tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5956838.post6967968482075564967..comments2023-11-22T01:14:54.298-08:00Comments on amor mundi: Classic Hollywood Villain Peter Thiel Scolds Hollywood for Decelerating "The Future" Dale Carricohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02811055279887722298noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5956838.post-55847438016018151382013-05-03T18:32:52.717-07:002013-05-03T18:32:52.717-07:00Everything's up to date Kansas City,
They'...Everything's up to date Kansas City,<br />They've gone about as fer as they can go.Dale Carricohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02811055279887722298noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5956838.post-8874766111753095572013-05-03T13:17:14.412-07:002013-05-03T13:17:14.412-07:00> As for Thiel's assertion. . . that we are...> As for Thiel's assertion. . . that we are now witnessing an<br />> historical inversion in which Californians are leaving its<br />> sclerotic tyranny to seek economic opportunities in Oklahoma. . .<br /><br />Oklahoma! OK!<br /><br />When we hit that road hell-for-leather<br />Cats and dogs will dance in the heather<br />Birds and frogs will sing all together and the toads will hop!<br />The wind'll whistle as we rattle along<br />The cows'll moo in the clover<br />The river will ripple out a whispered song<br />And whisper over and over<br />Don't you wish you'd go on forever<br />Don't you wish you'd go on forever<br />Don't you wish you'd go on forever<br />And you'd never stop?<br />In that shiny little surrey with the fringe on the top<br />jimfhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04975754342950063440noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5956838.post-81812737748025041702013-05-03T05:58:34.021-07:002013-05-03T05:58:34.021-07:00"offshore libertopian pirate utopia on an oil..."offshore libertopian pirate utopia on an oil platform or cruise ship"<br /><br />I'd give it six months before it went all Lord of the flies..<br /><br />Anyone who has played Bioshock knows what happenes when you put a group of Ayn Randian libertarians together and isolate them in a cut off from the rest of the world echo chamber...<br /><br />Fun....but also death, lots and lots of death.joehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02594646216557510485noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5956838.post-7487112998747111702013-05-02T17:33:07.581-07:002013-05-02T17:33:07.581-07:00"Thiel apparently bemoans what he calls a rec..."Thiel apparently bemoans what he calls a recent "deceleration in tech"'<br /><br />perhaps to bolster in advance against the failure of the next '20 years to AI' prediction.Seth Mooneyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10815956354991040877noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5956838.post-28985607162551816132013-05-02T13:45:16.113-07:002013-05-02T13:45:16.113-07:00> Classic Hollywood Villain
Come to think, he ...> Classic Hollywood Villain<br /><br />Come to think, he was himself one of the minor supporting<br />villains in _The Social Network_. ;-><br /><br />That wasn't exactly a sci-fi movie, though.jimfhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04975754342950063440noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5956838.post-51623681363181884172013-05-02T10:26:50.962-07:002013-05-02T10:26:50.962-07:00Well, only his hairdresser knows for sure if he...Well, only his hairdresser knows for sure if he's miserable or not. I do know his ideas are stupid and contribute to the misery of countless others and I'll leave it there. Dale Carricohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02811055279887722298noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5956838.post-34939718304157727432013-05-02T10:21:42.845-07:002013-05-02T10:21:42.845-07:00I have the urge to impulsively agree with you, but...I have the urge to impulsively agree with you, but after some consideration and examination of people with huge sums of money, I have come to the conclusion that money cannot truly drown out misery. Make no mistake, Thiel is a miserable man. Otherwise, why the hell would he invest huge sums of money in a project that is (doomed to fail anyway)basically involved in isolating people out in the ocean somewhere, in some libertarian fairy land. One who goes that far has serious issues, that even his excessive wealth cannot solve.Black guy from the future pasthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14136170325730022110noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5956838.post-9253266755611347162013-05-02T09:40:00.248-07:002013-05-02T09:40:00.248-07:00I suspect billions of dollars ease the demands of ...I suspect billions of dollars ease the demands of living with such contradictions.Dale Carricohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02811055279887722298noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5956838.post-50695466584724679362013-05-02T09:12:16.540-07:002013-05-02T09:12:16.540-07:00Peter Thiel is a right wing, republican-libertaria...Peter Thiel is a right wing, republican-libertarian, christian, gay man. What a juicy contradiction. How does this guy live with himself? This guy is almost as bad as Thomas Sowell or Walter Williams. Black guy from the future pasthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14136170325730022110noreply@blogger.com