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Peter Thiel is brilliantly observant and often makes correct observations, it's the conclusions he draws afterwards that I find to be specious.
by iaw 10y ago
Peter Thiel is brilliantly observant and often makes correct observations, it's the conclusions he draws afterwards that I find to be specious.
- maxxxxx 10y agoMaking observations is much easier than coming up with solutions. Marx's analysis of capitalism was right on too.
- api 10y ago... as was Ayn Rand's analysis of authoritarian socialism and communism. Pointing out flaws, contradictions, and systematic shortcomings is so easy that I've lost a great deal of respect for it. Solutions are hard, and "magic happens here" is not a solution.