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| Musk Gives Starlink to Remote Amazon Tribe. It Doesn't Go Well |
| 2024-06-06 |
| [Red State] Billionaire entrepreneur Elon Musk has made many contributions to civilization in his barely fifty years on this planet. His technological advances in various fields of travel - including into space - have been revolutionary. He's putting chips in the brains of paralyzed people allowing them mobility and enhanced communication. And, of course, his Tesla automobiles have become a high-end symbol of prestige. (We'll leave aside for the moment how Twitter has been working out lately.) But one of the really ubiquitous and also controversial areas he's engaged in is that of internet access and satellite communications using his Starlink system. He's been installing systems all across the world, including in Ukraine where he set up communications for the Ukrainian military and paid for it all himself. But the Ukrainians weren't the only people to benefit from such a donation. A remote, rarely contacted indigenous tribe in the Amazon rainforest known as the Marubo was gifted with a Starlink system last September, potentially opening their access to the rest of the world. Unfortunately, according to tribal leaders, this gift hasn't worked out as many hoped it would. Nine months later, exposure to the internet - particularly social media and pornography - has reportedly ripped the tribe apart at the seams. (NY Post) |
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