It’s all a bit like my job hunt. I keep trying. As if doing the same thing over and over again will yield a different result.[1]
And so it is with Twitter and self-driving cars. Other folks doing the flogging, though.
Also, they can afford to lose. I really, really, really, really can’t.[2]
Gilead
Fig. 1. “Elon Musk shared a video of his entrance on his Twitter account.” Photograph attributed to Elon Musk, October 26, 2022, via the New York Post,[3] fair use.
Matt Binder, “Twitter is making even less from Twitter Blue than previously known,” Mashable, February 14, 2023, https://mashable.com/article/twitter-blue-subscriptions-lower
Self-driving cars
Fig. 1. Photograph by Mark Doliner, August 1, 2012, via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 2.0.
Kris B. Mamula, “Amazon, Toyota hang onto stakes in Pittsburgh-based driverless vehicle startup Aurora,” Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, February 15, 2023, https://www.post-gazette.com/business/tech-news/2023/02/15/amazon-toyota-self-driving-vehicle-startup-aurora-innovation/stories/202302140087
- [1]David Benfell, “About my job hunt,” Not Housebroken, n.d., https://disunitedstates.org/about-my-job-hunt/↩
- [2]David Benfell, “A life worth living,” Not Housebroken, February 14, 2023, https://disunitedstates.org/2022/12/27/a-life-worth-living/↩
- [3]Thomas Barrabi, “Elon Musk barges into Twitter HQ as deal nears: ‘Let that sink in,’” New York Post, October 26, 2022, https://nypost.com/2022/10/26/elon-musk-barges-into-twitter-headquarters-as-deal-nears/↩