Why are all the world's richest men weird af and obsessed with humanity's end? They only see the dark side of humanity and want to escape to Mars (Musk) or subjugate all ppl (seemingly Thiel).
If you’d like to understand eccentric business people, I think you will be busy for a long time! Elon Musk, the Hunt brothers, Thomas Edison, Steve Jobs, Howard Hughes, Henry Ford, John McAfee, Satoshi (or whoever it was who invented bitcoin), the list goes on and on and on. In some cases, their eccentricities probably contributed to their success. In other cases, I would argue that they got lucky, but their egos got so big that they started to believe that their eccentricities were the real reason for their success.
Why are all the world's richest men weird af and obsessed with humanity's end? They only see the dark side of humanity and want to escape to Mars (Musk) or subjugate all ppl (seemingly Thiel).
If you’d like to understand eccentric business people, I think you will be busy for a long time! Elon Musk, the Hunt brothers, Thomas Edison, Steve Jobs, Howard Hughes, Henry Ford, John McAfee, Satoshi (or whoever it was who invented bitcoin), the list goes on and on and on. In some cases, their eccentricities probably contributed to their success. In other cases, I would argue that they got lucky, but their egos got so big that they started to believe that their eccentricities were the real reason for their success.
Thiel is gay, right? I'm curious how he justifies supporting a party which hates gays and wants to re-criminalize homosexuality.
Yep. I believe that is what led to him funding the lawsuit against Gawker.
I have no idea how he reconciles that, but I'm sure it contributes to his psychology heavily
Another very good deep dive on Thiel: https://perell.com/essay/peter-thiel/.
Thanks for sharing!