Reminds me of a joke my daughter told me today: "What weighs more? 100 lbs of feathers or 100 lbs of bricks?" "Wrong: the feathers weigh more because you are also carrying the weight of knowing what you did to all those birds."14
Trump on Thursday is expected to hand out several of the nation’s highest science and technology honors, including to the entrepreneur and former DOGE chief Elon Musk.
The awards will be granted at “Science: A New Golden Age,” an afternoon summit that the White House says will highlight rapid changes in the scientific landscape, including in artificial intelligence technology, which the president refers to as super intelligence.
Musk is expected to receive the National Medal of Science alongside Google co-founder Sergey Brin, NVIDIA CEO Jensen Huang, and Lisa Su, CEO of the semiconductor company Advanced Micro Devices. Trump will also grant the National Medal of Technology and Innovation to Dell Technologies CEO Michael Dell and Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella.
President Donald Trump will award the National Medal of Science, the highest government recognition for scientists and engineers, to Elon Musk and three other prominent tech executives at the White House’s “Science: A New Golden Age” summit.
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