本期节目深入剖析了科技亿万富翁彼得·蒂尔的思想世界。蒂尔以其雄厚的财力、逆向思维和独特的哲学思考著称。节目通过分析蒂尔在Uncommon Knowledge上的访谈，揭示了他将风险投资与末日预言相融合的奇特方式。节目还探讨了他的“喷气机谬论”，即对现实世界未能达到1960年代对未来愿景的失望。同时，节目也批判了围绕在他周围的“理智者贵族”，以及他们将科技巨头捧为先知的行为。最后，节目还揭露了蒂尔关于新冠阴谋论的观点，以及他对科技进步的矛盾态度。

💰 彼得·蒂尔将风险投资与末日预言巧妙融合，在Uncommon Knowledge的访谈中，他以圣经的口吻谈论末日，并将风险投资与反基督的预言联系起来，展现了他独特的思维模式。

🚀 蒂尔的“喷气机谬论”反映了他对现实世界未能达到1960年代对未来愿景的失望，他认为世界更像是《办公室》而非充满未来科技的景象，这体现了他对科技停滞的 lament 。

🤔 蒂尔对科技进步持有矛盾态度，他一方面 lament 科技停滞，另一方面又担心科技发展过快，加速走向世界末日，这种矛盾的观点值得深思。

🦠 蒂尔提出了一个复杂的新冠阴谋论，他认为疫情反应过度，但同时也秘密地证明了其合理性，因为病毒是人为设计的，这种观点充满了争议。

In this episode, Matt and Chris tackle the big ideas—or at least the ones rattling around in Peter Thiel’s mind. Tech billionaire, venture capitalist, and political kingmaker, Thiel has long been a looming figure in Silicon Valley, known for his deep pockets, contrarian takes, and peculiar philosophical musings. But beneath the surface-level libertarian posturing, what does Thiel actually believe? And does it hold up to scrutiny?

The decoders dig into Thiel’s recent interview on Uncommon Knowledge, where he waxes biblical about end times, interprets the katechon with all the confidence of a medieval theologian, and seamlessly blends venture capitalism with prophecies of the Antichrist.

Along the way, they explore Thiel’s method of connecting historical dots with pure vibes, and his Jetsons Fallacy, the deep disappointment that the world looks more like The Office than a 1960s vision of the future. They dissect the Sensemaker Aristocracy surrounding him—with its reverent back-patting and strange mix of deference and obfuscation that turns tech moguls into prophets. They also highlight Thiel’s bizarre leaps in logic, from citing biblical prophecies to warning about one-world free-trade Communist government conspiracies and his confusing stance on technological progress—simultaneously lamenting stagnation while fearing we’re racing too fast toward Armageddon.

Of course, no billionaire worldview would be complete without some COVID conspiracies, and Thiel delivers, crafting an elaborate Fauci Bioweapon Paradox in which the pandemic response was simultaneously overblown and also secretly justified because the virus was (obviously) engineered.

So is Peter Thiel a visionary? A libertarian Cassandra? Or just a very wealthy man with a lot of half-formed ideas and a habit of mumbling them into microphones? Matt and Chris wade through the mess so you don’t have to. Stay till the end for the Revolutionary Leprechaun Theory of Western Civilization… if you dare.

Links

Hoover Institute: Apocalypse Now? Peter Thiel on Ancient Prophecies and Modern Tech (Part 1)Hoover Institute: Apocalypse Now? Peter Thiel on Ancient Prophecies and Modern Tech (Part 2)WIRED article on the Thiel, Hogan, & Gawker business