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Max Chafkin
@chafkin
writer, @BW and @technology. Co-Host, the Everybody's Business podcast. Author, The Contrarian. Worse half to @lagorio. Email: m at maxchafkin dot com.
Queens, NY
Joined October 2007
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    Others have pointed this out, but this renaming is stepping on the exact same rake that got him ousted by PayPal. Wrote about this in my book
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    wow: that 2016 tesla self-driving demo that essentially kicked off the entire industry-wide spending spree...it was fake
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    ai is changing everything
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    one reason Germany has done so much better against Covid than the US: people actually listen to experts
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    Zuck spent last night debating immigration hawks on his fb page
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    this is rough. fb reduced to forcing employees to spend time in its flagship metaverse app theverge.com/2022/10/6/2339…
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    Wikileaks was once a fiercely anti-establishment force. Now Assange essentially giving political advice to the White House
    Contacted Trump Jr this morning on why he should publish his emails (i.e with us). Two hours later, does it himself: x.com/wikileaks/stat…
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    You gotta read this @BW story, about the mental health implications of lockdowns and the treatment of workers in the cruise ship industry by @AustinCarr
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    This @BW story is about SBFs parents and the role they played in helping to create his crypto empire. It’s also about privilege, and who is trusted with other peoples money 1/
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    New from @Danahull & me: inside story of the rise of SpaceX, & a profile of its day-to-day leader Gwynne Shotwell. bloomberg.com/news/features/…
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    tfw even catturd is mad at u
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    as a country, we all basically engaged in magical thinking, imagining that the virus couldn't hurt us, assuming that that self-confidence would offer protection. but the virus doesn't care what you think.
    you gotta read @shannongsims in the new @BW on Houston's failed Covid response, and America's bloomberg.com/news/features/…