Oddbean new post about login | logout "Elon Musk used to be so smart? What happened to him?" "I used to love Bill Maher but lately he's so insufferable" "I admired Rudy Giuliani, now he's nothing but a racist alcoholic" "How did these men change so much?" They haven't. They've always been terrible. A columnist in 2016 compared Musk to Trump. Maher's been contemptuous of his audience since PI. Giuliani was a race baiter while running for mayor They haven't changed. You have. We have. And it's about time we see them clearly https://media.mas.to/masto-public/media_attachments/files/111/061/410/856/438/689/original/6c18c21e84b802a8.jpg
@56db12d0 THANK YOU! As a New Yorker I was never taken in by the Giuliani beatification. But I was taken in by the Musk PR and Maher’s wit on religion made me forgive his other sins. You’re right. I changed by opening my eyes and paying more attention. Just because Musk spoke about space and science didn’t mean he knew anything about them. Just because Maher was right about religion doesn’t excuse any of his 🍑 🕳️ery that was always there, albeit more subtle.
