I don’t know. What I do know is that he shares a similar insane accelerationist / libertarian philosophy that is popular in certain drug-fueled circles within tech.
> Interesting. Is he a known user? Also curious if you are more broadly against some of that overall?
Just in case you're not aware, Garry Tan, then author of TFA, is YCombinator's current CEO and someone who, while cosplaying as a "moderate", at least subscribes to right-wing ideas (some of them pretty fringe, read the article in another comment).
Scary times. It's like we are suddenly surrounded by sociopathic tech entrepreneurs CEOs.
If these are the people making the decisions (and don't even get me started on the 'technical' folks at a16z...), the cluely-esque enshittification of VC over the last few years makes A LOT of sense.
If you can call a ketamine soaked, amphetamine-fried tangle of nerves a brain.
Interesting. Is he a known user? Also curious if you are more broadly against some of that overall?
I don’t know. What I do know is that he shares a similar insane accelerationist / libertarian philosophy that is popular in certain drug-fueled circles within tech.
Proof here: https://48hills.org/2024/05/the-alarming-agenda-of-the-big-m...
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> Interesting. Is he a known user? Also curious if you are more broadly against some of that overall?
Just in case you're not aware, Garry Tan, then author of TFA, is YCombinator's current CEO and someone who, while cosplaying as a "moderate", at least subscribes to right-wing ideas (some of them pretty fringe, read the article in another comment).
Scary times. It's like we are suddenly surrounded by sociopathic tech entrepreneurs CEOs.
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Right.
If these are the people making the decisions (and don't even get me started on the 'technical' folks at a16z...), the cluely-esque enshittification of VC over the last few years makes A LOT of sense.