MUSK: Asset or Threat to US?

  ANALYSIS and OPINION: Through the merger of two of his companies Elon Musk’s estimated net worth is now around $800 billion.   Given the vasteness and strategic nature of entire business portfolio is Musk a vital asset necessary to defense of the United States, or is he a threat to it? There’s no question that Read More …

Preventing Man’s Enslavement by AI

OPINION AND ANALYSIS: We already posted one video which suggests the drastic, perhaps unrealistic steps necessary for man and democracy to survive AI.   Nothing is going to be easy or surefire, but the solution set forth in this video is more practical. Here’s the first video.  It may be totally unrealistic but let’s face it, Read More …

Musk Fair Wages War with Venezuela

OPINION AND ANALYSIS Elon Musk and Tesla can’t stay out of the news.  Tesla has apparently approved a pay package that, over a ten year period, will make Musk a trillionaire.  Which, yet again, points to the rise of oligarchy and the unfairness of pay for workers.  There’s an infinitely better way to do things Read More …

Musk Trillionaires Robot Armies: Is Socialism Needed?

  [Opinion and Analysis.] Once again Elon Musk is in the news and Tesla shareholders are once again going to have to figure out how to keep their main man on board, but the ramification of the whole situation transcend what’s going on at Tesla.  Wealth inequality, robots, political power and the future of mankind Read More …

IMPORTANT BUT IGNORED updated

  [ANALYSIS and OPINION] Note:  Unless otherwise expressly noted, all opinions in all videos and on this website are those of reasonandbalance.com and not any other person organization or political party. Note 2:  It is important to view later videos and blog posts on reasonandbalance.com to be sure that we have not amended or changed Read More …

Democracy Further Imperiled: Musk’s New Bonus

ANALYSIS AND OPINION Tesla shareholders have just awarded Musk another bonus the value of which appears to range anywhere from $23 to $29 billion.  This is probably in lieu of  the original $50 billion bonus which has run into legal trouble in Delaware.  Is democracy further threatened?  Are oligopoly and/or dictatorship here?  Or just on Read More …

IMPORTANT BUT IGNORED Vol 2

[ANALYSIS and OPINION] Note:  Unless otherwise expressly noted, all opinions in all videos and on this website are those of reasonandbalance.com and not any other person organization or political party. Note 2:  It is important to view later videos and blog posts on reasonandbalance.com to be sure that we have not amended or changed some Read More …

MUSK $50 BILLION BONUS & PLUTOCRACY

[Analysis and Opinion.] Elon Musk has demanded that Tesla pay him a bonus of $50 billion. Here’s a link to a story about it: https://www.forbes.com/sites/dereksaul/2024/06/05/tesla-shareholders-vote-on-elon-musks-50-billion-pay-package-next-week-heres-whats-at-stake/ We’ve previously expressed our view that one of the biggest dangers facing the United States is the risk of oligopoly.   See https://reasonandbalance.com/worlds-biggest-problems-ai-and-more/.   It would have been more correct to say Read More …