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Sam Altman, the Bilderberger

41 points by ungerik 10y ago

wrsh07 10y ago
Names I recognize: Altman, Yoshua Bengio, Henry Kissinger, senator Lindsey Graham, etc From the wiki one box: The Bilderberg Group, Bilderberg conference, Bilderberg meetings or Bilderberg Club is an annual private conference of 120 to 150 people of the European and North American political elite, experts from industry, finance, academia, and the media, established in 1954. It makes sense that Sam would be invited. Hopefully he can help support entrepreneurship across the Atlantic.
- pathy 10y ago
  Peter Thiel and Richard Levin (Coursera CEO) are also attending. Them and Altman attending make sense when you consider some of the topics that will be discussed (from the site): US political landscape, economy: growth, debt, reform Cyber security Precariat and middle class Technological innovation Clearly all three have opinions on these topics and suitable experience.
  - DonaldFisk 10y ago
    > Precariat and middle class Guy Standing's there. He's best known as an advocate of Basic Income.
- jjellyy 10y ago
  Bilderberger's do not care about you or your empowerment, their primary goal is strategizing on how they can take away civil liberties - freedom of speech, guns, freedom of the internet, freedom of movement - so they can initiate world government that sits on top of the current nation state system. China is where they beta test all their censorship and tracking techniques before they do soft rollouts in western countries. Wave goodbye to democracy and the power of the people they are actively moving towards 1984 style tyranny - http://www.infowars.com/bilderberg-leak-secretive-group-to-discuss-internet-id-global-tax/ http://www.infowars.com/bilderberg-leak-secretive-group-to-d...
gnoway 10y ago
Be honest. If you were President of YC and you got invited, wouldn't you attend?
- geogra4 10y ago
  I would hope he would push for UBI to all those bigwigs and politicians.
  - zzz157 10y ago
    Of all things wrong in politics, UBI is your go to? Let's not like, end the drug war or stop domestic surveillance first?
    - jjellyy 10y ago
      Theyre talking about a gov tied internet id, basically chinese style censorship for the west. Infowars.com will have great coverage on Bilderberg this year.
- obvmn 10y ago
  Only if it were live streamed. Since he didn't require that, he is a parasite as was already proven.
  - dang 10y ago
    We've banned this account for trolling.
- kafkaesq 10y ago
  "The President of Y Combinator does not attend conferences that welcome the participation of known war criminals" (said in the same tone as Elizabeth I's famous retort from Shakespeare in Love: "The Queen does not attend exhibitions of public lewdness") would have been my response to the invite. Kissinger, Henry A. (USA), Chairman, Kissinger Associates, Inc.
FLGMwt 10y ago
Hadn't heard of these before, neat. Anyone know of any outcomes from these meetings?
- adwf 10y ago
  No-one except the invitees. The secrecy behind it generates lots of conspiracy theories, but to me it just sounds like a fancy high-flying networking event. It might be interesting if they released info under Chatham House rules, but that would probably just feed even more conspiracy theories.
  - dikkechill 10y ago
    To my knowledge the Bilderberg conferences operate under Chatham House rule, with the goal of encouraging openness and information sharing through a certain degree of anonymity to the outside world. In practice this often means that attendees can reveal what was discussed, but not where, when or from whom they obtained information. So if you happen to have the chance to talk with an attendee, you could potentially learn what was discussed (ofcourse without any references to where it was discussed) ;-)
    - adwf 10y ago
      Ah I didn't know that they actually were using Chatham House, thanks. There still isn't much information released however ;)
  - jcslzr 10y ago
    > The secrecy behind it generates lots of conspiracy theories, but to me it just sounds like a fancy high-flying networking event. I envy your innocence
    - filthyproles 10y ago
      Can't a group of the rich, the powerful, world leaders, tech titans, special interests, influence peddlers, and "journalists" get together to discuss things in seclusion with no recording devices allowed, without it turning into a conspiracy? What would the 99.9% be able to do about it if turned out there really was some conspiracy to bleed the world of all its resources, blood, and treasure? Revolt? "Sire, sire! The peasants are revolting!" "Yes, they certainly are. Release the drones!"
Encaitar 10y ago
Hopefully he can talk to some people about basic income.
obvmn 10y ago
Duh. If it weren't obvious that ycombinator is part of the genocidal parasite plan, then you weren't paying attention. Yea, basic income was the most recent proof.
obvmn 10y ago
Hey Clay! Let Bill Gates know that if he doesn't admit he is gay on the first day of the bilderberger meetings, then I will make some MEMEs about him like the immortal david cameron one combined with that cia one I did.
joshuadelange 10y ago
I was interested in the proportion of the attendee nationalities and their area of work and ran a few numbers, in case anyone is interested; https://github.com/joshuadelange/bilderberg2016 https://github.com/joshuadelange/bilderberg2016
- lsseckman 10y ago
  Nice! (Typo on government)
dang 10y ago
That's great! I'll ask him what really goes on there and report back.
ungerik 10y ago
AI may be a subject since Demis Hassabis, CEO DeepMind is also attending.
kyleblarson 10y ago
http://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/jun/11/continual-police-checks-ruining-bilderberg-party http://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/jun/11/continual-polic...
- jjellyy 10y ago
  atleast someone in these comments is informed. infowars.com also has great bilderberg coverage - http://www.infowars.com/bilderberg-leak-secretive-group-to-discuss-internet-id-global-tax/ http://www.infowars.com/bilderberg-leak-secretive-group-to-d...

41 points by ungerik 10y ago

Names I recognize: Altman, Yoshua Bengio, Henry Kissinger, senator Lindsey Graham, etc From the wiki one box: The Bilderberg Group, Bilderberg conference, Bilderberg meetings or Bilderberg Club is an annual private conference of 120 to 150 people of the European and North American political elite, experts from industry, finance, academia, and the media, established in 1954. It makes sense that Sam would be invited. Hopefully he can help support entrepreneurship across the Atlantic.

pathy 10y ago
Peter Thiel and Richard Levin (Coursera CEO) are also attending. Them and Altman attending make sense when you consider some of the topics that will be discussed (from the site): US political landscape, economy: growth, debt, reform Cyber security Precariat and middle class Technological innovation Clearly all three have opinions on these topics and suitable experience.
- DonaldFisk 10y ago
  > Precariat and middle class Guy Standing's there. He's best known as an advocate of Basic Income.
jjellyy 10y ago
Bilderberger's do not care about you or your empowerment, their primary goal is strategizing on how they can take away civil liberties - freedom of speech, guns, freedom of the internet, freedom of movement - so they can initiate world government that sits on top of the current nation state system. China is where they beta test all their censorship and tracking techniques before they do soft rollouts in western countries. Wave goodbye to democracy and the power of the people they are actively moving towards 1984 style tyranny - http://www.infowars.com/bilderberg-leak-secretive-group-to-discuss-internet-id-global-tax/ http://www.infowars.com/bilderberg-leak-secretive-group-to-d...

gnoway 10y ago

Be honest. If you were President of YC and you got invited, wouldn't you attend?

geogra4 10y ago
I would hope he would push for UBI to all those bigwigs and politicians.
- zzz157 10y ago
  Of all things wrong in politics, UBI is your go to? Let's not like, end the drug war or stop domestic surveillance first?
  - jjellyy 10y ago
    Theyre talking about a gov tied internet id, basically chinese style censorship for the west. Infowars.com will have great coverage on Bilderberg this year.
obvmn 10y ago
Only if it were live streamed. Since he didn't require that, he is a parasite as was already proven.
- dang 10y ago
  We've banned this account for trolling.
kafkaesq 10y ago
"The President of Y Combinator does not attend conferences that welcome the participation of known war criminals" (said in the same tone as Elizabeth I's famous retort from Shakespeare in Love: "The Queen does not attend exhibitions of public lewdness") would have been my response to the invite. Kissinger, Henry A. (USA), Chairman, Kissinger Associates, Inc.

FLGMwt 10y ago

Hadn't heard of these before, neat. Anyone know of any outcomes from these meetings?

adwf 10y ago
No-one except the invitees. The secrecy behind it generates lots of conspiracy theories, but to me it just sounds like a fancy high-flying networking event. It might be interesting if they released info under Chatham House rules, but that would probably just feed even more conspiracy theories.
- dikkechill 10y ago
  To my knowledge the Bilderberg conferences operate under Chatham House rule, with the goal of encouraging openness and information sharing through a certain degree of anonymity to the outside world. In practice this often means that attendees can reveal what was discussed, but not where, when or from whom they obtained information. So if you happen to have the chance to talk with an attendee, you could potentially learn what was discussed (ofcourse without any references to where it was discussed) ;-)
  - adwf 10y ago
    Ah I didn't know that they actually were using Chatham House, thanks. There still isn't much information released however ;)
- jcslzr 10y ago
  > The secrecy behind it generates lots of conspiracy theories, but to me it just sounds like a fancy high-flying networking event. I envy your innocence
  - filthyproles 10y ago
    Can't a group of the rich, the powerful, world leaders, tech titans, special interests, influence peddlers, and "journalists" get together to discuss things in seclusion with no recording devices allowed, without it turning into a conspiracy? What would the 99.9% be able to do about it if turned out there really was some conspiracy to bleed the world of all its resources, blood, and treasure? Revolt? "Sire, sire! The peasants are revolting!" "Yes, they certainly are. Release the drones!"

Encaitar 10y ago

Hopefully he can talk to some people about basic income.

obvmn 10y ago

Duh. If it weren't obvious that ycombinator is part of the genocidal parasite plan, then you weren't paying attention. Yea, basic income was the most recent proof.

obvmn 10y ago

Hey Clay! Let Bill Gates know that if he doesn't admit he is gay on the first day of the bilderberger meetings, then I will make some MEMEs about him like the immortal david cameron one combined with that cia one I did.

joshuadelange 10y ago

I was interested in the proportion of the attendee nationalities and their area of work and ran a few numbers, in case anyone is interested; https://github.com/joshuadelange/bilderberg2016 https://github.com/joshuadelange/bilderberg2016

lsseckman 10y ago
Nice! (Typo on government)

dang 10y ago

That's great! I'll ask him what really goes on there and report back.

ungerik 10y ago

AI may be a subject since Demis Hassabis, CEO DeepMind is also attending.

kyleblarson 10y ago

http://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/jun/11/continual-police-checks-ruining-bilderberg-party http://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/jun/11/continual-polic...

jjellyy 10y ago
atleast someone in these comments is informed. infowars.com also has great bilderberg coverage - http://www.infowars.com/bilderberg-leak-secretive-group-to-discuss-internet-id-global-tax/ http://www.infowars.com/bilderberg-leak-secretive-group-to-d...