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this post was submitted on 23 Mar 2026
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Big brain tech dude got yet another clueless take over at HackerNews etc? Here's the place to vent. Orange site, VC foolishness, all welcome.
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Your first point is true... with the key words being "shorn of context". When you look at how many ratfics go in that direction your second and fourth points become problems.
As to your fourth point... the techbro billionaires like Elon or Peter Thiel do like referencing fiction (often in hamfisted or ignorant ways that makes me think a bit of fandom gatekeeping actually is good sometimes... i.e. naming your surveillance company palantir, or naming one of your kids a nonsensical WH40K reference). So I wouldn't entirely neglect the possibility of rationalist managing a bit of inspiration to the billionaires in between the bootlicking. And although there may not be a magical "coup the government" power in real life, the influence they are trying to focus on themselves and harness is still worrying.