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> where's Peter Thiel in all this? The evidence seems to suggest Thiel has gotten in with the "throne and altar" crowd, the Neo-Reactionaries and self-describe

by s_kilk 9y ago

> where's Peter Thiel in all this? The evidence seems to suggest Thiel has gotten in with the "throne and altar" crowd, the Neo-Reactionaries and self-described "Dark Enlightenment". https://thebaffler.com/latest/the-moldbug-variations-pein https://thebaffler.com/latest/the-moldbug-variations-pein How that intersects with his techy leanings, I don't really know, it's very possible that he's being thrown overboard as you describe.

eli_gottlieb 9y ago
Bloody hell, I swear we're living in the pulpiest political-thriller novel I've ever fucking heard of.
- api 9y ago
  My personal theory for a while has been that the world actually did end in 2000. We are living in a parody alternate dimension where the previous gods have been replaced by low-rent hacks. This timeline is like a show that's been renewed for one season too many.
  - rbanffy 9y ago
    > the previous gods have been replaced by low-rent hacks Do you have any idea how much an actual god costs?! This is the best we could manage. Be grateful this low-budget universe is still here.
- pault 9y ago
  I don't want to go too far off topic, but every time I turn on the news lately I feel like I'm stuck in a dystopian cyberpunk thriller. Funny how we never got the flying cars and jetpacks from our 20th century utopian sci-fi, but the Phillip K Dicks and William Gibsons seem to be right on the money.
  - PeachPlum 9y ago
    The news, on TV. Where did you find that?
  - sgift 9y ago
    Cyberpunk promised us high tech and low life. Good job, we got at least one of these.
    - tankenmate 9y ago
      Low life is easier to distribute than high tech. The future is already here...
supernumerary 9y ago
I like to think of Thiel as someone who has access to Facebook, rather than a person. Besides - It's not clear how much of a person is left in the face of such a pool of legitimate signals. The tendency of the signals to reach a resonant frequency is another matter... Basically, follow Thiel, he wasn't wrong throwing down with Trump ... another way of saying it ... I don't think it was because of what he believes in.

by s_kilk 9y ago

eli_gottlieb 9y ago

Bloody hell, I swear we're living in the pulpiest political-thriller novel I've ever fucking heard of.

api 9y ago
My personal theory for a while has been that the world actually did end in 2000. We are living in a parody alternate dimension where the previous gods have been replaced by low-rent hacks. This timeline is like a show that's been renewed for one season too many.
- rbanffy 9y ago
  > the previous gods have been replaced by low-rent hacks Do you have any idea how much an actual god costs?! This is the best we could manage. Be grateful this low-budget universe is still here.
pault 9y ago
I don't want to go too far off topic, but every time I turn on the news lately I feel like I'm stuck in a dystopian cyberpunk thriller. Funny how we never got the flying cars and jetpacks from our 20th century utopian sci-fi, but the Phillip K Dicks and William Gibsons seem to be right on the money.
- PeachPlum 9y ago
  The news, on TV. Where did you find that?
- sgift 9y ago
  Cyberpunk promised us high tech and low life. Good job, we got at least one of these.
  - tankenmate 9y ago
    Low life is easier to distribute than high tech. The future is already here...

supernumerary 9y ago

I like to think of Thiel as someone who has access to Facebook, rather than a person. Besides - It's not clear how much of a person is left in the face of such a pool of legitimate signals. The tendency of the signals to reach a resonant frequency is another matter... Basically, follow Thiel, he wasn't wrong throwing down with Trump ... another way of saying it ... I don't think it was because of what he believes in.