Summarizing his argument: the layoffs make more sense if you imagine SpaceX is not treating these employees as human beings. There is a second subtextual point: this is reasonable.
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That is a good summary.
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The people of hacker news worry me.
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I used to love it there. I know I've changed a lot but I think it has, too.
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Not defending anything, just explaining how it is if you remove any issues of compassion. Pesky "people" complicating business decisions.
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Let's not pretend that current corporate decision making accounts for anything but the bottom line. Head count is always the very first place they look to cut costs quickly. Robots are assets with value that depreciates. Humans are 100% expense.
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