7 Thoughts on Elon Musk and Twitter

For what it's worth

1. Whatever else happens, the most consequential thing is that Twitter will now no longer be viewed by Western journalists as an organic hub of culture/industry discourse, but as a pay-to-play website for personal aggrandizement—which is what it always has been anyway.

2. This transformation will be bad for Twitter. But it will be very good for journalism.

3. Cha…