by Charles Lewis III My first time at Cutting Ball Theater was in the early-2000s. I hopped off the Powell St. BART, made my way past the chess tables, up the block past EXIT Theatre, and around the corner to the EXIT on Taylor. The play I saw was some

  Writing about Elon Musk is interesting. He’s absolutely an international figure, and despite how much we loathe it, he’s a local in some sense of the word. Every stupid tweet, edgy meme and desperate plea for attention isn’t just another piece of billionaire news – for Bay Area residents,

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For a bustling metropolitan city filled with tourists, billionaires and bullshit; San Francisco certainly feels like a small town sitting somewhere on the edge of sanity. The place just doesn’t feel real. Where else in the country does a casual stroll allow you to cross paths with one of the

I don’t want to endorse anyone in Bay Area politics because the reality of political life in the Bay is this: most politicians in the region have a bad habit of pursuing legislative priorities that veer far away from the campaign rhetoric that was utilized to get them elected. Regardless

Elon Musk will never be likable. It doesn’t matter how many things he tries to do, no matter how much money he has or how many social media sites he buys, there’s something about him that is inherently insufferable. In an ostentatious display of ego and self-promotion, Elon Musk, the

From ancient times, mankind has envisioned automation in the form of machines being trained to save labor. According to the Lie Zi text, in the 10th century BCE, a mechanical engineer known as Yan Shi presented King Mu of Zhou with a mechanical humanoid figure that could sing in tune, posture and much to King Mu’s displeasure, attempt to woo a lady.

You know what’s worse than a billionaire? A billionaire that desperately wants you to think he’s funny. And Elon Musk is exactly that billionaire. While Elon’s trolling is usually contained on Twitter feeds, his most recent attempt at levity has now come to Market Street. He, being the comedic genius

At some point, there has to be a stage of wealth that reduces the value of things entirely. When you’re a billionaire, there’s really nowhere to go. There’s nothing to strive for. Yes, you can live an opulent life, but it’s likely that luxury begins to lose its meaning as