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Did you hear the one about the two billionaires who don’t know how to work in technology?
The setting? X, the social media platform formerly known as Twitter, now owned by Musk. The result? A technological disaster that could not have been more fitting for the duo.
4 min readAug 14, 2024
Did you hear the one about the two billionaires who don’t know how to work in technology?
In a recent spectacle of hubris and irony, two of the world’s most prominent figures — Elon Musk and Donald Trump — came together for what was expected to be a groundbreaking interview.
The setting?
X, the social media platform formerly known as Twitter, now owned by Musk. The result? A technological disaster that could not have been more fitting for the duo.
The Echo Chamber of X
When Elon Musk, the self-proclaimed innovator of the future, announced he would host Donald Trump for an interview on X, it seemed like a perfect marriage of tech and politics.
Musk, with his grand visions of a tech-driven utopia, and Trump, the ever-controversial former president, would undoubtedly create waves…
