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  • Not only invented them, but poisoned the hell outta himself trying to prove they were safe.

    And then when he was too bedridden to do anything, he invented an automated bed to help him move around and strangled himself to death in the ropes.

    Truly an inspiration.

  • https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Accessibility

    Accessibility is the design of products, devices, services, vehicles, or environments so as to be usable by people with disabilities.

    Assistive technology is the creation of a new device that assists a person in completing a task that would otherwise be impossible. Some examples include new computer software programs like screen readers, and inventions such as assistive listening devices, including hearing aids, and traffic lights with a standard color code that enables colorblind individuals to understand the correct signal.

    https://www.forbes.com/sites/gusalexiou/2020/09/08/could-elon-musks-neuralink-be-a-game-changer-for-people-with-disabilities

    Disabled people are likely to have had their attention piqued by Musk reiterating that, in the first instance, Neuralink would be looking to “solve important brain and spine problems.”

    In fact, throughout the presentation, several chronic and life-limiting conditions were cited as being potentially treatable by Neuralink — ranging from blindness, spinal cord injuries, memory loss, brain damage and even depression.

    The company’s first round of clinical trials will focus on patients with spinal cord injuries.

    https://www.reuters.com/technology/musks-neuralink-start-human-trials-brain-implant-2023-09-19/

    …Neuralink said, adding that its initial goal is to enable people to control a computer cursor or keyboard using their thoughts alone.

    ETA:

    I have no interest in defending the muskrat or his dystopian vision for this technology. I’m just a developer who gives half a shit about making accessible software, so I want people to know what that means.

    I hadn’t really formed an opinion on this article specifically, but… If I had spinal damage? I might consider signing up for the monkey-killer chip too. A shot at getting my body back might be too enticing to resist.

  • as megaprojects expert Bent Flyvbjerg explains in the following article, these grandiose projects operate by an iron law: over budget, over time, over and over again

    Performance data for megaprojects speak their own language. Nine out of ten such projects have cost overruns. Overruns of up to 50 percent in real terms are common, over 50 percent not uncommon. Cost overrun for the Channel Tunnel, the longest underwater rail tunnel in Europe, connecting the UK and France, was 80 percent in real terms. For Boston’s Big Dig, 220 percent. The Sydney Opera House, 1,400 percent. Similarly, benefit shortfalls of up to 50 percent are also common, and above 50 percent not uncommon.

    https://www.cato.org/policy-report/january/february-2017/megaprojects-over-budget-over-time-over-over