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All you control is how you play. It would be wonderful if teams didn't cheat and refs always got the calls right. It would be wonderful if people in the media knew what they were talking about and didn't stick out positions just to be controversial or contrarian.

It would be wonderful if other politicians operated in good faith and put country above partisanship. It would be wonderful if drivers were courteous and followed all the rules of the road.

But we know that is simply not how things go. They never have and they never will. So where does that leave us? It leaves us to focus on the one thing we can control.

As Marcus Aurelius wrote, it doesn't matter what other people say or think. It only matters what you do.

An athlete doesn't control the weather or the conditions on the field. They only control how they play. A politician doesn't control the game of politics only how they choose to play it.

We don't control whether we get credit for our good deeds or whether our hard work is noticed. We don't control the economy. We don't control whether we were born rich or poor.

What we control is what we do in response. What you control is how you play. You control how you play. Not whether you win. You control how you play. Not if people like you. You control how you play. Not if the crowd cheers you on.

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From Wondery comes a new series flipping the bird Elon versus Twitter a story about what happens when the richest man on the planet decides to acquire a powerful social media company in the name of free speech. But does he have what it takes?

It started off promising. Or is this all just about Elon?

He's essentially mad that his tweets aren't performing as well as he wouldn't expect to have to. But really just felt like, okay, this really is just a platform being ruled by a dictator who does things on his own lens.

And what will be left of Twitter by the time he's done?

Basically, my entire team was gone by the end of it. Infrastructure was just completely gutted. He'll like tweet a thing and then everyone's like, we got a word on that now because he tweeted it.

I'm supposed to believe this man is a genius. It just felt like everything was kind of descending into chaos.

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Free speech is essential to a functioning democracy. Do you believe Twitter rigorously adheres to this principle? What should be done? Is a new platform needed? Is Twitter dying?

I'm David Brown, host of the new Wondry podcast, flipping the bird, Elon versus Twitter. Join us as we unravel the fascinating story of Elon Musk's unexpected bid to buy Twitter. And all of the drama that has happened since then.

Those still employed at Twitter soon saw the company and its culture morphed into something they didn't recognize.

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