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What chance you think people like Musk should take really depends on whether you believe that our current President is willing to anyone other than his inner ci
by pyrophane 10y ago
What chance you think people like Musk should take really depends on whether you believe that our current President is willing to anyone other than his inner circle, or whether he cares about anyone outside of his base.
I tend to believe the answer to both questions is no, and that all the President's tech advisory council is accomplishing is giving him something to boast about. It may also be benefiting the individual companies that sit on it to the point that they are willing to play along with Trump's agenda.
- ocdtrekkie 10y agoEven if it doesn't work, the reality is: He's the President. Advising him may not help, but refusing to advise him -definitely- won't help. We don't have to like him, but he's there. He was elected. And God help him and us survive it. And if there's even a 2% chance Elon Musk or anyone else can make a difference, they should go for it.
- dragonwriter 10y ago> Even if it doesn't work, the reality is: He's the President. Advising him may not help, but refusing to advise him -definitely- won't help. The President is not all powerful, and is subject to both formal and informal constraints. Visible opposition (or even lack of visible support) can fairly directly contribute to the informal constraints, and increase political pressure on the institutions, particularly Congress, which exercise formal restraints. And, thus, definitely can help.
- dllthomas 10y ago> tech advisory council It's not tech specific. I think it has more finance CEOs than tech, even if we're fairly generous about who's a "tech CEO".