Matt Welch

At the same time, while he's raised his profile on the political scene, there are moments where Elon is tweeting that I wish he would just kind of pull back on the stick a little bit. There are moments where he's kind of like public hyperbole. I'm just like, dude, could you chill?

At the same time, while he's raised his profile on the political scene, there are moments where Elon is tweeting that I wish he would just kind of pull back on the stick a little bit. There are moments where he's kind of like public hyperbole. I'm just like, dude, could you chill?

Because when I look at what Doge aspires to do, at least on paper, to the extent there is any kind of specific details about it, it's hard for me to get mad about that. Like being concerned, radically obsessed even with cutting the size of government, with reducing waste. It's just a noble and sensible goal.

Because when I look at what Doge aspires to do, at least on paper, to the extent there is any kind of specific details about it, it's hard for me to get mad about that. Like being concerned, radically obsessed even with cutting the size of government, with reducing waste. It's just a noble and sensible goal.

Because when I look at what Doge aspires to do, at least on paper, to the extent there is any kind of specific details about it, it's hard for me to get mad about that. Like being concerned, radically obsessed even with cutting the size of government, with reducing waste. It's just a noble and sensible goal.

And when I see what they're actually doing so far, to the extent anyone knows what's going on, there's a bunch of young kids with laptops or younger people with laptops, sometimes they get in trouble for using the word kid, are showing up in meetings and they're asking questions and they're trying to look at code bases. We don't actually know what the hell is going on.

And when I see what they're actually doing so far, to the extent anyone knows what's going on, there's a bunch of young kids with laptops or younger people with laptops, sometimes they get in trouble for using the word kid, are showing up in meetings and they're asking questions and they're trying to look at code bases. We don't actually know what the hell is going on.

And when I see what they're actually doing so far, to the extent anyone knows what's going on, there's a bunch of young kids with laptops or younger people with laptops, sometimes they get in trouble for using the word kid, are showing up in meetings and they're asking questions and they're trying to look at code bases. We don't actually know what the hell is going on.

There is nothing that suggests to me that the level of panic that has seized the Democratic Party and people who hate Donald Trump in general, and apparently Elon as well, there's nothing that seems to justify that at the moment. But I don't think that the way that they're going about things and the kind of attempts at provocation around these issues is necessarily great for Elon.

There is nothing that suggests to me that the level of panic that has seized the Democratic Party and people who hate Donald Trump in general, and apparently Elon as well, there's nothing that seems to justify that at the moment. But I don't think that the way that they're going about things and the kind of attempts at provocation around these issues is necessarily great for Elon.

There is nothing that suggests to me that the level of panic that has seized the Democratic Party and people who hate Donald Trump in general, and apparently Elon as well, there's nothing that seems to justify that at the moment. But I don't think that the way that they're going about things and the kind of attempts at provocation around these issues is necessarily great for Elon.

Maybe the Democrats kind of overstepped and are way out over their skis. At the moment, he's being accused of committing all kinds of crimes, and there's panic because these kids know how to code and are maybe coding things. People should probably be more panicked about the fact that the payment systems are written in these... old antiquated programming languages.

Maybe the Democrats kind of overstepped and are way out over their skis. At the moment, he's being accused of committing all kinds of crimes, and there's panic because these kids know how to code and are maybe coding things. People should probably be more panicked about the fact that the payment systems are written in these... old antiquated programming languages.

Maybe the Democrats kind of overstepped and are way out over their skis. At the moment, he's being accused of committing all kinds of crimes, and there's panic because these kids know how to code and are maybe coding things. People should probably be more panicked about the fact that the payment systems are written in these... old antiquated programming languages.

Nobody actually knows how any of this stuff works. It isn't well documented. The government has the capacity to screw things up all on its own with its long-time experts and long-time consultants. That is what they did with Obamacare. I'm not particularly frightened by programmers showing up and taking a look at code and trying to assess how things work and if they could be better.

Nobody actually knows how any of this stuff works. It isn't well documented. The government has the capacity to screw things up all on its own with its long-time experts and long-time consultants. That is what they did with Obamacare. I'm not particularly frightened by programmers showing up and taking a look at code and trying to assess how things work and if they could be better.

Nobody actually knows how any of this stuff works. It isn't well documented. The government has the capacity to screw things up all on its own with its long-time experts and long-time consultants. That is what they did with Obamacare. I'm not particularly frightened by programmers showing up and taking a look at code and trying to assess how things work and if they could be better.

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