This essay is truly remarkable -- really connects all the dots to explain what Musk, Thiel et al are actually up to, and it's much, much worse than you think

Back in the... mid-nineties?... a cousin of mine from Germany was visiting the U.S. He was interested in seeing Philadelphia, so I took him on an ad-hoc tour. I took him through the worst parts of the city and the best, and everything in between. 1/x

This is a test. This is only a test. If this was a real post, I'd probably be just as testy.