He is painting a helluva target on his back. I hope he is not made to regret it.
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#12Not convinced this is Hacker News worthy. Let's keep politics in political forums.
Peter Thiel is a YC advisor. This is both a tech and a political story.
And Sam Altman's BFF
Edit: In case you don't think that's relevant, go read this: http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2016/10/10/sam-altmans-man...
From the article: "If the pandemic does come, Altman’s backup plan is to fly with his friend Peter Thiel, the billionaire venture capitalist, to Thiel’s house in New Zealand."
Do you really think that Thiel's advice has no effect on Mr. Altman's decisions?
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#13Earlier quoted context omitted.
Peter Thiel is a YC advisor. This is both a tech and a political story.
But how is how Peter decides to spend his personal wealth and his political opinions on-topic?
What people choose to do with their person wealth is important, when they use their wealth to influence elections.
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#14> “Across the country, wages are flat. Americans get paid less today than 10 years ago,” he said. “But health care and college tuition cost more every year. Meanwhile, Wall Street bankers inflate bubbles in everything from government bonds to Hillary Clinton’s speaking fees. Our economy is broken. If you’re watching me right now, you understand this better than any politician in Washington D.C.” I would like to know…
“Across the country, wages are flat. Americans get paid less today than 10 years ago”
His solution has been to advocate increased immigration. Yep, wages are flat, lets bring more people so more people can compete for fewer jobs.
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#16Thanks for the flexibility (for context https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12716662).
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#17Politics aside. What does it say about his judgement to continue investing in something that is statistically on track to fail. Not only that, but its also a toxic brand to attach yourself to.
Or do we just put this in the "expensive new hobby" section and leave it at that.
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Update: I want to hijack my own comment to ponder something.
As someone with no money and no influence, I find it hard to think about how to use money to buy influence as part of a grand plan, like many of the comments here are suggesting.
As a layman, I think in simple terms like discrimination, racism, sexism, etc... and my belief in fighting against all those things.
Am I short-sighted? Is there some greater human social structure that I am not aware of that can only be achieved by making such calculated investments? Despite all the immediately negative rhetoric.
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#18Not convinced this is Hacker News worthy. Let's keep politics in political forums.
This statement is absurd.
Hacker News has a very, very, very well-established history of political pieces. Everything from EU politics, tax policy, candidate elections, and law enforcement practices.
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#19Earlier quoted context omitted.
Peter Thiel is a YC advisor. This is both a tech and a political story.
But how is how Peter decides to spend his personal wealth and his political opinions on-topic?
I would say so if he's a YC advisor. He doesn't have to justify his actions but it would be interesting to understand or at least try to understand his point of view. My guess is it has to do with taxes.
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#20Earlier quoted context omitted.
Peter Thiel is a YC advisor. This is both a tech and a political story.
And Sam Altman's BFF Edit: In case you don't think that's relevant, go read this: http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2016/10/10/sam-altmans-man... From the article: "If the pandemic does come, Altman’s backup plan is to fly with his friend Peter Thiel, the billionaire venture capitalist, to Thiel’s house in New Zealand." Do you really think that Thiel's advice has no effect on Mr. Altman's decisions?
Wasn't aware of that. Sam's political views appear to be directly opposite of Peter's then if his Twitter is any indication.