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During Tesla’s early funding rounds, Elon Musk led a $7.5 million Series A investment in 2004, becoming the largest investor. He then negotiated to be named Chairman of the Board, despite not being a founder. Using his financial leverage and vision, he pushed out co-founder Martin Eberhard (original CEO) in 2007, citing disagreements over the

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Americans love tattoos. The industry is worth over $3 billion annually, with millions of people spending hundreds—or even thousands—of dollars to etch art onto their skin. Tattoos are a form of self-expression, a way to commemorate life events, or simply a love of art. But what if that money were redirected? What if the cost

An Open Letter to Anyone Still Drinking the Kool-Aid I heard a story many years ago that is more poignant now than ever. A young man, twenty-six years of age in the spring of 2000, proudly announced that his entire 401(k) was tied up in a company that sold pet food over the internet. The

History keeps a ledger. It waited for Nuremberg, and it is waiting now. The men who ran the Third Reich were not, in their own minds, criminals. Himmler, Göring, Goebbels, Hess—each believed the Nazi state was permanent. A thousand-year Reich, they called it. And because the Reich would last a thousand years, there would never

THE CASE FOR A NEW FORM OF GOVERNMENT IN AMERICA Justification for a change in government… “I am not an advocate for frequent changes in laws and Constitutions. But laws and institutions must go hand in hand with the progress of the human mind. As that becomes more developed, more enlightened, as new discoveries are

Musk mocked former fired employee Haraldur Thorleifsson saying the man used his muscular dystrophy as an excuse for not getting more work done.  After Thorleifsson went public, explaining how his worsening disability had affected his ability to type, Musk offered him back his job. Musk announced a goal for Tesla to make 20 million cars

THE ILLUSION OF HUMANITY Donald Trump wears a suit. He speaks in complete sentences (most of the time). He does not froth at the mouth or snarl like a cartoon villain. He laughs, gestures, and performs the basic social rituals expected of a public figure. This is the problem. Because Trump appears human, we continue

Why We Can’t Fathom the Depth of Donald Trump’s Malice, Tyranny, Authoritarianism, Corruption, Inhumanity, Barbarism, Nihilism, Sociopathy, Malignancy, Despotism and Venality. When we call someone “evil,” we usually mean they’ve crossed a line we recognize: a betrayal, a lie, an act of greed or violence. But what happens when the evil is so vast, so

The American public—and nearly all news organizations—have dangerously underestimated Donald Trump. While much of the discourse centers on his policies, we must recognize that his policies are only a means to an end. The true objective is pain, suffering, humiliation, and death. The problem lies in not seeing what Donald Trump is. He is not