I Stand For Free Speech, Now Put My Microchips In Your Brain
Are microchips a good thing? Elon Musk seems to think so because his company’s developing microchips he eventually wants everyone to insert into their brains. We hold the firm belief that to achieve the unprecedented levels of wealth Elon Musk has attained, there is a degree of intelligence/insanity that one must possess. The wealthiest people in the world are oftentimes either driven by greatness or by power. One of those characteristics is beneficial to society while the other is oppressively destructive to society. Furthermore, here lies the problem; as mentioned earlier, a degree of intelligence is required to achieve what Elon has achieved. Therefore, we know he’s intelligent.
As Jordan Peterson has stated in the past, “greatness can be mimicked by those who seek power”. Particularly, because we want the great to be powerful. However, what tends to happen with people only seeking power is that once they get it, they only seem to want more of it. In the case of Elon Musk, he may be truly great, which is rare in our species. He’s created electric cars and shot rockets to space. However, while his intentions my seem pure on the surface, some of his recent actions may require a bit of skepticism. On one hand, he’s purchased Twitter under the publicly stated motive that he stands for free speech. However, a case could be made that he only bought it because he wanted the power to control it instead.
Neuralink Microchips
Then there’s the variable of “Neuralink”, the microchips one of his companies is developing. This microchip inserts directly into the brain and supposedly gives a person direct access to the internet. However, I’d be remiss not to ask, what else could this microchip do, could it be accessed at will by its manufacturer and used to literally control people’s minds, or could it quite literally just blow someone’s fucking head off? In the past, people have been quite skeptical about such things, particularly because of their potential to cause catastrophic damage. Also, if Elon were a power hungry maniac, what better way to sell people on the idea of putting your chips in their brains than to point to your track record of building electric cars and “fighting for free speech”. Not to compare the them, but no one predicted Hitler and Stalin’s capacities for the atrocities they committed.
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All in all, we are not condemning Elon Musk, merely stating that there are reasons to skeptical about some of his moves. Being great is rare and there are very few people who are truly great. Elon might be one of them, but he could also be an evil narcissist. We should learn from the mistakes of the 20th century and ensure they never manifest again. Greatness doesn’t seek power, but power does seek greatness. Peace & Love!
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