• dejected_warp_core@lemmy.world
    link
    fedilink
    arrow-up
    36
    ·
    4 days ago

    Stamets, it’s cool, I know you’re putting this out there to illustrate some obviously bad takes.

    <rant>

    Personally, I’ve kind of had it with these think-tank, astro-turfing, menaces to social media and society writ-large. I think it’s high time that we all start getting a little louder about who’s behind these things when we spot them here, and elsewhere. Lex (in the post) has the right take, but it’s probably even better to get the word out about the source of this blame-shifting crap.

    https://mediabiasfactcheck.com/big-think/

    The Big Think is privately owned through Freethink Media. Some of the initial investors in the project were Peter Thiel from PayPal, Tom Scott of Nantucket Nectars, television producer Gary David Goldberg, lead investor and venture capitalist David Frankel, and former Harvard University President Lawrence Summers. Revenue is generated through advertising, sponsored content, and subscriptions to the website’s E-learning platform.

    If that isn’t enough to get really fucking mad about this slow-creeping horseshit, I don’t know what is.