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"many interviews with people who've known him in the past and very few people have nice things to say about him as a human being" Curious, could you provide so

"many interviews with people who've known him in the past and very few people have nice things to say about him as a human being" Curious, could you provide some links for this statement? Things I were exposed on YouTube are mostly positive. That for sure is a echo chamber. And I'll need a bit help to break that.

cududa 7y ago
There’s a decade of articles for you to form an opinion on Peter. Stop getting your information from YouTube.
- justicezyx 7y ago
  Could you please provide some links for me to the articles, so that I could start search around?
  - stevenwoo 7y ago
    Look for "dark enlightenment", "Peter Thiel" and read sources and criticism. Don't rely on dedicated subreddits because that's just a positive feedback loop. https://nymag.com/intelligencer/2016/06/peter-thiel.html https://nymag.com/intelligencer/2016/06/peter-thiel.html
hylaride 7y ago
The one that stood out most was his comments on Apartheid: https://medium.com/indian-thoughts/my-conversation-with-peter-thiel-about-apartheid-and-its-aftermath-3fdf4249b08d https://medium.com/indian-thoughts/my-conversation-with-pete... It's the attitude that even if the basic economic premise was sound(1), was his hyper focus on it and a complete insensitivity to the greater picture. It's like in his mind he could see how he (being white) could have benefited from it, but couldn't see that millions were victims and those who benefited wouldn't "let" black people be part of it. If you look at a lot of his controversial comments, you'll see a pattern of a lack of empathy being a theme. Although Thiel denies the conversation happened, I'm giving the woman the benefit of the doubt for now other reason than it fits within other comments that he's either said or alleged to have said. (1)For the record, I don't at all believe that it was. Apartheid-era South Africa's economy, as even the uninformed know, was built around having the black majority population do the menial/dangerous jobs cheaply and holding up the white minority.

cududa 7y ago

There’s a decade of articles for you to form an opinion on Peter. Stop getting your information from YouTube.

justicezyx 7y ago
Could you please provide some links for me to the articles, so that I could start search around?
- stevenwoo 7y ago
  Look for "dark enlightenment", "Peter Thiel" and read sources and criticism. Don't rely on dedicated subreddits because that's just a positive feedback loop. https://nymag.com/intelligencer/2016/06/peter-thiel.html https://nymag.com/intelligencer/2016/06/peter-thiel.html

hylaride 7y ago

The one that stood out most was his comments on Apartheid: https://medium.com/indian-thoughts/my-conversation-with-peter-thiel-about-apartheid-and-its-aftermath-3fdf4249b08d https://medium.com/indian-thoughts/my-conversation-with-pete... It's the attitude that even if the basic economic premise was sound(1), was his hyper focus on it and a complete insensitivity to the greater picture. It's like in his mind he could see how he (being white) could have benefited from it, but couldn't see that millions were victims and those who benefited wouldn't "let" black people be part of it. If you look at a lot of his controversial comments, you'll see a pattern of a lack of empathy being a theme. Although Thiel denies the conversation happened, I'm giving the woman the benefit of the doubt for now other reason than it fits within other comments that he's either said or alleged to have said. (1)For the record, I don't at all believe that it was. Apartheid-era South Africa's economy, as even the uninformed know, was built around having the black majority population do the menial/dangerous jobs cheaply and holding up the white minority.