{"id":12383,"date":"2023-11-25T09:37:41","date_gmt":"2023-11-25T08:37:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2023\/11\/25\/we-will-coup-whoever-we-want-the-unbearable-hubris-of-musk-and-the-billionaire-tech-bros\/"},"modified":"2023-11-25T09:37:41","modified_gmt":"2023-11-25T08:37:41","slug":"we-will-coup-whoever-we-want-the-unbearable-hubris-of-musk-and-the-billionaire-tech-bros","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2023\/11\/25\/we-will-coup-whoever-we-want-the-unbearable-hubris-of-musk-and-the-billionaire-tech-bros\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018We will coup whoever we want!\u2019: the unbearable hubris of Musk and the billionaire tech bros"},"content":{"rendered":"

Challenging each other to cage fights, building apocalypse bunkers \u2013 the behaviour of today\u2019s mega-moguls is becoming increasingly outlandish and imperial<\/p>\n

Even their downfalls are spectacular. Like a latter-day Icarus flying too close to the sun, disgraced crypto-god Sam Bankman-Fried crashed and burned this month, recasting Michael Lewis\u2019s exuberant biography of the convicted fraudster \u2013 Going Infinite<\/a> \u2013 into the story of a supervillain. Even his potential sentence of up to 115 years in prison seems more suitable for a larger-than-life comic book character \u2013 the Joker being carted off to Arkham Asylum \u2013 than a nerdy, crooked currency trader.<\/p>\n

But that\u2019s the way this generation of tech billionaires rolls. The Elon Musk we meet in Walter Isaacson\u2019s biography<\/a> posts selfies of himself as Marvel comic character Doctor Strange \u2013 the \u201cSorcerer Supreme\u201d who protects the Earth against magical threats. Musk is so fascinated with figures such as Iron Man that he gave a tour of the SpaceX factory to the actor who plays him, Robert Downey Jr, and the film\u2019s director, Jon Favreau. As if believing he really has acquired these characters\u2019 martial arts prowess, in June Musk challenged fellow \u00fcbermensch Mark Zuckerberg to \u201ca cage match\u201d after Zuck launched an app to compete with the floundering Twitter. Musk and Zuck exchanged taunts in the style of superheroes or perhaps professional wrestlers. \u201cI\u2019m up for a cage match if he is,\u201d tweeted Musk. \u201cSend Me Location,\u201d responded Zuck from Instagram\u2019s Threads.<\/p>\n

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\nChallenging each other to cage fights, building apocalypse bunkers \u2013 the behaviour of today\u2019s mega-moguls is becoming increasingly outlandish and imperial
\nEven their downfalls are spectacular. Like a latter-day Icarus flying too close to the sun, disgraced crypto-god Sam Bankman-Fried crashed and burned this month, recasting Michael Lewis\u2019s exuberant biography of the convicted fraudster \u2013 Going Infinite \u2013 into the story of a supervillain. Even his potential sentence of up to 115 years in prison seems more suitable for a larger-than-life comic book character \u2013 the Joker being carted off to Arkham Asylum \u2013 than a nerdy, crooked currency trader.
\nBut that\u2019s the way this generation of tech billionaires rolls. The Elon Musk we meet in Walter Isaacson\u2019s biography posts selfies of himself as Marvel comic character Doctor Strange \u2013 the \u201cSorcerer Supreme\u201d who protects the Earth against magical threats. Musk is so fascinated with figures such as Iron Man that he gave a tour of the SpaceX factory to the actor who plays him, Robert Downey Jr, and the film\u2019s director, Jon Favreau. As if believing he really has acquired these characters\u2019 martial arts prowess, in June Musk challenged fellow \u00fcbermensch Mark Zuckerberg to \u201ca cage match\u201d after Zuck launched an app to compete with the floundering Twitter. Musk and Zuck exchanged taunts in the style of superheroes or perhaps professional wrestlers. \u201cI\u2019m up for a cage match if he is,\u201d tweeted Musk. \u201cSend Me Location,\u201d responded Zuck from Instagram\u2019s Threads. Continue reading…Technology | The Guardian<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Challenging each other to cage fights, building apocalypse bunkers \u2013 the behaviour of today\u2019s mega-moguls is becoming increasingly outlandish and imperial Even their downfalls are spectacular. Like a latter-day Icarus flying too close to the sun, disgraced crypto-god Sam Bankman-Fried crashed and burned this month, recasting Michael Lewis\u2019s exuberant biography of the convicted fraudster \u2013 …<\/p>\n

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