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> you get the guest's best shot at telling you what he's about. Not someone else's mockery of it. If you want to his own words, you can read his recent essay o
by Jtsummers 1y ago
> you get the guest's best shot at telling you what he's about. Not someone else's mockery of it.
If you want to his own words, you can read his recent essay on the topic:
https://firstthings.com/voyages-to-the-end-of-the-world/ https://firstthings.com/voyages-to-the-end-of-the-world/
- renewiltord 1y agoOkay that's quite helpful. I'll read it tonight. Thank you.
- frm88 1y agoIf you want to read the specific lecture the linked article refers to: the Guardian published an annotated transript: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/oct/10/peter-thiel-lectures-antichrist https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/oct/10/peter-thiel-...
- renewiltord 1y agoAh appreciate the link. It appears to be mostly commentary and paraphrasing so I'll skip it. I get the John Oliver esque appeal of the Guardian's mocking style but it's not what I'm looking for on this occasion.
- renewiltord 1y agoI managed Part I but if I'm being honest it feels like conspiracy theory slop. The guy is ridiculously successful, so the closest I can imagine is that I'm reading intermediate layers in his neural network and so they make no sense but somehow influence his worldview to make him make effective decisions. It's this complete reinvention of things.
- cholantesh 1y agoThiel is part of a class of people who are materially insulated from financial failure to the point of absurdity, so there isn't anything particularly ridiculous about his 'success'. It's hard to say whether he genuinely believes this horseshit, but it's certainly in his interest to convince others to.