Agreed. He obfuscates his point behind emotionally pompous British semantics. His orthodox of privilege was obviously a public lovers quarrel with Thiel (who w

Agreed. He obfuscates his point behind emotionally pompous British semantics. His orthodox of privilege was obviously a public lovers quarrel with Thiel (who was, around the same time, also ranting like a god-headed buffoon in essays to the tune of “the rubes need masters! villainous cackle” on blogs around the web). They have little information advantage, except in the form of ephemeral financial capital. Human tradition states “rich person = extra special” so we rubberneck at them. Beneath the pretentious veneer it’s contemporary businessmen. Let’s see them resolve longstanding issues in society and science. Wagging business success in the face of people who weren’t born yet isn’t terribly novel and their real output isn’t that useful to the future.