Vitriol on X against Sriram’s appointment has so far led to what seems to me a very positive outcome:

Sacks and Elon have publicly stood up for putting meritocracy over nationalism when it comes to solving the most critical problems facing the US and the world. 

A very silver lining to an idiotic cloud.

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Is it actually about solving the world’s most critical problems or about squeezing out some more profit to line their pockets?

I think the H1-B debate is one of the more interesting ones taking place atm

My issue is do the workers that come over on H1-B distort the labor market, and/or are employers incentivized to hire H1-B vs American workers? I don’t have enough information to put together an all encompassing viewpoint 

100’s of thousands of white collar tech jobs have been lost over the last few years. My thought it that a productivity increase by the company does not make up for the ever dwindling middle class of America

It doesn't always feel easy for me to discern people's true intentions.

But I also think that, in capitalism, when the selfish intention is aimed toward producing more – as it seems in this case – then unadmirable intentions can  still be capable of producing public goods.