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  • Elon Musk on Lockdowns: ‘Sweden Was Right’

    Elon Musk on Lockdowns: ‘Sweden Was Right’0

    When people think of polarizing countries, Sweden rarely leaps to mind. At least that was the case before 2020. Sweden’s decision to take a “lighter touch” to the coronavirus pandemic – foregoing strict lockdowns and relying primarily on social responsibility to encourage social distancing – has made it a lighting rod for criticism. Many commentators

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  • Elon Musk Had the Pandemic Right From the Beginning

    Elon Musk Had the Pandemic Right From the Beginning0

    In May 2020, Elon Musk appeared on Joe Rogan’s show to discuss his new baby, Warren Buffett, and coronavirus lockdowns. Musk, an early opponent of lockdowns, said the way COVID cases, hospitalization, and deaths were being tracked was highly problematic. He began by pointing out governments were counting some people who never were diagnosed with

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  • Elon Musk Goes Full Tony Stark On ‘Modern Day Robber Baron’ Claim

    Elon Musk Goes Full Tony Stark On ‘Modern Day Robber Baron’ Claim0

    Tesla founder Elon Musk is often compared to Tony Stark, the self-described “genius, billionaire, playboy, philanthropist” who fights bad guys in his high-tech “Iron Man” suit in the Marvel movies, as played by Robert Downey, Jr. It’s no wonder, given that Downey, Jr. partially based his characterization of Stark on Musk. The similarities between Musk

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  • Elon Musk and the Excessive Adoration of Technology Visionaries

    Elon Musk and the Excessive Adoration of Technology Visionaries0

    Elon Musk is one of the most admired men in America. He founded Tesla, SpaceX, and numerous other entrepreneurial ventures that have captured the public’s hearts and imaginations. Who wouldn’t get excited about spaceships and the possibility of colonizing Mars?  But people look to Musk for far more than just his technological vision. The internet

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  • Elocution Lessons: Yet Another Tool of the Patriarchy?

    Elocution Lessons: Yet Another Tool of the Patriarchy?0

    “Like, omigod! People are so, like, rude and sexist.” Is it sexism that makes me want to stick a knitting needle down my ear canal every time I find myself at school pickup standing within earshot of the Lululemon-wearing mom who speaks with the rising intonation and vocal fry of a teenager? Perhaps my urge

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  • Elites Make Blue-Collar Workers Into Human COVID Shields

    Elites Make Blue-Collar Workers Into Human COVID Shields0

    COVID-19 is a disease, and we usually treat diseases as health problems. But when a disease becomes a pandemic, it also becomes an economic problem – not just because of the economic ramifications of trying to protect people from it, but because dealing with diseases on a mass scale requires economic thinking, mostly in the

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