Competition Is For Losers
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Competition Is For Losers
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#2The first paragraph is misleading enough that I stopped reading; there's no evidence that Thiel has NZ citizenship "as a hedge against the looming apocalypse" (?), and he recently sold that "500 acre estate".
He was given citizenship by a conservative-leaning Prime Minister in the hopes that he would invest in the local tech scene, which he has. The $50 million he invested is not a lot by silicon valley standards but it is a fair amount for New Zealand, and it went to some of NZ's best startups (possible bias, I worked at one).
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#3The first paragraph is misleading enough that I stopped reading; there's no evidence that Thiel has NZ citizenship "as a hedge against the looming apocalypse" (?), and he recently sold that "500 acre estate". He was given citizenship by a conservative-leaning Prime Minister in the hopes that he would invest in the local tech scene, which he has. The $50 million he invested is not a lot by silicon valley standards but…
The way he got the citizenship doesn't disprove the idea that he wanted it "as a hedge against the looming apocalypse".
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#4What the fuck is this guy's problem?
Unsurprisingly, these dreams came to nothing.
One of the people he's shitting on in that sentence is Laura Deming, who's raised investment funds for companies working on stroke and biotech research as well as running a foundation that searches out disadvantaged people exhibiting special talent.
We get it dude, Peter Thiel is a jerk who doesn't vote like you and that really chafes your britches.
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#5The first paragraph is misleading enough that I stopped reading; there's no evidence that Thiel has NZ citizenship "as a hedge against the looming apocalypse" (?), and he recently sold that "500 acre estate". He was given citizenship by a conservative-leaning Prime Minister in the hopes that he would invest in the local tech scene, which he has. The $50 million he invested is not a lot by silicon valley standards but…
> and he recently sold that "500 acre estate".
He just filed his plans for developing a massive compound in New Zealand.
https://www.cnbc.com/2021/09/01/peter-thiel-files-plans-to-b...
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#6Ad hominem right out of the gate... why should I care what this intellectual bully thinks about anything?
First rule I've learned about persuasion is to not behave this way, but of course it's okay when you have the "correct" politics.
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#7What the fuck is this guy's problem? Unsurprisingly, these dreams came to nothing. One of the people he's shitting on in that sentence is Laura Deming, who's raised investment funds for companies working on stroke and biotech research as well as running a foundation that searches out disadvantaged people exhibiting special talent. We get it dude, Peter Thiel is a jerk who doesn't vote like you and that really chafes…
> that really chafes your britches.
Mmmm I dunno, I looked the fellow up and I think he's more of a culotte type.
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#8What the fuck is this guy's problem? Unsurprisingly, these dreams came to nothing. One of the people he's shitting on in that sentence is Laura Deming, who's raised investment funds for companies working on stroke and biotech research as well as running a foundation that searches out disadvantaged people exhibiting special talent. We get it dude, Peter Thiel is a jerk who doesn't vote like you and that really chafes…
I think the main thrust of the article is that Peter Thiel's libertarianism is hugely unprincipled and inconsistent with itself. which might describe of lot of the more famous libertarians out there actually...
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#9There is a book (political hit piece) about Peter Thiel coming out by a Bloomberg reporter this is part of its press tour along with the hit piece in Bloomberg.
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#10The first paragraph is misleading enough that I stopped reading; there's no evidence that Thiel has NZ citizenship "as a hedge against the looming apocalypse" (?), and he recently sold that "500 acre estate". He was given citizenship by a conservative-leaning Prime Minister in the hopes that he would invest in the local tech scene, which he has. The $50 million he invested is not a lot by silicon valley standards but…
> and he recently sold that "500 acre estate". He just filed his plans for developing a massive compound in New Zealand. https://www.cnbc.com/2021/09/01/peter-thiel-files-plans-to-b...
Oh eek, I retract my comment!