Get the latest tech news

An attempt to understand Peter Thiel

What's this weird guy up to over there

He also helped get Trump elected in 2016 and gave JD Vance a job and then funded his senate run, and he is a godfather to the “New Right” conservative movement which has gained considerable steam in tech circles the past few years. “Instead of the United Nations, filled with interminable and inconclusive parliamentary debates that resemble Shakespearean tales told by idiots, we should consider Echelon, the secret coordination of the world’s intelligence services, as the decisive path to a truly global pax Americana.” And I think we’re living through a time where broad unrest combined with the onset of AI will make many people search for answers to very big questions like the ones Thiel addresses, and so his ideology will keep gaining influence.

Get the Android app