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Thiel Foundation announces next Thiel Fellow class: 23 entrepreneurs

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Re: Thiel Foundation announces next Thiel Fellow class: 23 entrepreneurs

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Post by finite_jest »

JohnTHaller wrote: post #21
finite_jest wrote: post #12

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> Zeno Power is developing small-scale nuclear power systems to provide clean and resilient power in austere environments. Also, not everyone has to frame and align every single one of their actions in accordance with the "progressive" view.

Only certain folks think of the climate as a '"progressive" view'

Not really. It is certainly an issue which progressives put more weight on. And there is a disagreement on the solutions too: progressives are generally apprehensive about nuclear. [1]

You can personally attack me with any one of the "certain" labels in the arsenal. But you can also choose to argue in good faith.

[1]: e.g. https://www.greenamerica.org/fight-dirty-energy/amazon-build...

Re: Thiel Foundation announces next Thiel Fellow class: 23 entrepreneurs

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Post by version_five »

vanusa wrote: post #19
rubyn00bie wrote: post #2

I didn't know there was so readily a list of places I'd never want to work. Gonna bookmark this site to make sure I never do business with any of them. The most depressing part is how young they all are; which is of course, because they're easier to manipulate lacking real world experience.

They're young (and some live in foreign countries) and in any case probably have no idea what Thiel is really about. I say give them a chance to repent and rehabilitate. I'd definitely not want to work for a company that takes Thiel's money or has any of his acolytes or close associates on board, though.

> They're young (and some live in foreign countries)

I don't think it's fair to assume that startup founders who have applied to a Thiel Fellowship did so because of ignorance (or because they are young or "foreign").

This is an amazing opportunity for many people and highly competitive. I even see an upside to companies automatically being able to filter their hiring for people that don't get hung up on this. If someone won't work for a company because a particular VC funded it, I can imagine there a much higher probability of that person causing trouble wherever they end up

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Post by laingc »

ksec wrote: post #26

Considering Peter Thiel is on the list [1] of most hated person on HN and Silicon Valley, I am kinda surprised this reached front page. Does Peter Thiel still does VC? I thought he left YC and Silicon Valley. [1] Mark Zukerberg, Larry Ellison and Peter Thiel.

I can't speak for Silicon Valley, nor for the majority of HN, but my (obviously biased) sample of approximately 20 HN-reading friends are all massive Thiel fans. Myself included.

So perhaps there are more of us than you think, we're just not keen to speak up in the comments section because it just invites a flame war?

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Post by syshum »

emmett wrote: post #18
rubyn00bie wrote: post #2

I didn't know there was so readily a list of places I'd never want to work. Gonna bookmark this site to make sure I never do business with any of them. The most depressing part is how young they all are; which is of course, because they're easier to manipulate lacking real world experience.

Do you even know what the Thiel Fellowships are? Whatever you think of his politics, he literally gives away money to promising young people to help them realize their dreams...in exchange for no equity. Are you really saying that, because you dislike Thiel, you'd never do business with anyone who accepted free money from him?

Lots of people in society today believe everything is politics, and if you do not agree with a person 100% on every political issue then you must refuse to all interactions with them, you must never associate with them, you must never partner with them in area's where you may align, and above all else you must never take money from them...

it is sad existence for these people, one of mono-culture, and cult like adherence to a single political dogma

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Post by samhw »

laingc wrote: post #34
ksec wrote: post #26

Considering Peter Thiel is on the list [1] of most hated person on HN and Silicon Valley, I am kinda surprised this reached front page. Does Peter Thiel still does VC? I thought he left YC and Silicon Valley. [1] Mark Zukerberg, Larry Ellison and Peter Thiel.

I can't speak for Silicon Valley, nor for the majority of HN, but my (obviously biased) sample of approximately 20 HN-reading friends are all massive Thiel fans. Myself included. So perhaps there are more of us than you think, we're just not keen to speak up in the comments section because it just invites a flame war?

If your 20 friends are all "massive fans" of a given person, I agree, that's a pretty solid indicator of significant bias. Well, maybe not if that person were the Dalai Lama or something like that, but Thiel is not the Dalai Lama. (Even a regular llama would be strong competition.) I should add that the same would very much apply if all your 20 friends felt the opposite way - that would be closer to the norm, but still implausibly unanimous.

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Post by Kranar »

sebastien_b wrote: post #24
emmett wrote: post #18

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Do you even know what the Thiel Fellowships are? Whatever you think of his politics, he literally gives away money to promising young people to help them realize their dreams...in exchange for no equity. Are you really saying that, because you dislike Thiel, you'd never do business with anyone who accepted free money from him?

Personally, knowing what I know about him, I wouldn’t want any of his money. That’s just me personally, and I wouldn’t judge others by what I would do, but many people do.

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Post by syshum »

emmett wrote: post #14
adem wrote: post #3

CTRL+F "climate" - Phrase not found. This is saddening. But hey, at least blockchain is present!

Come on...before you post complaints about how someone else is literally giving away millions of dollars to the wrong promising young people, maybe actually read the list of projects? "Zeno Power is developing small-scale nuclear power systems to provide clean and resilient power in austere environments." He's literally funding clean energy. And even if this year's list didn't have that in the list, let's celebrate s…

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Re: Thiel Foundation announces next Thiel Fellow class: 23 entrepreneurs

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Post by sebastien_b »

Kranar wrote: post #37
sebastien_b wrote: post #24

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Personally, knowing what I know about him, I wouldn’t want any of his money. That’s just me personally, and I wouldn’t judge others by what I would do, but many people do.

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I fail to see the relevance of your own post as well, and frankly, I don’t see why I’d have to explain myself to you or anyone else, just as I don’t expect any from you.
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