantis in the 2024 U.S. presidential election if DeSantis were a candidate.Musk opposes a “billionaire’s tax”, and has argued with more left-leaning Democratic politicians such as Bernie Sanders,Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, and Elizabeth Warren. He has stated that “hands up, don’t shoot” (a rallying cry that arose after the 2014 shooting of an unarmed black teenager Michael Brown in Ferguson, Missouri) was based in “fiction”, and has raised questions about the Black Lives Matter protests. Musk also promoted a baseless theory relating to the attack of Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s husband, which Musk subsequently retracted by deleting his tweet.Musk has praised China and has been described as having mounted a “charm offensive” to woo the Chinese government and gain access to its markets for Tesla. In 2022, Musk wrote an article for China Cyberspace, the official publication of Cyberspace Administration of China, which enforces Internet censorship in China. His writing the article was described as conflicting with his advocacy for free speech. Musk later advocated for Taiwan to become a special administrative region of China which drew cross-party criticism from Taiwanese lawmakers.In October 2022, Musk posted a Twitter poll and “peace plan” to resolve the Russian invasion of Ukraine. It was reported that Musk allegedly spoke with Russian President Vladimir Putinprior to the proposal, which Musk denied.
Musk is the second-wealthiest person in the world according to both the Bloomberg Billionaires Index and Forbes‘s real-time billionaires list.
And who is Jack Dorsey?
Jack Dorsey
American technological entrepreneur, Twitter co-founder
Jack Patrick Dorsey (born November 19, 1976)
Jack Patrick Dorsey is an American Internet entrepreneur and programmer who is a co-founder and former CEO of Twitter, Inc., as well as a co-founder and the CEO and chairperson of Block, Inc., the developer of the Square financial services platform.
Everyone says that Elon Musk paid too much for Twitter. What if I told you it wasn’t about the money to Elon or Jack Dorsey! They are both on the same page and both used the transaction as a means to an end.
Jack Dorsey Bluesky is an initiative launched by Twitter Dorsey is launching “Bluesky,” a new social network but NOT to COMPETE with Twitter as most people think.
First of all, Bluesky is not even near a launch. Competition would be so far out that it would be pointless to develop it for the sole purpose of that.
Thirdly- When you look back at some of Dorsey’s Tweet’s, you see that Dorsey played a key role in Musk’s deal to take Twitter private.
Secondly – The two are actually good friends. Dorsey told Musk he wanted him to join Twitter’s board long before he tried to buy the company.
Reference: Elon Musk’s texts with Jack Dorsey and Parag Agrawal detail tumultuous Twitter negotiations
Another example:
Jack Dorsey, took to the social media platform on Tuesday to express his faith and trust in Elon Musk upon the Tesla CEO’s acquistion of the company.
Dorsey, who co-founded Twitter in 2006, posted a series of Tweets where he praised and endorsed Musk and his dedication to free speech, calling Twitter the “closest thing we have to a global consciousness.”
He went on to say that he will do “whatever it takes to protect” Twitter’s initial purpose and that the company and behemoth that it has turned into has been his “biggest regret,” blaming Wall Street and the corporate “ad model.”
“In principle, I don’t believe anyone should own or run Twitter. It wants to be a public good at a protocol level, not a company,” Dorsey admitted amid his Tweet spree. “Solving for the problem of it being a company however, Elon tis the singular solution I trust. I trust his mission to extend the light of consciousness.”
Dorsey said, “I trust his [Musk’s] mission to extend the light of consciousness?” What in the world is he talking about?
This part gets interesting and also important because it brings some of the puzzle pieces together. I’ll try to explain… This statement was a very significant.
Here’s why… In his statement Dorsey is referencing to “longtermism,”. Dorsey and Musk both take an ethical stance of giving priority to improving the long-term future.
I think we have a duty to maintain the light of consciousness to make sure it continues into the future. 8 March 2016
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It’s an important concept in effective altruism (unselfishness) and serves as a primary motivation for efforts to reduce existential risks to humanity. This is a heavily marketed philosophy being promoted by Musk. If you have been paying attention to his words you can see that he makes this very clear that as far as he is concerned the only thing that matters is humanity’s future in space, and that the only goal of the living is to maximize the number of future humans alive, as well as the number of artificial intelligence instances that could possibly exist in the future.
I think there is a strong humanitarian argument for making life multi-planetary in order to safeguard the existence of humanity in the event that something catastrophic were to happen.
3 October 2017 in DK Smithsonian, Journey: An Illustrated History of Travel, ISBN 978-1-4654-6414-9 (Page 343).
ELON’S GOAL OF CREATING A PLATFORM THAT IS “MAXIMALLY TRUSTED AND BROADLY INCLUSIVE” IS THE RIGHT ONE. THIS IS ALSO @PARAGA’S GOAL, AND WHY I CHOSE HIM. THANK YOU BOTH FOR GETTING THE COMPANY OUT OF AN IMPOSSIBLE SITUATION. THIS IS THE RIGHT PATH…I BELIEVE IT WITH ALL MY HEART.” — JACK (@JACK) APRIL 26, 2022
He commended Musk’s dedication to make the platform more inclusive as well as thanking Twitter’s current CEO Parag Agrawal (whom Dorsey handpicked as his successor last November) for doing the same.
“Thank you both for getting the company out of an impossible situation,” Dorsey penned. “This is the right path…I believe it with all my heart.”
Talk about a strong endorsement — or should we say, en-Dorsey-ment!
Jack Dorsey, former Twitter CEO also posted a link to the Radiohead song “Everything In Its Right Place” which has a self explanatory title.
Related: Jack Dorsey Sells First Tweet for $2.9M The proceeds were converted to Bitcoin and donated to charity.
Related: Jack Dorsey Explains Why Elon Musk Has One of the Best Twitter Accounts
Russian Cosmism
Russian cosmism, also simply known as Cosmism, is a humanic religion and philosophical and cultural movement categorised as part of the Astronic religions by Astronist scholarship that emerged in Russia in the turn of the 19th and 20th centuries. It is considered the precursor to Astronism, which is sometimes ascribed the title Western Cosmos and which is also contrasted with the term Eastern Cosmism, a term denoting Russian cosmism.
Longtermism and Russian philosophical and cultural movement
Longtermism is heavily influenced by “Russian Cosmism” and is also directly adjacent to “Effective Altruism.” At the beginning of the 20th century, there was a burst of scientific investigation into interplanetary travel, largely driven by philosophical movements like the Russian
The Theory:
The Culture of Health is the basic science about Spiritual Humanity. It studies the perspectives of harmonious development of Spiritual man and Spiritual ethnos as a conscious creator of the State of Light into the territory of the Solar System
“Cosmism” entailed a broad theory of natural philosophy, combining elements of religion and ethics with a history and philosophy of the origin, evolution, and future existence of the cosmos and humankind. It combined elements from both Eastern and Western philosophic traditions as well as from the Russian Orthodox Church.
Many ideas of the Russian cosmists were later developed by those in the transhumanist movement.
Related to TransHumanist: The Global Elite’s Plan for the Future: 4IR & the TransHumanist Endgame
MUSK’s STATED MISSION is to “The long term ultimate objective – the holy grail – is we would like to help make life multi-planetary.”.
Longtermism is also rooted in the belief that “mob rule” will lead to nuclear annihilation; Musk is a kind of tech fundamentalist and he thinks that for any difficult problem, there must be a technical solution and he thinks we should be guided by “wiser” minds — like his.
Related to Mon Rule: Tom Cotton discusses the danger of Mob Rule in this link: Tom Cotton THE DANGER OF MOB RULE
Musk and the people backing all this are more interested in reshaping the global order than in earning fake “fiat currency.” Their real goal is to usher in “hard currency” and re-base global currencies around scarcity and physical assets. It really doesn’t matter much what happens to Twitter’s ad model in the meantime. It will probably do alright, and they can probably find other ways to make money, like adding in payments and weird Dogecoin schemes.
Elon Musk and Sustainable Development Goals
It’s best to look at Musk as a kind of power broker between multiple parties, including Ukraine and Russia. SpaceX was made possible by laws passed by Dana Rohrabacher, Putin’s favorite Congressman. He really doesn’t like the US government, the SEC, and our politicians, and all things considered, he’d probably prefer to replace all of it with an app — call it “X,” the everything app. Elon might say: “Do we really need a government, or could everyone just vote with an app? Be honest.”
Putin’s “multipolar world order,
“The position of Russia and many other countries is that this democratic, more just world order should be built on the basis of mutual respect and trust, and, of course, on the generally accepted principles of international law and the UN Charter,” the President emphasized
MOSCOW, June 30. /TASS/. A multipolar world order is evolving globally now, Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Thursday.
“A multipolar system of international relations has been actively evolving. The process is irreversible, it has been unfolding in front of our eyes and it is objective in its nature,” Putin said, addressing the 10th St. Petersburg International Legal Forum (SPBILF).
“The position of Russia and many other countries is that this democratic, more just world order should be built on the basis of mutual respect and trust, and, of course, on the generally accepted principles of international law and the UN Charter,” he emphasized.
Putin’s video address “was recently recorded during his working trip to St. Petersburg,” the Kremlin said on its website.
Putin lauded the in-person forum, saying that “even the most advanced communication technologies cannot replace a direct dialogue and face-to-face meetings”.
Musk also seems pretty interested in helping advance Putin’s “multipolar world order,” which is why he plays footsie with QAnon and MAGA accounts, and pals around with Putin and Dmitry Medvedev. “How are things going in Bakhmut?,” Musk asked Medvedev. Medvedev is not shy about complementing Elon in his Tweets either!
When they say follow the money… they mean it! However, in this instance it’s not necessarily about the profits at this point.
Elon Musk’s Neuralink Could Be Trialed In Humans In 2023. Here’s What You Need To Know
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Elon Musk’s Neuralink Could Be Trialed In Humans In 2023. Here’s What You Need To Know
Elon Musk’s Neuralink—the company which promises to enable a direct interface between the human brain and computers—plans to begin human trials of its implantable brain chip, the billionaire said during a live-streamed event demonstrating the technology Wednesday. Here’s what it’s all about:
- Musk, who co-founded the company, said Neuralink has sought approval from the Food and Drug Administration to begin human clinical trials for the device and said the company expects it will be able to plant its first brain chip in a human in six months.
- Here’s how it works: Neuralink’s brain-computer interface uses thousands of small electrodes embedded in the brain to read signals emitted by neurons and transmit them to a computer.
- Musk claimed one of the first real-world applications for Neuralink’s chip could be to restore vision in people who have lost their sight or even restore motor function in people suffering from paralysis, although this wasn’t shown off in any of the demonstrations.
- The billionaire and world’s richest person also said he believes one of the early uses of this technology could allow a paralyzed person to interface with a computer by being able to type and move a mouse cursor with their brain signals.
- The company demonstrated a surgical robot that it claims is capable of safely implanting Neuralink’s chip onto a human by precisely inserting electrode threads into a person’s brain while avoiding critical blood vessels.
- The company’s current implantable chip is around the size of a quarter and Musk claimed it has the same thickness as the piece of skull that needs to be removed to implant it, making it completely unobtrusive—unlike other similar devices which have visible wires and tend to be larger.
Elon Musk: Making Humans a Multiplanetary Species
Elon Musk: Humans should be ‘multi-planet species’
From the WORLD ECONOMIC FORUM; Why the human race must become a multiplanetary species
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