> Thiel has been publicly vague about the specific policy alignments he shares with Donald Trump—but the two share a certain grandiosity and a disdain for the government, as well as a warped view of what it means to be a good and decent human being.
This editorial's grand conclusion is not backed up by its supporting examples.
Theil is one guy, and most of Silicon Valley disagrees with him. Of course there are tons of Trump supporters across any industry you can think of. Tech probably has disproportionately less, considering local election returns.
Fake news is a problem, and Facebook is working on it.
Pinning the actions of the Comet Ping Pong shooter on Facebook, and the moral bankruptcy of Silicon Valley, is absurd. The Pizzagate conspiracy theory community was on Reddit.
Seems like the author just threw together some vaguely related events.
No, they are trying to get more attention, power, and money. This is made especially clear by "me too" startups receiving almost all funding, and all "big talk" eventually amounting to empty words.
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> Thiel has been publicly vague about the specific policy alignments he shares with Donald Trump—but the two share a certain grandiosity and a disdain for the government, as well as a warped view of what it means to be a good and decent human being.
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13131251
Seems like there may be many days where this occurred.
Theil is one guy, and most of Silicon Valley disagrees with him. Of course there are tons of Trump supporters across any industry you can think of. Tech probably has disproportionately less, considering local election returns.
Fake news is a problem, and Facebook is working on it.
Pinning the actions of the Comet Ping Pong shooter on Facebook, and the moral bankruptcy of Silicon Valley, is absurd. The Pizzagate conspiracy theory community was on Reddit.
Seems like the author just threw together some vaguely related events.
No, they are trying to get more attention, power, and money. This is made especially clear by "me too" startups receiving almost all funding, and all "big talk" eventually amounting to empty words.