U.S. Food and Drug Administration employees reviewing Elon Musk’s brain implant company Neuralink were fired over the weekend as part of a broader purge of the federal workforce, according to two sources with knowledge of the matter.
U.S. Food and Drug Administration employees reviewing Elon Musk’s brain implant company Neuralink were fired over the weekend as part of a broader purge of the federal workforce, according to two sources with knowledge of the matter.
So Musk’s purge hits the FDA reviewers greenlighting his brain jack—shocking. Regulatory capture isn’t even clandestine anymore when you can just fire the oversight. Democracy’s corpse twitches as billionaires turn public institutions into corporate fiefdoms.
Neuralink’s trials now sprint through ethical quicksand with fewer watchdogs. Probationary staff axed—conveniently those without union shields. Performance issues? Please. They aced reviews weeks prior. This isn’t governance; it’s a Musk-hosted demolition derby where safety protocols are the first casualty.
The future’s bright: a privatized FDA rubber-stamping shareholder whims while paralyzed patients beta-test half-baked neurotech. But hey, at least the stock ticker will look fabulous.
Don’t worry they’ll work out most of the kinks testing “volunteers” at gitmo