We like to think that there’s a lesson in every technological misadventure. But when technology becomes dependent on electricity, sometimes the solution is simple: it was best to stay away from it.
This was the conclusion that Elon Musk drew from his sojourn as the catalyst for DOGE, the rebel cost-cutting initiative that had sent federal agencies into a tizzy. The public protested. Teslas were burntAnd drivers of its promoted Cybertruck discovered that instead of a thumbs-up, they were getting middle finger,
Upon reflection, Musk said he would not do it again. “Instead of doing DOGE, I would have basically… worked on my own companies,” he said told an interviewer this month“And they wouldn’t be burning cars,”
Regrets—there were some in 2025. Here are some of the more notable ones.
NEO, the domestic robot
1X technology
Imagine a metal butler that fills your dishwasher and opens the door. It’s a dream straight out of science fiction. And that’s where it’s going to stay—at least for a while.
It’s been hilarious and disturbing since the first reviews of NEO, the 66-pound humanoid robot whose creator claims it will “reliably handle any of your tasks” when it arrives next year.
but as a reporter wall street journal Turns out, NEO took two minutes to fold a sweater and couldn’t even crack a walnut. Not only that, but the robot was teleoperated by a person wearing a VR visor the entire time.
