>thinks the path to doing that is intolerance, dominance, lack of accountability and an insistence on some Ayn Rand-ian gibberish philosophy of the World. He was intolerant of Gawker. He is anti-regulation which in this case is a synonym for anti-accountability. Most of his political and economic philosophy seems to be the same gauche pastiche of SV's obsession with Rand.
I have trouble figuring how you reconcile these two views. What about Thiel makes you say he "wants to improve the world"? Is it because he says so? Because anybody can say, like, they are "committed to improving the world through technology"; what actually matters is actions. And all his actions seem to indicate he his passionate about accumulating wealth and accumulating power to himself, very little else.
>thinks the path to doing that is intolerance, dominance, lack of accountability and an insistence on some Ayn Rand-ian gibberish philosophy of the World. He was intolerant of Gawker. He is anti-regulation which in this case is a synonym for anti-accountability. Most of his political and economic philosophy seems to be the same gauche pastiche of SV's obsession with Rand.
I have trouble figuring how you reconcile these two views. What about Thiel makes you say he "wants to improve the world"? Is it because he says so? Because anybody can say, like, they are "committed to improving the world through technology"; what actually matters is actions. And all his actions seem to indicate he his passionate about accumulating wealth and accumulating power to himself, very little else.