Reading this sad-making look by Faiz Siddiqui at Elon Musk and his fellow Bond villain techbros, mostly I came away with two thoughts.

First, I don’t understand how anyone could write that these guys’ positions “may represent a business interest more than a moral or ideological stand” with a straight face, as if “business interest” somehow isn’t a “moral or ideological stand”.

Second, when Siddiqui quotes Balaji S. Srinivasan as saying that “the state doesn’t have tech talent anymore”, I once again sort of want to wildly wave my hands around shouting, “Jet Propulsion Laboratory?”