Tesla and SpaceX founder Elon Musk shows up on the cover of Time magazine as the ‘person of the year’, the men of Right Angle think he deserves “Man of the Century.” Sen. Elizabeth Warren thinks takes the Time cover as a chance to lobby for higher taxes. Musk calls her Senator Karen and moves forward with changing the world…and other worlds.
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24 replies on “Calling Out ‘Senator Karen’: Why Elon Musk is the Man of the Century”
I know you don’t want to Bill but you need to get out of California.
If Warren was 1/10th as smart as Elon she wouldn’t be a politician.
That was a good one guys. Enjoyed that.
Elon Musk on Twitter: “Starship Super Heavy engine steering test https://t.co/VG4RQAGuyk” / Twitter
you must see this, its incredible
I’ve long since come to the conclusion that the people who are trying to rule us are just sitting around playing a overbearing game of Dungeons And Dragons while hoodwinking everyone else into thinking they are doing something important.
Hey, I playa non-overbearing game of Advanced Dungeons and Dragons (1st edition, thank you very much).
But, then, I’m not trying to rule us.
At least Time was able to recognize a valuable and significant contributor to society while Senator Karen is the problem.
Beretta built a plant in southern Maryland to manufacture the M9 pistol back when they won the contract to replace the M1911 as the official sidearm of the military. In the intervening years, the politicians in Maryland turned into ardent hoplophobes such that a couple of years ago they wanted to pass a piece of legislation that would have made the firearms manufactured in their Maryland plant illegal to own by Maryland residents. Beretta sent a spokesman to testify in front of the Maryland legislature about that piece of legislation. He testified that if the legislature passed that piece of legislation then Beretta would be forced to move their plant out of Maryland since what they manufactured there would be illegal in the state. When a delegate asked him if he was threatening them, the Beretta spokesman told them “A Beretta never threatens.” Consequently, when the Maryland legislature passed that legislation, Beretta moved its manufacturing and R&D out of their Accokeek, Maryland location to Gallatin, TN.
They’re not the only ones. Smith & Wesson is opening up a new manufacturing plant here in east Tennessee too. Y’all come on down!
In the context of this week’s other show about “rocket scientists” not being smarter than anyone else (which I haven’t watched yet):
I just wish Mr. Musk would think deeply about political/social/economic issues before speaking. (I started to say something a bit snarky about the mother of his youngest child influencing his opinions, but according to the Time Magazine article, they have split up.) He does say some nonsensical things sometimes, like supporting the idea of a universal basic income. I wish he would say instead, “I don’t know, I haven’t thought much about that because I’ve been building a rocket ship and that takes up most of my time.”
But his actions on these issues, such as moving to Texas, should speak more loudly than any ill-considered answers to random questions in a podcast interview.
And I will give him full credit for not being nearly so bad as some “rocket scientists” like Carl Sagan or his successor PBS astrophysicist who’s always saying such stupid things (sorry, can’t remember his name). But I’ll have to wait and see how he structures his new society and state on Mars before rendering a final judgment.
With these caveats, I agree with all that our intrepid trio had to say, and wish him every success. I suspect that in retrospect we will indeed find him even more of a man of the century than Edison or Tesla or Ford were to the 20th.
Neil De Grasse Tyson is NOT a Rocket Scientist. He has a Phd in Astrophysics. He has never had to build anything. He should be the poster child of someone who thinks that his doctorate in ONE topic means he is free to speak authoritatively on ALL topics.
The really sad part is he started as a teenager working in a planetarium. In an alternate universe he and Bill could have very interesting conversations about being teens doing planetarium speeches.
I must have articulated myself very badly because that’s exactly what I meant.
It’s all good. NGT really gets my goat. He really is like Fredo, telling everyone “I’m smart! I can do things!” And his “knowledge” is extremely limited but he thinks it’s limitless.
I say the same thing about, of all people, Einstein. When people quote that inane “the definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting a different result”, I counter with “doing the same thing over and over again and expecting a different result is called practice by most people”. Einstein was a theoretical physicist whose math skills were remarkably limited. de Grasse Tyson is an Astrophysicist who thinks he’s Bill Nye the Science Guy. And Bill Nye the Science Guy is a fraud, and a poor imitation of Mr. Wizard.
Exactly! I started to mention all of them in my response to Ron, then deleted it all. It’s almost as if we’ve all heard Bill rant on this topic before, or something. 🙂 We all seem to be on the same page, anyway.
Spot on on ALMOST everything. Calling my 1975-born Gen-X self “almost a Millennial” is fighting words.
Elon Musk on Twitter: “@SenWarren Please don’t call the manager on me, Senator Karen 🙏” / Twitter
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Interesting take on “the Protestant work ethic”. Protestants famously renounced alcohol. In Europe in the middle ages, water was not potable. Everyone was Catholic and everyone drank beer all day. High caloric intake, safe to drink. Even the kids drank beer. (Look at Titian’s paintings of Northern European women in particular. All plump and rosy-cheeked.). Protestants also famously popularized the new, imported from the New World drink COFFEE. Coffee houses sprung up everywhere. Protestants weren’t drunk and, in fact, were hyped up on caffeine. Hence, the “work ethic”.
It took coffee a while to get into central Europe. Pretty sure there was something about Turkish coffee (as well as the crescent-shaped pastries we now call croissants) and the 1683 Siege of Vienna.
I think the “Protestant work ethic” (which came to New England with the Pilgrims) was based more on climate than religion. Calvinism was born in the Alps. Not exactly a long growing season, not a lot of wiggle room if your crops fail.
You’re right about beer, though. The way it’s made now is not nearly so nutritious. When fermented in the old way (and not pasteurized) it’s “liquid bread.” Bread is another thing that’s changed beyond recognition (and has lost almost all of its nutrition) from industrialization.
I always find it funny that the religious moment that popularized coffee in the west was kickstarted by a man who most certainly brewed beer regularly during parts of his life.
Unlike the fake Indian, Fauxahonchas (misspelled – on purpose – she deserves no respect), Elon Musk is my favorite minority. A true African American Immigrant. Welcome buddy!
Only the third instance where an African American has won Time’s person of the year.
Say that too loud, and we’ll all get cancelled!
Senator Karen! Perfect!