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Peter Thiel's rule-breaking ethos dominates Facebook and major tech companies
“That ethos, Thielism, if you want to call it that, is Basically the main ethos of Facebook, of, you know, of most of the bigger companies in Silicon Valley. This idea that the rules yeah, just aren't that important and maybe it's best to cast them aside from t…”
Silicon Valley's disruption culture roots in 1980s right-wing campus activism
“I think a lot of the kind of some of this kind of cult of disruption stuff that we see in, in, in Silicon Valley, probably best epitomized by like Uber or something, I think kind of has its roots in right wing activist politics, the right wing activist politic…”
Chafkin: Mark Zuckerberg's politics prioritize Facebook's growth over authorities and rules
“I think he's a libertarian and I think, which I think, you know, a hundred percent influenced by Thiel there. But I also think to some extent he has no left right politics. His politics are Whatever is going to be required to allow Facebook to grow as big as p…”
Peter Thiel is positioning himself as the patron of radical populism
“Peter Thiel's attempting to be the inheritor of that movement and to be the patron of that movement, to be the person who is behind the scenes for the 20 to 30% of the country that wants the guy who says the craziest shit in the room.”
Peter Thiel has had more cultural impact on tech than anyone
“I would argue that Teal has had a bigger cultural impact on, on the tech industry than any single person.”
Chafkin: Peter Thiel heavily influenced Mark Zuckerberg's corporate control and anti-institutional ideology
“I think that Teal has had, yeah, just an enormous impact on Mark Zuckerberg. Both in terms of like how the company is structured, like the literal way that Zuckerberg you know, got control of Facebook and maintain control of Facebook. And then, but also Yeah, …”
Thiel's meeting with Trump drove Palantir's success under CEO Alex Karp
“He set up this meeting this big meeting with all the tech CEOs, gets Alex Karp, CEO of Palantir, in a room with Donald Trump, which I think was very important for Palantir, and has helped, one of, is one of the reasons Palantir has been so successful over the …”
Chafkin: Gawker destruction created a chilling effect on reporting about Peter Thiel
“It definitely, I think that case definitely created an environment where it was harder for people, harder for journalists to really think critically or write critically or talk to sources about Peter Thiel. It hangs over every conversation you have, every conv…”
Chafkin: Musk and Thiel have opposite temperaments regarding risk and emotions
“I think that Elon and Peter are basically just almost complete opposites, like, temperamentally. You know, Musk is this kind of very emotional, all, you know, he, if he's gonna bet on something, he's going all in. He, you know, wears his heart on his sleeve. H…”