@louis if you give me $100 and i know what you want me to do, and i’m open to what you want me to do, i don’t think it’s horrible, then i’ll do it. you will too. we don’t need an enforceable contract. not because we are corrupt, but on the contrary, because we are honest people who believe in and aspire to reciprocity. 1/

@louis you’ve invented this motivation of harvesting contact information. that’s bullshit. contact information is much, much cheaper than this. and it’s not “more honest” to pay the voter rather than a broker. it creates a sense of obligation under norms of reciprocity, which a third party spying on you much more cheaply would not. that’s the only thing Musk is plausibly paying for. /fin