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Any mention of Thiel should ALWAYS be accompanied by a mention of the book he and so many other weirdoes seem to take as their inspiration, and that book is The Sovereign Individual.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Sovereign_Individual
The guy even wrote a preface for a reprint of the book!
I know this is awfully lazy of me, but tell me more about this book please
Some bullshit dystopian predictions about the future that I guess held some weight(?) and how to come out on top yourself, as a "sovereign individual". It's apparently extremely influential among tech bros and co. Adam Curtis also mentioned/explained it and the role it played in shit like brexit (I think), in his last documentary "Shifty".
Repeating myself, but as I said to u/CharlesDarwin,
I have started on the audiobook, but here is a summary:
https://www.thenerdreich.com/the-sovereign-individual-radical-bible-of-techs-cognitive-elite/
Thank you! I always appreciate responses when I ask for more info about something I could obviously just search for myself.
I read the description, and it doesn't seem that bad. It denounces nationalism and prejudice. Doesn't seem to align with Thiel's current philosophy.
Thiel says it is the most influential book he's ever read.
There is a summary here. Predicting that democracy will die off and the wealthy will "escape" democracy seems not that great to me.
https://www.thenerdreich.com/the-sovereign-individual-radical-bible-of-techs-cognitive-elite/
Now that's a lot more ominous and wasn't mentioned in the Wikipedia article.
I suggest getting the audiobook and start listening. I'm only a bit in and I get why it might appeal to aspiring or current billionaires...
Is Peter Thiel actually that much of an AnCap though? the modern conservative movement doesn't actually care that much about economic liberalism.
He's called it out as his most influential book. And he wrote the preface to the 2020 edition, so....?
https://www.thenerdreich.com/the-sovereign-individual-radical-bible-of-techs-cognitive-elite/