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I recently watched a 5 year old video of Thiel at some conference (actually autoplay after some other video I can’t remember). I didn’t even notice it was that

by emsy 6y ago

I recently watched a 5 year old video of Thiel at some conference (actually autoplay after some other video I can’t remember). I didn’t even notice it was that old because he’s so far ahead with his ideas that they are still relevant.

jmeister 6y ago
He’s severely underrated as a thinker. Tyler Cowen calls him the most important intellectual among conservatives right now. The media hates him for a lot of reasons. If they were unbiased and mature, he’d be a household name in the US.
- Traster 6y ago
  There are fairly good reasons for the media being sceptical of him, including, but not limited to his creation of a campaign to limit freedom of the press using legal pretexts. He's like a walking example of how capitalism erodes a free society. If I were in the media, I would never write a word about Peter Thiel, no one should put their livelihood in danger like that.
  - ralusek 6y ago
    Isn't your criticism of libel/slander/tort laws? It's not as if, given that these laws exist, that media organizations should be able to exist outside of them.
  - emsy 6y ago
    In an interview he stated he doesn't view Gawker as journalists and I agree. It's frankly baffling that Gawker are regareded as the poor underdog fighting for journalistic freedom when they were a multi-million Dollar cooperation backed by investors that released the private sex tape of an individual. I'm curious how paying for lawyers to fight the release contributes to eroding a free society.
    - weare138 6y ago
      It's one of those situations where everyone is wrong in my opinion. Gawker shouldn't have released Hulk Hogan's sex tape but Peter Thiel probably shouldn't have funded Hogan's lawsuit to run Gawker into bankruptcy in revenge for outing Thiel which Gawker shouldn't have done to begin with. It's like some weird soap opera but all the characters are sketchy.
  - AlchemistCamp 6y ago
    I'm a big believer in freedom of the press, but Gawker distributed surreptitiously recorded sex tapes without the knowledge or consent of participants. That's illegal and it should be illegal. It's not just this one case either. They did it repeatedly: https://www.cosmopolitan.com/politics/news/a55146/gawker-editor-sex-tape-aj-daulerio/ https://www.cosmopolitan.com/politics/news/a55146/gawker-edi... It's not outrageous that a person with billions of dollars footed the legal bill to take the cases to trial. It is outrageous that the victims, even one with millions of dollars, couldn't afford an adequate legal effort to get a fair showing under the law without a benefactor.
- snypher 6y ago
  He might be a thinker, but personally I'm not interested in his ideas after his little lord of the rings venture.
dilippkumar 6y ago
Can you please share a link or a Youtube search phrase?
- emsy 6y ago
  This is the video I was referring to: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i_yJTCDU4uE https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i_yJTCDU4uE As a sibling reply already mentioned, it's an interview with Tyler Cowen who does a terrific job at interviewing Peter. I don't have specific search phrases because I stumbled upon this interview by lucky accident.

by emsy 6y ago

jmeister 6y ago

He’s severely underrated as a thinker. Tyler Cowen calls him the most important intellectual among conservatives right now. The media hates him for a lot of reasons. If they were unbiased and mature, he’d be a household name in the US.

Traster 6y ago
There are fairly good reasons for the media being sceptical of him, including, but not limited to his creation of a campaign to limit freedom of the press using legal pretexts. He's like a walking example of how capitalism erodes a free society. If I were in the media, I would never write a word about Peter Thiel, no one should put their livelihood in danger like that.
- ralusek 6y ago
  Isn't your criticism of libel/slander/tort laws? It's not as if, given that these laws exist, that media organizations should be able to exist outside of them.
- emsy 6y ago
  In an interview he stated he doesn't view Gawker as journalists and I agree. It's frankly baffling that Gawker are regareded as the poor underdog fighting for journalistic freedom when they were a multi-million Dollar cooperation backed by investors that released the private sex tape of an individual. I'm curious how paying for lawyers to fight the release contributes to eroding a free society.
  - weare138 6y ago
    It's one of those situations where everyone is wrong in my opinion. Gawker shouldn't have released Hulk Hogan's sex tape but Peter Thiel probably shouldn't have funded Hogan's lawsuit to run Gawker into bankruptcy in revenge for outing Thiel which Gawker shouldn't have done to begin with. It's like some weird soap opera but all the characters are sketchy.
- AlchemistCamp 6y ago
  I'm a big believer in freedom of the press, but Gawker distributed surreptitiously recorded sex tapes without the knowledge or consent of participants. That's illegal and it should be illegal. It's not just this one case either. They did it repeatedly: https://www.cosmopolitan.com/politics/news/a55146/gawker-editor-sex-tape-aj-daulerio/ https://www.cosmopolitan.com/politics/news/a55146/gawker-edi... It's not outrageous that a person with billions of dollars footed the legal bill to take the cases to trial. It is outrageous that the victims, even one with millions of dollars, couldn't afford an adequate legal effort to get a fair showing under the law without a benefactor.
snypher 6y ago
He might be a thinker, but personally I'm not interested in his ideas after his little lord of the rings venture.

dilippkumar 6y ago

Can you please share a link or a Youtube search phrase?

emsy 6y ago
This is the video I was referring to: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i_yJTCDU4uE https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i_yJTCDU4uE As a sibling reply already mentioned, it's an interview with Tyler Cowen who does a terrific job at interviewing Peter. I don't have specific search phrases because I stumbled upon this interview by lucky accident.