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Maybe he was kicked off the board for 'wrong think' - he certainly was chastised by members of Facebook's board for endorsing & contributing to Donald Trump's Presidential campaign (Trump's victory vindication of said endorsement & contribution). While Thiel was endorsing/investing who would ultimately win - YC's President did the opposite. While Theil's endorsement/investment in Trump was based on principal - I don'…
> a prominent tech company claiming to invest in 'hackers' endorsing a candidate who had just been exposed as technically incompetent Her opponent is wildly incompetent with technology. I'm not sure why you latch onto this idea that Clinton was uniquely bad at IT. Googling comes up with exactly two photos of Trump ever using a computer. He doesn't even have a web browser on his phone [according to this NYT article](…
Re: Is billionaire VC Peter Thiel trying to break up Google?
#181A few logical errors:
1. He doesn't have a web browser because of the security concerns, and this is not unique to him.
2. Trump using a computer is a rare photo, same can be said for many many celebrities (career politicians at a computer is rather not rare due to public filming in Congressional buildings for example)
3. Trump has been known to be a late-night researcher (Cruz's father killed JFK?, InfoWars, etc.)