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A key Mu3k theory made it into the @nytimes opinion pages this week. Touted and burnished by a professor at a top university WITHOUT transparency that Musk funded him for $10 Million for the research. How? 🧵
Humanity is collapsing from population decline. Sound familiar? It's the pet theory of ultra-rich Western white guys like Musk. He funded the center run by the author of this @nytimes op-ed with a $10 million grant. nytimes.com/interactive/20…
What I find EXTRAORDINARY that this funding is not listed on website for the center, the Population Wellbeing Institute, nor did the author say in his op-ed bio that he leads PWI. But Bloomberg broke this story last month about Musk's donation to PWI. bloomberg.com/news/articles/…
Of course other media pick it up: father of 10 children and avid adherent to the population decline will lead to the end of humanity theory funds UTexas research center on the topic. The irony is rich.
And here we are, less than a month later, in the NYT with a piece built off of an pre-print (SSRN) on fertility and humanity's existential risks. A theory that is widely contested in demography. wired.co.uk/article/elon-m…
No mention in the Times' op-ed of another point of view. Much less that many people think this theory is wrong or dangerous. There is no mention that the UN doesn't believe this. There's no mention that there may be academic debate. INSTEAD the piece was given...
Slick gorgeous graphics by the NYT team adding serious weight to a wack-a-doodle idea. That's what $10M in a non-disclosed donation to the University of Texas can buy.
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