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Thiel, Musk, Zuckenberg, Ellison, Karp, Yarwin ... like common. Among leaders, there are kind of fascists and ... no one at all, maybe Gates? Industries that ar

by watwut 2mo ago

Thiel, Musk, Zuckenberg, Ellison, Karp, Yarwin ... like common. Among leaders, there are kind of fascists and ... no one at all, maybe Gates? Industries that are left dont have sieg heiling leaders. Or, you know, have those counteracted by other kind of leaders.

rcpt 2mo ago
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- UncleMeat 2mo ago
  Musk is spending billions again in 2026. Kicked out? He has never been more aggressive in influencing politics.
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- watwut 2mo ago
  Miller kicked him out due to ego clash, not some kind of incompatible politics. Donating Harris does not make one left, much less far left. It is utterly centrist pro-business donation. > Tech religiously believes in science, education, immigration. It does not. There are plenty pro Musk, anti immigration, anti science anti education for all people here. Especially among leaders.
  - rcpt 2mo ago
    > Donating Harris does not make one left What is the bar that you need us to meet?
- frm88 2mo ago
  The “nurture” explanation that I’m more inclined to, which is more optimistic, is that our culture changed, that people became risk-averse; science became feminized, bureaucratic, and regulated ... The Boomer kids were weaned off violent childhood literature like Tintin and the Hardy Boys and fed a diet of Dr. Seuss. https://www.harvardsalient.com/p/interview-with-peter-thiel https://www.harvardsalient.com/p/interview-with-peter-thiel One specific change that would accelerate drug development would be getting rid of the need for double-blind studies. If a drug is safe, you would just let people use it and not slow things down massively with a double-blind study. Same link. Theres another interview with him - I can't remember which - where he proposes to test new Alzheimer drugs directly on patients because (paraphrased) they die anyway. This does not sound like science.
  - rcpt 2mo ago
    Larry Fink exists. Wow I've just "unmasked" the true politics of banking.

by watwut 2mo ago

rcpt 2mo ago

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UncleMeat 2mo ago
Musk is spending billions again in 2026. Kicked out? He has never been more aggressive in influencing politics.
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watwut 2mo ago
Miller kicked him out due to ego clash, not some kind of incompatible politics. Donating Harris does not make one left, much less far left. It is utterly centrist pro-business donation. > Tech religiously believes in science, education, immigration. It does not. There are plenty pro Musk, anti immigration, anti science anti education for all people here. Especially among leaders.
- rcpt 2mo ago
  > Donating Harris does not make one left What is the bar that you need us to meet?
frm88 2mo ago
The “nurture” explanation that I’m more inclined to, which is more optimistic, is that our culture changed, that people became risk-averse; science became feminized, bureaucratic, and regulated ... The Boomer kids were weaned off violent childhood literature like Tintin and the Hardy Boys and fed a diet of Dr. Seuss. https://www.harvardsalient.com/p/interview-with-peter-thiel https://www.harvardsalient.com/p/interview-with-peter-thiel One specific change that would accelerate drug development would be getting rid of the need for double-blind studies. If a drug is safe, you would just let people use it and not slow things down massively with a double-blind study. Same link. Theres another interview with him - I can't remember which - where he proposes to test new Alzheimer drugs directly on patients because (paraphrased) they die anyway. This does not sound like science.
- rcpt 2mo ago
  Larry Fink exists. Wow I've just "unmasked" the true politics of banking.