Letters: Renaming Kennedy Center is merely a marketing stunt
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Letters: Renaming Kennedy Center is merely a marketing stunt
"The board of trustees of the Kennedy Center, stacked with Trump appointees, recently voted to rename the institution the "Donald J. Trump and The John F. Kennedy Memorial Center for the Performing Arts." The White House has embraced the change, but legally, it means nothing. The Kennedy Center was established by Congress in 1964 as a living memorial to President John F. Kennedy. Its name is codified in federal law, and no board - no matter how politically loyal - has the authority to rename it. What Trump's board has done is a marketing stunt, a symbolic attempt to attach his legacy to one of America's most respected cultural institutions."
"It seems that some Rivian shareholders aren't happy about management incorporating LIDAR into their internally designed AI chip, going into the second generation of the company's vehicle. As a current Rivian lessee, I had access to the livestreamed rollout of the new chip. The addition of the laser technology to the chip makes an already impressive sensor system into what is certainly one of the standard setters, if not the standard setter, in the industry. Rivian's vertical integration model for integrating hardware and software is designed to cut costs and facilitate innovation."
Trustees voted to rename the Kennedy Center the "Donald J. Trump and The John F. Kennedy Memorial Center for the Performing Arts," but the center's name is codified in federal law and cannot be changed by a board, rendering the move symbolic and a marketing stunt. Rivian added LIDAR to its internally designed second‑generation AI chip, enhancing sensor capability and positioning its vehicles as potential industry leaders; the company's vertical integration of hardware and software aims to lower costs and accelerate innovation. Homelessness is identified as a systemic failure rather than solely individual fault, indicating broader societal challenges.
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