The bad news is that we may have to wind up figuring out how to live without a magnetosphere on earth eventually, as re-entering satellites (e.g. Statlink) deposit charged plasma dust in our ionosphere. arxiv.org/abs/2312.09329
500,000 to 1 million satellites are expected in the next decades, primarily to build internet constellations called megaconstellations. These megaconstellations are disposable and will constantly...
Either Musk is highly confident that DOJ and SEC are impotent to bring charges against him, orā¦ what? Itās difficult to understand. Hereās the WSJ article from Sep 2023(!): www.wsj.com/tech/justice...
What are we to make of the fact that Musk is doing this right under the nose of SEC and DOJ investigations into embezzlement and self dealing? WSJ reported these investigations last year, *months before* the diverted NVIDIA chips, talent poaching, and now FSD IP transfer discussion.
Fair enough. Would firms like Blackrock expose themselves to any liability for voting āyesā on such an obviously flawed proxy, against the guidance of their proxy advisors? When I look at Blackrockās stated proxy voting principles, it emphasizes things like board independence, oversight, etc.
Isnāt the notion of ācorporate wasteā a valid enough reason to vote differently on this proxy? If ISS and Glass Lewis do their jobs well, theyāll highlight it as an issue.
That would be great, but what about FSD?? Nary a peep from NHTSA on it since Tesla āremediedā the rolling stop signs complaint last year.
What about Full Self Driving??
I do hope the politics around Tesla begins to change.
2) NHTSA took action against Ford for the Pinto largely for *political reasons*, in the absence of adverse data.
