Some years back, one of my smart-aleck sons-in-law (I hasten to note that “smart-aleck” could apply to any of the three) gave me an interesting Christmas gift: a Cold Steel replica of a medieval Viking battle-axe. It’s an interesting thing, big, long, heavy, and no doubt deadly in battle. For any serious difference of opinion, given my age, I’d prefer to have a firearm handy, but if one needed to rely on some pre-gunpowder technology for one’s self-defense, this thing would sure get the job done. Its very appearance might deter a goblin who harbors ill intent. The Viking battle-axe was designed to un-alive opponents by doing immediate and overwhelming damage up to and including the traumatic removal of body parts.
Today, there aren’t many Vikings running around detaching body parts. (That’s a good thing if you ask me.) But Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy have…
