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WeWork plans to file for bankruptcy as early as next week, source says (www.reuters.com)
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[โ€“] [email protected] 60 points 1 year ago (1 children)

WeWork: It's not a real estate company, it's a tech company!

Theranos: It's not a healthcare company, it's a tech company!

Juul: It's not a vape company, it's a tech company! (though oddly enough, they would have also accepted, "It's not a vape company, it's a healthcare company!)

FTX: It's not a ~~pyramid scheme~~ financial company, it's a tech company!

[โ€“] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

What is sad is how we had to establish human rights on a computer in the 1990s, and then establish them again on the internet in the 2010s and now on a smartphone

Because with each iteration our legal system sides with overreaching law enforcement whenever it's a new state of technology.