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the old saying goes that every entrepreneur wishes they were a philosopher, and every philosopher wishes they were an entrepreneur generally holds true soros
by DaedalusII 7mo ago
the old saying goes that every entrepreneur wishes they were a philosopher, and every philosopher wishes they were an entrepreneur
generally holds true
soros
marc rich
bill gates
musk
thiel
nassim taleb
epstein
etc
- benrutter 7mo agoI like that saying but those are all entrepreneurs right? Where are all the philosopher wannabe billionares? From my experience they seem pretty happy in relatively low paying professor jobs.
- walthamstow 7mo ago> Where are all the philosopher wannabe billionares? On Twitter, in my experience. The 'manosphere' is practically all philosopher-wannabe-billionaires.
- mariusor 7mo agoI doubt that anyone could categorize the manosphere phenomenon as philosophy. Without empathy you can't really have philosophy. Or, at least not the kind that you can take seriously.
- RichEO 7mo agoIt struck me as I was watching the new Louis Theroux Netflix documentary that the manosphere must love Nietzsche.
- walthamstow 7mo agoI don't take them seriously. They do see themselves philosophers though.
- DaedalusII 7mo agonassim taleb is primarily a philosopher who pretends to be a hedge fund guy, jordan peterson, robert kiyosaki, tim ferriss maybe, sam bankman fried, the tech lead yt archetype is people who sell their success as a model for you to follow while having none themselves, wrapped up as some kind of philosophical position, so they can make money lots of self help authors, failed vc funds, podcasts
- coffeebeqn 7mo agoThat’s all tech bros and self-help gurus? I guess anyone can claim themselves to be an “philosopher”
- booleandilemma 7mo agoI don't think Peterson is a philosopher or an entrepreneur. Does debating college kids make you a philosopher now? Is that the bar? At least mention Žižek. He's an actual, present day philosopher.