How Peter Thiel Is Destroying Democracy

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This is Peter Thiel – a major player in Silicon Valley who wants to transform humanity. But what does he actually want? What’s his problem with democracy? And is there an endgame?

Title and Thumbnail for this one are inspired by Riverwand – make sure to check him out!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=riX2Ww80Ow0

Max Chafkin – The Contrarian, Peter Thiel and Silicon Valley’s Pursuit of Power:
https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/609711/the-contrarian-by-max-chafkin/

Sources: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1j61gdSTG0_eF1sgrrG3fGtyoR-03u37eTonk0Y25cbI/edit?usp=sharing

Chapters:
00:00 Intro
02:45 Chapter 1: Meet the Master
06:02 Chapter 2: Opening Moves
07:45 Chapter 3: Born to Win
13:09 Chapter 4: Rewriting the Rules
18:30 Chapter 5: The Long Game
26:58 Chapter 6: Kingmaker
32:12 Chapter 7: Checkmate?

Music list:

Artlist:
Just for Kicks – Thats Beefy
Ace – Root Canal
SPLINTER_MSTR01
KeMi – The Unknown
Artlist Musical Logos – The Truth Is Close
Artlist Musical Logos – Time Ticking Logo
Joseph E-Shine – Lose if You Won’t – Instrumental version
DaniHaDani – Don’t Look Back
idokay – Hero Is Born
March the Machine – Feeling – Instrumental version
Oran Loyfer – Leaving Home – Instrumental version
Solis – Oscillating Form, 2050 – Electric Boost
Out of Flux – It Hurts – Out of Flux Remake – Instrumental version,
Nobou – The Beginning
Art Against Agony – Salience Bias
Flint – is this real
Ian Post – The Dragons of the Horizon
Jan Baars – Breaking into a Warehouse
WEARETHEGOOD – LOVE MY MISERY – Instrumental version
Jonathan Guerstein – Pulse
Vic Sage – OMG – Instrumental version
Tom Meira Armony – Raven – Instrumental version
Roie Shpigler – No Trust
Stephen Keech – Ascended
Solis – Tangled Nerves

Epidemic Sound:
Make Way for Hearses – Christian Andersen
Out of Control – Stefan Ekström

Tom Fox:
Expansion
Technically Correct
Cyber Demise
Zero Assumptions
Force Field

3D models:

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Written by fern