All Things 3D

As someone who spent 50+ years immersed in technology and another 30+ years in design, development & managment of it. I have seen how tech writing went from those who “walked the walk” to just “talking the talk” from “tech journalist” who somehow think interviewing or talking to someone at cocktail party is the same thing as understanding the processes involved in design. It could be there own egos, need to rise above their peers, or just feeling important due to the feedback they get from the company and/or readers that encourage them to think they have the answers.

Why am thinking about this? Mainly because of those who have covered Elon musk like Kara Swisher, who has risen to fame due to the interviews she has had with Elon that are more like a sycophant support, instead of real interviews (that I know she is capable of, eg Mark Zuckerberg). It harkens back to those who covered Steve Jobs in positive light even though he would park in handicap parking spots and denied paternity support for his daughter, or more recently, Elizibeth Holmes & Theranos and Rony Abovitz & Magic Leap and their claims on how their “bold new technology” would change the world; which turned out after billions invested; were just scams with products that could do none (or barely any) of the things claimed.

Returning back to Elon Musk. It is only now we are starting to see the cracks in his companies’ products. Tesla Industries is under legal scrutiny for deaths related to its self-driving technology and investigation for astronauts returning in one of SpaceX capsules requiring hospitalization. Along with several legal entanglements for Twitter aka ‘X’ and DOGE Coin Crypto. Finally Musk’s direct envolvement with Donald J. Trump and his shady if not illegal $1M daily raffle.

There is irony that same people who raised to fame on his coattails in tech journalism, may find themselves targets of the same man they praised for years.