In a Twitter thread posted yesterday evening (April 25), Dorsey shared Radiohead's eerie Kid A track "Everything in Its Right Place." He went on to advocate for Musk's purchase of the platform, writing, "Elon is the singular solution I trust." He wrote that, theoretically, "I don't believe anyone should own or run Twitter," but that he trusted Musk's "mission to extend the light of consciousness."
Regardless of anyone's opinion on Musk, one can't help but get the impression that Dorsey is missing the irony of "Everything in Its Right Place." Despite the song's optimistic title, its a creepy song with lines about "sucking on a lemon," expressing the depression and paranoia Thom Yorke felt when composing 2000's Kid A. That album is full of lyrics about dissociation and the downfall of civilization — probably not themes that Dorsey should be invoking when celebrating the sale of Twitter to the world's richest man.
See his dubious song choice in the Twitter thread below.
I love Twitter. Twitter is the closest thing we have to a global consciousness.
— jack⚡️ (@jack) April 26, 2022
The idea and service is all that matters to me, and I will do whatever it takes to protect both. Twitter as a company has always been my sole issue and my biggest regret. It has been owned by Wall Street and the ad model. Taking it back from Wall Street is the correct first step.
— jack⚡️ (@jack) April 26, 2022
In principle, I don't believe anyone should own or run Twitter. It wants to be a public good at a protocol level, not a company. Solving for the problem of it being a company however, Elon is the singular solution I trust. I trust his mission to extend the light of consciousness.
— jack⚡️ (@jack) April 26, 2022
Elon's goal of creating a platform that is "maximally trusted and broadly inclusive" is the right one. This is also @paraga's goal, and why I chose him. Thank you both for getting the company out of an impossible situation. This is the right path...I believe it with all my heart.
— jack⚡️ (@jack) April 26, 2022
I'm so happy Twitter will continue to serve the public conversation. Around the world, and into the stars!
— jack⚡️ (@jack) April 26, 2022
