On Mon, Mar 17, 2025, 7:43 AM glen <[email protected]> wrote: > It's behind a paywall for me. >
Wired doesn't have gift links like Economist, NYT, WaPo or WSJ. Posting this temporary fair-use equivalent (imho) for a month: https://guerin.acequia.io/Inside-Elon-Musks-Digital-Coup_WIRED.PDF Chat summary: Elon Musk’s *Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE)* executed what insiders call a *“digital coup”*, embedding operatives across federal agencies to seize control of government infrastructure. Under Trump’s approval, DOGE *pushed out tens of thousands of civil servants*, infiltrated agencies like Treasury, Social Security, and USAID, and *gained access to massive troves of sensitive data*, from tax records to biometric profiles. Musk’s team, a mix of Palantir alumni and libertarian tech elites, *moved aggressively to rewrite government systems*, effectively bypassing traditional oversight. Attempts to freeze agency funding and force AI-driven automation *left federal operations in chaos*, with lawsuits and whistleblowers exposing abuses. Critics warn that DOGE isn’t just about slashing budgets—it’s an unprecedented *centralization of power in private hands*, treating the government itself as a dataset to be reengineered at Musk’s discretion. ____________________________________________ CEO Founder, Simtable.com [email protected] Harvard Visualization Research and Teaching Lab [email protected] mobile: (505)577-5828
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