This Week - May 22, 2015

As a new father, I find it rather astounding that Musk managed to write that without getting punched in the face. Even in pure cutthroat business terms, it’s difficult to imagine that Tesla is going to be able to attract and retain engineering talent over the long run if this is genuinely the CEO’s attitude toward his staff.

— Elon Musk denies reports he scolded an employee for skipping a work event to watch the birth of his child (Matthew Yglesias for Vox)

Sure, the topic of cyberbullying is not new, but it feels different this time. The debate is happening everywhere: on radio shows, movies, books, talks, TV shows, blogs, book reviews and especially on social media.

— When the Cyberbully Is You (Nick Bilton for The New York Times)

’Watch Dave,’ one player once told me as he played nearby. ‘He wins without bluster and bluffing, but he always wins.’

— Does Silicon Valley Have a Soul? It Did – as Well as a Heart – in Dave Goldberg. (Kara Swisher for Re/code)

Romance shouldn’t feel like a routine. I don’t think online dating is the enemy, but I do think that the amount of options we have is so overwhelming that we’re reducing the experience of dating to a seriously forgettable series of interviews for jobs we don’t even want.

— A New Dating Manifesto For 2015 (Taylor Davies for Medium)

What I like about Los Angeles is that it allows everyone to live his or her own lifestyle. Drive around the hills and you find a Moorish castle next to a Swiss chalet sitting beside a house shaped like a UFO.

— Werner Herzog's Thoughts On Los Angeles Are Pretty Great (Emma G. Gallegos for Laist)