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Elon Musk said in an interview that when all other media outlets are praising the car, the way to win eyeballs is to write the article that slams it.

The article is saying that once the "talented" make it to the top, they inevitably work to stack the deck for their children. So in subsequent generations, the rich get ahead rather than the deserving.

However, most companies that can afford it will choose to not lay people off (unless they have way too many people), because layoffs tend to kill employee morale.

In addition to that, they have to weigh the cost of paying these extra salaries, versus spinning up a bunch of new engineers when the next project comes along. Smart tech companies see a few excess staff as an investment.

I live on the east side of Seattle. We have a higher concentration of cyclists than most metro areas. We also have a lot of great bike paths.

Cyclists don't annoy me at all. I'm terrified of hitting one, but I wish there were more of them (and that my relatively cyclist-friendly area was more cyclist-friendly). I also try to give them a wide berth, because when I cycle, cars whizzing by within a few feet scare me.