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[–] jared@mander.xyz 68 points 4 months ago (1 children)

“It’s amazing that others in this room underwrote electing a man who, in the last week, single-handedly destroyed all of American science,” Mr. Rogen said, according to The Hollywood Reporter, which was a media sponsor of the April 5 event. “It’s amazing how much good science you can destroy with $320 million and R.F.K. Jr. very fast.”

Not jokes

[–] kautau@lemmy.world 44 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Yeah and I think it’s important to include

Nearly 90 minutes into the event, which was attended by Jeff Bezos and the founding sponsors Mark Zuckerberg and Sergey Brin, Rogen and Edward Norton took the stage. But before giving out a prize to the Dutch theoretical physicist Gerard ’t Hooft, Mr. Rogen chose to make a few remarks.

He wasn’t just saying this to a faceless crowd of millionaire investors. He was saying this directly to the tech billionaires