Peter Thiel to step down from Meta’s board

Post by weneedctrl » Mon, Feb 07, 2022, 10:20 PM UTC

user249 wrote: post #14

This podcast "The Peter Thiel Paradox" [1] explained a lot about the mystery of Peter Thiel to me. Turns out that there is less than meets the eye but he does have a specific talent for manipulating the political systems and government coffers to enrich himself, much like Richard Branson, or so the British podcast claims. [1] https://www.lrb.co.uk/podcasts-and-videos/podcasts/the-lrb-p... One nitpick; Theil said "We…

Post by paxys » Mon, Feb 07, 2022, 10:21 PM UTC

beebmam wrote: post #30

user249 wrote: post #14

This podcast "The Peter Thiel Paradox" [1] explained a lot about the mystery of Peter Thiel to me. Turns out that there is less than meets the eye but he does have a specific talent for manipulating the political systems and government coffers to enrich himself, much like Richard Branson, or so the British podcast claims. [1] https://www.lrb.co.uk/podcasts-and-videos/podcasts/the-lrb-p... One nitpick; Theil said "We…

Why do people with this much wealth want even more wealth for themselves? I've never understood this.

Post by tacitusarc » Mon, Feb 07, 2022, 10:23 PM UTC

vineyardmike wrote: post #43

nodesocket wrote: post #27

Fun fact, Peter Thiel gave Vitalik Buterin a Thiel Fellowship to work on Ethereum. Let's count the wins Peter Thiel has had: - Paypal - Facebook - Palantir - Etherum - Took on deplorable Gawker

His attack on gawker are anything but commendable. They may have been a trashy gossip site, but attacking press like that is not good for society.

Post by palijer » Mon, Feb 07, 2022, 10:23 PM UTC

chrchang523 wrote: post #51

paxys wrote: post #35

How soon do people think we will see his candidacy for President? 2028 is my guess.

Like Elon Musk, he wasn't born in the US and is therefore ineligible. (edit: "natural-born citizen" is not as well-defined as I thought, and Ted Cruz qualifies on account of having a US citizen parent at the time of his birth. But it's clear that Thiel doesn't.)

Post by XorNot » Mon, Feb 07, 2022, 10:24 PM UTC

colechristensen wrote: post #23

jdrc wrote: post #20

Whatever happened to facebook in the span of 1 month that is so different than what was happening the past ~10 years? devaluation in multiple dimensions

Just enough built up negativity that caused a transition in public (and market) sentiment. The markets aren't all that efficient or things like this wouldn't happen. Markets underestimated obvious risks and those risks reached high enough levels that there's a bit of a run to be the first out the door.