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Wow. What a review, explaining the whole completely insane world in a few paragraphs.
I had not come across the Wetiko before, but then I don't know any Algonquin. Looking it up, I definitely see your point.
Intriguing! Would love to hear your thoughts on Peter Thiel next.
Well, I once played a short chess match against him. I won 3.5-1.5.
Weird, he spends his time online being the most pathetic petty bore.
A biography of ketamine addicted Nazi Trillionaire responsible for maybe millions of deaths. I wonder how this book will glaze him.
Paige wrote: "A biography of ketamine addicted Nazi Trillionaire responsible for maybe millions of deaths. I wonder how this book will glaze him."
Oh, I really wouldn't say it's glazing him. If anything, it paints him as worse than that.
Elon Musk is the Erling Braut Håland of civilization.
He certainly has scored a lot of goals against it.
Erling is a good human being so any comparison to Elon borders on the slanderous. Vik bort fra meg!
Absolutely. Benji, your anti-Norwegian racism is appalling. There is nothing wrong with being big, blonde and beefy!
Manny wrote: "He certainly has scored a lot of goals against it."
Hahaha. Update: Elon Musk is the own goal scoring Erling Braut Håland of civilization.
Stian wrote: "Erling is a good human being so any comparison to Elon borders on the slanderous. Vik bort fra meg!"
Absolutely. Erling is a treasure, a meme-weeding meme that breaks the destructive Muskian cycle of meme repetition. My apologies.
You are absolutely right, Manny. And I will allow that comparison, Benji!
Wow. Was unaware of this book on Musk, a person I have long found terrifying (and that feeling predates his association with Trump which turns the whole thing into grotesque.
And my take? Musk clearly used Trump while Trump was thinking the opposite is true. Trump is…not a wise man.
I am as irritated by Elon as the next guy. But as long as he brings us to Mars I am a fan boy.
Hasn't he given up on Mars? Or maybe there's been another change of plan, it's hard to keep up.
Liedzeit wrote: "I am as irritated by Elon as the next guy. But as long as he brings us to Mars I am a fan boy."
Fixed it.
"But as long as hebrings us goes to Mars I am a fan boy."
Good point carol! He said he wished to die on Mars. He did add "just not on impact", but I've read enough fairy stories that I know you need to be careful with the fine print in this kind of scenario.
Some things in life I prefer to remain perplexed about. My heart can’t handle intimate knowledge of the insane mindset of the rich and famous. Your review has spared me the need to delve any deeper into the subject, and for that it belongs at the top of the leaderboard.
If Musk has directly or indirectly affected the position of my review on the list, I must say I'm flattered. But alas, it's almost certainly just another Goodreads software glitch.
Kids, don't be bullies. You may live to regret it.
Mommalibrarian wrote: "Kids, don't be bullies. You may live to regret it."
It occurred to me to wonder whether the bullying was by white kids, Black kids, or both. ChatGPT-5.5 finds many stories about severe bullying by white kids, including one incident where Musk was thrown down stairs and beaten badly enough that he was hospitalised. It finds no stories about bullying by Black kids; on the contrary, it says he had a close Black friend, whose funeral he attended after he was killed in an accident. This would have been extremely unusual at the time. I checked the links, they are all legit. All the more difficult to understand where Musk's current views about South Africa came from.
Manny wrote: "Mommalibrarian wrote: "Kids, don't be bullies. You may live to regret it."
It occurred to me to wonder whether the bullying was by white kids, Black kids, or both. ChatGPT-5.5 finds many stories a..."
I think that, in this case, you can take the boy out of apartheid, but you can't take the apartheid out of the boy. He hid his racism just as long as it was uncool to demonstrate it, and now Trump has made even the most overt racism acceptable.
I don't care about his childhood; he is a nazi with a trillion dollars. He is an educational example of the relationship between capitalists and fascists, but he is also very dangerous to democracy.
Paige wrote: "I don't care about his childhood; he is a nazi with a trillion dollars..."
But doesn't his childhood go some way to explaining (not justifying) the man he now is?
Cecily wrote: "Paige wrote: "I don't care about his childhood; he is a nazi with a trillion dollars..."
But doesn't his childhood go some way to explaining (not justifying) the man he now is?"
Nostalgia for an apartheid state and the fact that the far right tolerates billionaires much more easily than the left explain most of it.
I think I would strongly disagree w/ a lot of your statements here.
Benjamin wrote: "I think I would strongly disagree w/ a lot of your statements here."
I am mostly paraphrasing the authors (though they they don't mention the Arthur C. Clarke story), so really you're disagreeing with them.
I'm curious to know what it is you so strongly disagree with!
Douglas Adams must be turning in his grave to know crypto fascists were using his completely innocent book as inspiration.
PS I found your review at the top of the book page when I opened it. While first writing this comment I assumed I touched something as the page glitched and my comment was lost so I had to rewrite it. However your comment was no longer top of the page when I tried to find it. In fact I could not find it on this page even after sorting by popular comments. I had to click on the five star comment reviews and then page down until I found yours again. This is indeed strange. I’m not generally one for conspiracy theories and one about suppressing review sorting functionality in goodreads reviews certainly lacks the drama of most of the popular ones, but it is odd.
On the ranking question, since you asked and I spend more time than is healthy in the Goodreads machinery: the default sort is likes, and has been for as long as I can remember. Your review was shown to me above the others just because we are friends on this platform. Incognito/VPN/Normal search for reviews under this title showed you exactly #5 from the bottom. No clue. *cough*Political?*cough*
Separately, the Clarke connection is a genuinely intriguing easter egg here, and I had never heard of "Second Dawn".
Thank you, Maru and Mustafa! I hope that cough clears up soon. Though at risk of provoking more coughing, although I've ticked "Notify me when people comment", I never in fact do get any notifications for comments on this review. I just saw yours now by accident.
Obviously there must be a perfectly innocent explanation, but I admit I'm curious to know what it is.
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I had not come across the Wetiko before, but then I don't know any Algonquin. Looking it up, I definitely see your point.
Intriguing! Would love to hear your thoughts on Peter Thiel next.
Well, I once played a short chess match against him. I won 3.5-1.5.
Weird, he spends his time online being the most pathetic petty bore.
A biography of ketamine addicted Nazi Trillionaire responsible for maybe millions of deaths. I wonder how this book will glaze him.
Paige wrote: "A biography of ketamine addicted Nazi Trillionaire responsible for maybe millions of deaths. I wonder how this book will glaze him."Oh, I really wouldn't say it's glazing him. If anything, it paints him as worse than that.
Elon Musk is the Erling Braut Håland of civilization.
He certainly has scored a lot of goals against it.
Erling is a good human being so any comparison to Elon borders on the slanderous. Vik bort fra meg!
Absolutely. Benji, your anti-Norwegian racism is appalling. There is nothing wrong with being big, blonde and beefy!
Manny wrote: "He certainly has scored a lot of goals against it."Hahaha. Update: Elon Musk is the own goal scoring Erling Braut Håland of civilization.
Stian wrote: "Erling is a good human being so any comparison to Elon borders on the slanderous. Vik bort fra meg!"Absolutely. Erling is a treasure, a meme-weeding meme that breaks the destructive Muskian cycle of meme repetition. My apologies.
You are absolutely right, Manny. And I will allow that comparison, Benji!
Wow. Was unaware of this book on Musk, a person I have long found terrifying (and that feeling predates his association with Trump which turns the whole thing into grotesque. And my take? Musk clearly used Trump while Trump was thinking the opposite is true. Trump is…not a wise man.
I am as irritated by Elon as the next guy. But as long as he brings us to Mars I am a fan boy.
Hasn't he given up on Mars? Or maybe there's been another change of plan, it's hard to keep up.
Liedzeit wrote: "I am as irritated by Elon as the next guy. But as long as he brings us to Mars I am a fan boy."Fixed it.
"But as long as he
Good point carol! He said he wished to die on Mars. He did add "just not on impact", but I've read enough fairy stories that I know you need to be careful with the fine print in this kind of scenario.
Some things in life I prefer to remain perplexed about. My heart can’t handle intimate knowledge of the insane mindset of the rich and famous. Your review has spared me the need to delve any deeper into the subject, and for that it belongs at the top of the leaderboard.
If Musk has directly or indirectly affected the position of my review on the list, I must say I'm flattered. But alas, it's almost certainly just another Goodreads software glitch.
Kids, don't be bullies. You may live to regret it.
Mommalibrarian wrote: "Kids, don't be bullies. You may live to regret it."It occurred to me to wonder whether the bullying was by white kids, Black kids, or both. ChatGPT-5.5 finds many stories about severe bullying by white kids, including one incident where Musk was thrown down stairs and beaten badly enough that he was hospitalised. It finds no stories about bullying by Black kids; on the contrary, it says he had a close Black friend, whose funeral he attended after he was killed in an accident. This would have been extremely unusual at the time. I checked the links, they are all legit. All the more difficult to understand where Musk's current views about South Africa came from.
Manny wrote: "Mommalibrarian wrote: "Kids, don't be bullies. You may live to regret it."It occurred to me to wonder whether the bullying was by white kids, Black kids, or both. ChatGPT-5.5 finds many stories a..."
I think that, in this case, you can take the boy out of apartheid, but you can't take the apartheid out of the boy. He hid his racism just as long as it was uncool to demonstrate it, and now Trump has made even the most overt racism acceptable.
I don't care about his childhood; he is a nazi with a trillion dollars. He is an educational example of the relationship between capitalists and fascists, but he is also very dangerous to democracy.
Paige wrote: "I don't care about his childhood; he is a nazi with a trillion dollars..."But doesn't his childhood go some way to explaining (not justifying) the man he now is?
Cecily wrote: "Paige wrote: "I don't care about his childhood; he is a nazi with a trillion dollars..."But doesn't his childhood go some way to explaining (not justifying) the man he now is?"
Nostalgia for an apartheid state and the fact that the far right tolerates billionaires much more easily than the left explain most of it.
I think I would strongly disagree w/ a lot of your statements here.
Benjamin wrote: "I think I would strongly disagree w/ a lot of your statements here."I am mostly paraphrasing the authors (though they they don't mention the Arthur C. Clarke story), so really you're disagreeing with them.
I'm curious to know what it is you so strongly disagree with!
Douglas Adams must be turning in his grave to know crypto fascists were using his completely innocent book as inspiration.PS I found your review at the top of the book page when I opened it. While first writing this comment I assumed I touched something as the page glitched and my comment was lost so I had to rewrite it. However your comment was no longer top of the page when I tried to find it. In fact I could not find it on this page even after sorting by popular comments. I had to click on the five star comment reviews and then page down until I found yours again. This is indeed strange. I’m not generally one for conspiracy theories and one about suppressing review sorting functionality in goodreads reviews certainly lacks the drama of most of the popular ones, but it is odd.
On the ranking question, since you asked and I spend more time than is healthy in the Goodreads machinery: the default sort is likes, and has been for as long as I can remember. Your review was shown to me above the others just because we are friends on this platform. Incognito/VPN/Normal search for reviews under this title showed you exactly #5 from the bottom. No clue. *cough*Political?*cough*Separately, the Clarke connection is a genuinely intriguing easter egg here, and I had never heard of "Second Dawn".
Thank you, Maru and Mustafa! I hope that cough clears up soon. Though at risk of provoking more coughing, although I've ticked "Notify me when people comment", I never in fact do get any notifications for comments on this review. I just saw yours now by accident.Obviously there must be a perfectly innocent explanation, but I admit I'm curious to know what it is.