peter thiel
Tech billionaires in California are furious. A new proposal for a wealth tax on the super rich has them packing their bags and threatening to leave the Golden State for good. Again. Oligarchs regularly make such threats and fail to follow through, so we must take such antics with a
Dark Enlightenment
Silicon Valley radicalization escalates
The Nerd Reich
Make sure to read this: The New York Times has profiled Paulina Borsook, the tech critic who warned of Silicon Valley’s dark side thirty years ago. (I interviewed her last month on the Nerd Reich podcast.) Writes David Streitfeld of the NYT: Paulina Borsook’s “Cyberselfish” saw the seeds
Curtis Yarvin
‘I feel that I personally have to start thinking realistically about how to flee the country.’
peter thiel
Tech billionaire Peter Thiel just can’t stop talking about the Antichrist. In a new interview with Ross Douthat of the New York Times, Thiel muses about the existence of the Antichrist and offers a novel theory for how to identify this person—a human figure who shall, according to
Curtis Yarvin
In two hours, at 10 a.m. Pacific (1 p.m. Eastern), I'll join writer Wajahat Ali for a live discussion of Curtis Yarvin. Details below. The New Yorker magazine profiled Curtis Yarvin, the Peter Thiel “house philosopher” and friend of Vice President JD Vance who believes democracies
2025
Dr. Ruha Benjamin’s must-see talk on tech's ‘artificial intelligentsia’
TESCREAL
A must-hear conversation with Rev. Otis Moss III and Dr. Émile P. Torres
Curtis Yarvin
Beltway journalists finally catching on
Dark Enlightenment
No, Elon Musk isn't leaving government. Yes, JD Vance is a Curtis Yarvin follower
tech fascism
Dark Enlightenment guru sees his desired revolution unraveling under the weight of its own stupidity