Elon Puts Kid Who Just Graduated From High School in Charge of Disemboweling the US Government
Elon Puts Kid Who Just Graduated From High School in Charge of Disemboweling the US Government
cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/24940002
What's the federal budget for sippy cups?
"One, a senior adviser to the director, is a 21-year-old whose online resume touts his work for Palantir," per Wired, while another "who reports directly to Scales, graduated from high school in 2024." A copy of the latter's resume include his summer internship with Musk's Neuralink, alongside jobs as — we assure you that we are not joking — a camp counselor and bike mechanic.
Although both these tykes are ostensibly poised to rip and tear through America's federal agencies, Wired declined to name them "because of their ages" — a somewhat baffling choice given that both appear to be of legal age. (And if they're not, well, that's a much bigger problem.)
At least the 5th article shitting on wired for not naming them...
But no one else has the names besides Wired?
Like, I agree they should disclose the names, but I don't understand why no one else can find out who these "kids" are.
Most "news" sites don't partake in actual journalism, they just shit out news from other sites. It's kind of like the human centipede, it's all shit beyond a single, original source.
They're trying to eat their cake and have it too.
Nice to see someone else who gets the saying right that didn’t hole up in a cabin in the woods.
How do I get myself into this position to ruin Musk's job?
Apparently he had an internship at neurolink?
With people like this you just have to get in their orbit and tell them what they want to hear.
Musk has always wanted children to think he's cool, and he weirdly does a good job of appealing to them. So I guess be as young as possible and tell him his a multi-talented genius and voice of his generation?
Just throw all your integrity out the window basically
Suck his cock
High school in the US goes up until you are 20? Or was he behind a couple of years
The 21 year old is a separate person.
while another “who reports directly to Scales, graduated from high school in 2024.
So two people.
In the quoted part it only gives the age of the 21 year old, and says when the 19 year old graduated.
Various articles are providing the same info in different ways about them.
Holy shit, I had to check whether this was the onion or not on this one.
I susppect that billionaires prefer young people in certain roles because many young people lack the experience to recognize evil instructions.
Same reason why they won't hire smart cops.
Young people are often easier to mold and manipulate. It makes sense.
I know I've wanted younger people in government, but I was hoping for people in their 30's or 40's. These kids can't even rent a car legally. I've got a feeling that they're just puppets.
Speaking as a former puppet: all of Capitol Hill/much of D.C. is run by 20-somethings like this, precisely because they're easy to manipulate.
You can rent a car at 18, at least in Colorado and California. I'm pretty sure it's everywhere though
I was under the impression it was 25. We were both kinda wrong, though. Minimum age is 18, but that only exists in New York and Michigan. Everywhere else is 21. Anyone under 25 is expected to pay an additional cost per day that they have the vehicle. TIL
https://www.enterprise.com/en/help/faqs/car-rental-under-25.html
The Republican party was the best thing to ever happen to America's enemies.
Trump is America's self-inflicted gunshot wound
They are feeding all communications from devices into AI right now, both a massive security breach and they are calculating and creating an enemies list. Watch.
Did he at least get an A in civics a few months ago? /s
He's working for Elon, so what do you think?
Programmers have the worst Dunning Kruger.
Whatever it was, it's zero now.
I guess the Jordan Peele reboot of the twilight zone episode: The Wunderkind wasn't too far off
I'll be in my bunker if you need me.
Bye now
I don't get it, you people complain a lot about the old people on the government positions
You get young ones and then rip on them? How the hell they gonna get experience?
If only there was a way to get someone in between too old to function and just old enough to function.....mmmmm
Oh well I guess it's only 80 year olds or 18 year olds and NO OTHER CHOICE.
? How the hell they gonna get experience?
By acting as assistants to professionals old enough to be trusted with real jobs and still young enough to remember where and why and how to do their jobs.
Exactly like all of us non-trust-fund-babies did.
I like how everyone took this personally
