Peter Thiel To Join Trump Transition Team

This is good news, I think? Thiel has some extremish views, but I generally regard him as intelligent and thoughtful. And he's in close contact with other smart, influential people (e.g. Musk, Sam Altman, etc.), which gives them some indirect influence.

Not that this makes things substantially better. But maybe a little bit? Hopefully?

Re: Peter Thiel To Join Trump Transition Team

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Post by 234dd57d2c8db » Fri, Nov 11, 2016, 2:20 AM UTC

Excellent. I look forward to seeing Peter's expertise help Trump continue the wonderful progress we have made in improving tech in government under the Obama administration.

Re: Peter Thiel To Join Trump Transition Team

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Post by GFK_of_xmaspast » Fri, Nov 11, 2016, 2:20 AM UTC

_pius wrote: post #2

Meanwhile, Trump's already got an RFS in waiting: http://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2016-election/trump-says-he-... https://www.ycombinator.com/rfs/ The longer YC waits to do the right thing on this, the worse it will get.

YC's got a friend with a direct connection to the president-elect, they're not going to do a dang thing about Thiel now.

Re: Peter Thiel To Join Trump Transition Team

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Post by jerf » Fri, Nov 11, 2016, 2:20 AM UTC

_pius wrote: post #2

Meanwhile, Trump's already got an RFS in waiting: http://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2016-election/trump-says-he-... https://www.ycombinator.com/rfs/ The longer YC waits to do the right thing on this, the worse it will get.

Yes, that's a great plan for YC. Go up to the next President of the United States and stick their finger in his eye. That'll really show him. That'll Win Friends and Influence People. Can't possibly harm their startups, either, to stick a finger in the President's eye like that. I'm sure they never want to fund a startup ever again that might interact with the Federal government in any way.

Re: Peter Thiel To Join Trump Transition Team

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Post by GFK_of_xmaspast » Fri, Nov 11, 2016, 2:21 AM UTC

darawk wrote: post #4

This is good news, I think? Thiel has some extremish views, but I generally regard him as intelligent and thoughtful. And he's in close contact with other smart, influential people (e.g. Musk, Sam Altman, etc.), which gives them some indirect influence. Not that this makes things substantially better. But maybe a little bit? Hopefully?

If nominated to the post of Surgeon General, do you think they'd let him have direct access to a blood supply.

Re: Peter Thiel To Join Trump Transition Team

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Post by _pius » Fri, Nov 11, 2016, 2:21 AM UTC

jerf wrote: post #7

_pius wrote: post #2

Meanwhile, Trump's already got an RFS in waiting: http://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2016-election/trump-says-he-... https://www.ycombinator.com/rfs/ The longer YC waits to do the right thing on this, the worse it will get.

Yes, that's a great plan for YC. Go up to the next President of the United States and stick their finger in his eye. That'll really show him. That'll Win Friends and Influence People. Can't possibly harm their startups, either, to stick a finger in the President's eye like that. I'm sure they never want to fund a startup ever again that might interact with the Federal government in any way.

Great moral courage there.

YC has a choice: do what IBM did in the 1930's or not.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IBM_and_the_Holocaust

And before you say I'm "going Godwin," remember: It was Sam and Paul who've said they think Trump is a threat of similar proportions. If Sam really thinks that, the moral thing to do is cut ties.

And yes, it'll be hard. Would have been easier to do before the election. It will only get harder.

Re: Peter Thiel To Join Trump Transition Team

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Post by dudisbrie » Fri, Nov 11, 2016, 2:23 AM UTC

GFK_of_xmaspast wrote: post #6

_pius wrote: post #2

Meanwhile, Trump's already got an RFS in waiting: http://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2016-election/trump-says-he-... https://www.ycombinator.com/rfs/ The longer YC waits to do the right thing on this, the worse it will get.

YC's got a friend with a direct connection to the president-elect, they're not going to do a dang thing about Thiel now.

They plan to do NOTHING from the beginning.