Peter Thiel Fears the Antichrist Is Coming(www.nytimes.com)
13 pointsby anjel4 hours ago10 comments
  • andsoitis2 hours ago
    Better to hear from him directly than filtered, so worth watching the interview with the NYT's Ross Douthat, in which Thiel frames what he means by the Antichrist. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vV7YgnPUxcU

    Without spoiling too much, it is related to civilizational stagnation, and that our lack of progress risks catastrophic outcomes.

    • cf100clunkan hour ago
      Ross Douthat is author of ''The Decadent Society: How We Became the Victims of Our Own Success'', which, when read along with ''Amusing Ourselves To Death'' by Neil Postman, might put a lump in your throat in the face of today's rampantly compulsive tech broligarchs and their enshittification of society.
      • dmixan hour ago
        Palantir turning into a movie villain caricature on the internet through breathless journalism is a great example of "Amusing Ourselves To Death". Journalists turned it into a great story that sounds straight out of a thriller TV show. But trying to spin unchecked growth in government power, a lack of accountability, and mindless consumerism as some sort of side effect of the new cabal of tech-bro elites rather than a persistent drumbeat that existed well before that is an unhelpful distraction that only makes people feel helpless.

        Nobody sells books by saying that our issues are a result of general neglect by society as a whole, only movie villains push numbers.

        • frm8811 minutes ago
          I would agree with you if it weren't proven fact that Thiel is a kingmaker - he created the current JD Vance turning him from being Anti-Trump ("I believe he is a bad man") to vice president with a Girardian mission in just 8 years. He is a demagogue and dangerous.
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    • frm88an hour ago
      I watched this some time ago. Is it just me, or is Ross' permanent and verbose interruptions of Thiel's thoughts grating? If you want an interview where you really get to listen to Thiel's thoughts fully expressed, I can recommend his interview with Jordan Peterson https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=918qslcfwfY.

      Bonus content: witchcraft is a lost art and we have become feminised.

  • tim-tday2 hours ago
    By Antichrist he means “a little girl asking us to please not ruin the world for future generations.” Really.
  • throwatdem123113 hours ago
    Didn’t Theil also say at one point that he might be the anti-Christ?

    This guy is whacko and has way too much influence.

  • akomtu2 hours ago
    He warns about a one-world totalitarian government, but at the same time he helps building it.
    • frm8818 minutes ago
      One world eco-fascist government to be precise. All that green energy is why we are stagnating and haven't cured Alzheimer. Hence Thunberg as the antichrist. He's building Palantir to get control over more antichrist movement and hopes to stop it.
  • b33j0ran hour ago
    He’s proof that the elites are not mystically smarter than you. Probably dumber.
  • dangus3 hours ago
    We need to stop listening to this guy and tax him.

    He is not smart. Most of his fortune is directly tied to extremely lucky bets on Facebook and PayPal. Palantir is a boring government contractor that makes glorified ERP software.

    And he has really, really dumb opinions.

  • orionblastar3 hours ago
    Mabus: https://www.prophet666.com/2025/07/decoding-mabus-prophecy-o... If you are interested in Nostradamus. Comes from Europe, etc.
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