Michael Calore: Lauren, what’s your favourite Elon Musk firm? Which one in every of his many corporations are you most fascinated by?
Lauren Goode: Outline favourite.
Michael Calore: The one you are most fascinated by?
Lauren Goode: Is that actually what favourite means? I feel favourite has inherently a positive connotation, and I am undecided that I might consider any of Elon Musk’s corporations as being in that realm.
Michael Calore: Not even Twitter?
Lauren Goode: Nicely, I imply I used to have lots of affection for Twitter, however that was pre–Elon Musk. I can inform you what my least favourite is.
Michael Calore: Which one?
Lauren Goode: Which is Neuralink.
Michael Calore: Mind pc interface.
Lauren Goode: As a result of what did these poor pigs and sheeps and monkeys ever do to Elon Musk to deserve that? OK. If I needed to say, I might guess I might say Tesla. What’s your favourite Elon Musk firm? What’s your, quote-unquote, favourite Elon Musk firm?
Michael Calore: I might say it is Twitter, principally as a result of I feel it is the one that also has the clearest potential for good.
Lauren Goode: Attention-grabbing. Actually?
Michael Calore: Sure.
Lauren Goode: Not even Tesla, not even revolutionizing the electrical car and possibly making our transportation extra sustainable.
Michael Calore: That’s noble and we completely ought to try this. However I feel if we’re actually going to resolve the local weather disaster, we have to cease counting on automobiles completely.
Lauren Goode: Proper, and batteries have include their very own set of issues too.
Michael Calore: They do, sure.
Lauren Goode: Proper. OK, so is that it? Is that our present?
Michael Calore: Sure. Oh, no, wait. You understand what?
Lauren Goode: What?
Michael Calore: There’s one other firm now that we will add to the record.
Lauren Goode: What?
Michael Calore: Sure.
Lauren Goode: One other Elon Musk firm?
Michael Calore: Let’s discuss it.
Lauren Goode: Simply what we wanted.
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Michael Calore: Hello everybody. Welcome to Gadget Lab. I’m Michael Calore, I am a senior editor at WIRED.
Lauren Goode: And I am Lauren Goode, I am a senior author at WIRED.
Michael Calore: We’re joined this week as soon as once more by WIRED editor at massive, Steven Levy. Whats up, Steven.
Steven Levy: Hello, of us. Nice to be again on the podcast.
Michael Calore: It is nice to have you ever.
Lauren Goode: It is actually nice to have you ever, Steven. I at all times consider editor at massive as editor in jammies, however so far as I can see on the Zoom, you aren’t in jammies.
Steven Levy: I am at massive, I am pursued by authorities someplace.
Michael Calore: All proper. As we talked about, Elon Musk is again within the information once more. Actually? Does he ever go away the information?
Lauren Goode: Nope.
