Elon Musk Takes the Stand for … Uh, Humanity?

“Democracy is not convenient,” said the Honorable Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers on Monday in her federal courtroom in Oakland, California. She was addressing a pool of 40 prospective jurors, and she understood how they probably felt: Overwhelmed by the possibility of being called to serve for three weeks or more in a high-profile court case pitting tech industry billionaires. Elon Musk, et al. v. Sam Altman, et al., the civil trial that began this week, is indeed a lot to take in, even beyond the logistics.