Andrew Hewus Fresh3d ago
MissConstrue

Paolo #Benanti is an Italian Catholic priest and theologian known for his work in #ethics, particularly regarding artificial intelligence. He serves as an advisor to Pope Francis.

Peter Thiel is a wackadoodle billionaire touring the world giving "Make the antichrist great again" lectures. (Because he's a wackadoodle, that's why. Also, he thinks billionaires should be in charge and poors should be slaves or fertilizer. Did I mention the wackadoodle part?)

Peter "Bow Before Me" #Thiel decided to give a series of these lectures near the #Vatican. The Vatican rebuked him and has unleashed the Franciscan Ethicist, who wrote this: (Translated, Italian link on page)

American heresy: should Peter Thiel be burned at the stake?

This is a work of stunning beauty and knowledge. As #philosophy and #theology slapdowns go, this one will be in textbooks. I'm in awe. Literally in awe.

https://www.notion.so/American-heresy-should-Peter-Thiel-be-burned-at-the-stake-3274ac94ca0580d7b499c5eb546bdaee

#Palantir

American heresy: should Peter Thiel be burned at the stake? | Notion

automatically translated from Le Grand Continent

Juan Sebastian on Notion
Mar 20 at 8:50pmWeb
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Show threadjgeorge3d ago

@MissConstrue tl;dr I vote yes anyway

(Not true, I did read, in awe, but would have voted yes regardless)

Show threadMissConstrue3d ago
@jgeorge Oh well sure, so say we all. 🥳🔥💃🏻
Show threadJack William Bell3d ago

@MissConstrue

This subhead:

> "The monopoly prophecy: Thiel, René Girard and the shadow of the PayPal Mafia"

hahahahahahahahahaha [gasp] hahahahahaha [cough * snork] hahahahaha

Show threadToni Aittoniemi3d ago

@MissConstrue Great analysis! The Silicon Valley #Tech #ideology is indeed different.

It presents itself as liberal, starts from flat structures with large responsibilities on the ”edges”, and ”decentralised”.

But. It does that with the aim of ultimately building a deeply hierarchic, bureaucratic structure!

This is achieved by brutal psychological manipulation, gaslighting & smoking out everyone who actually sees the cognitive dissonance.

I see it everywhere in #business today.

Show threadToni Aittoniemi3d ago

@MissConstrue The whole process relies on the belief that you will sell out your own principles.

You will be smoked, poked and propagandised from every direction.

Your beliefs will be told to mean something else than you believe.

The authoritarians will keep coming in, claiming ownership of what real liberal values built, and change the language you speak to justify their power over you.

Show threadToni Aittoniemi3d ago

@MissConstrue But there are historians who claim that this dynamic is not new.

David #Graeber & David #Wengrow presented a theory of #anthropology that posits this dynamic has been present throughout history.

Civilisational flourishing is grounded in co-operation, but authoritarians eventually arrive to take it over by role-playing as if they were always a part of it. This leads to a short-lived peak.

What Graeber & Wengrow saw always followed though, was loss & ruin, not success.

Show threadMissConstrue2d ago

@gimulnautti Oooh, thanks, once I get tired of playing Little Old Goth on the Prairie and put the rototiller down, I’ll go look for their papers.

As someone who studied philosophy and only a class or two on sociology, I’d love to see research that confirms a theory I’ve had but cannot prove because not an academic. 🤣🤷🏻‍♀️

Show threadspdrnl3d ago

@MissConstrue Taking down Peter Thiel's false prophecy. It needs to be done. And yes, governments are warned about partaking.

Alas, the piece does get wobbly around one fifth before the end. Getting that sorted out would add value. It is much needed.

Still hoping for a takedown of Karp, these two are engaged in a philisophical folie-a-deux if you as me.

@adfichter

Show threadspdrnl2d ago
@MissConstrue @adfichter Note, the link points to an automatically translated version. So the wobbliness might be just because of that. A good translation would be worth it.