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Its real somehow: https://xcancel.com/Shedletsky/status/1886563357249212846#m

TranscriptA tweet by Jon sheletsky (@shedletsky) saying "Silicon Valley built the modern world. Why shouldn't we run it?. The tweet has 658k views, 70 bookmarks, 70 likes, 460 retweets/quotes and 694 replies. It was posted at 6:52 PM, 2/3/25.

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[–] skisnow@lemmy.ca 27 points 12 hours ago

Silicon Valley built all the worst parts of the modern world. Most of the genuinely useful discoveries and technological innovations were made in govt funded academia, and co-opted by industry into creepy ways to control whole populations