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Some ideas: Antonio García Martínez, author of Chaos Monkeys. Bobby Goodlatte on Facebook's news feed algorithm and the election. Peter Thiel on Trump and wh

Some ideas: Antonio García Martínez, author of Chaos Monkeys. Bobby Goodlatte on Facebook's news feed algorithm and the election. Peter Thiel on Trump and what's next, etc. Justin Edmond on early Pinterest and diversity in Silicon Valley. Dann Petty on Epicurrence and design culture in Silicon Valley. Kim-Mai Culter on Initialized Capital and housing in the Bay Area.

atmosx 10y ago
I would be very interested in Thiel's take on: * Trump presidency, what the tech/startup should expect from the new Gov. * His views on privacy and ethics (I know, Palantir and everything, but that's why it makes so interesting to hear from him) * His take on the top-10 technologies of the future
- grzm 10y ago
  Just FYI: Using code formatting to quote long lines of text makes it really hard to read, particularly on mobile.
  - atmosx 10y ago
    Will keep that in mind.
- equalarrow 10y ago
  Agreed. I'm still scratching my head on why he would back Trump. Reading Zero to One right now and it's great. But, I guess there's just stuff I don't know about Trump that would make Thiel support him. I'm not trying to say this in a negative way - I just am trying to figure out the connection(s). So if you could get him on a podcast talking about this, it would be awesome!
  - grzm 10y ago
    There are plenty of discussions on HN about this, including references to talks and writings by Peter Thiel, if you're interested. You could probably get a pretty good idea into why he did. Two references off the top of my head that would be particularly on topic would be his keynote at the RNC and the National Press Club interview. RNC keynote: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UTJB8AkT1dk https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UTJB8AkT1dk National Press Club interview: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ob-LJqPQEJ4 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ob-LJqPQEJ4
craigcannon 10y ago
Cool. Thanks for the specific suggestions!

atmosx 10y ago

I would be very interested in Thiel's take on: * Trump presidency, what the tech/startup should expect from the new Gov. * His views on privacy and ethics (I know, Palantir and everything, but that's why it makes so interesting to hear from him) * His take on the top-10 technologies of the future

grzm 10y ago
Just FYI: Using code formatting to quote long lines of text makes it really hard to read, particularly on mobile.
- atmosx 10y ago
  Will keep that in mind.
equalarrow 10y ago
Agreed. I'm still scratching my head on why he would back Trump. Reading Zero to One right now and it's great. But, I guess there's just stuff I don't know about Trump that would make Thiel support him. I'm not trying to say this in a negative way - I just am trying to figure out the connection(s). So if you could get him on a podcast talking about this, it would be awesome!
- grzm 10y ago
  There are plenty of discussions on HN about this, including references to talks and writings by Peter Thiel, if you're interested. You could probably get a pretty good idea into why he did. Two references off the top of my head that would be particularly on topic would be his keynote at the RNC and the National Press Club interview. RNC keynote: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UTJB8AkT1dk https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UTJB8AkT1dk National Press Club interview: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ob-LJqPQEJ4 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ob-LJqPQEJ4

craigcannon 10y ago

Cool. Thanks for the specific suggestions!