Bill Maher cites Neuralink patient to push back on Kara Swisher calling Musk 'a jerk'
ZeroStateReflex · x · 2026-11-14
Bill Maher clashed with journalist Kara Swisher, who dismissed Elon Musk as "just a jerk." Maher countered with a Neuralink example: a paralyzed man giddy about playing video games with his mind, thanks to Musk's company.
Reposter eriktorenberg frames it as a clash between establishment journalists and builders over how value is attributed: pro-tech people know landing rockets on surfboards is a rare skill, and Musk lives with the intractability of the physical world while critics live in fantasyland.
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