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[timelets]

Когда Безосмаск был маленьким мальчиком, он мечтал быть космонавтом. Поэтому, когда он вырос и заработал свои миллиарды, то решил построить себе ракету и полететь в космос.

Интересно, о чем мечтали мальчишки поколения Закерберга?

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[dmm]

Об абсолютном могуществе во всех компьютерных играх, и о том, чтобы никогда не вылезать в реал?

[timelets]

Интересная идея. Если ее развить, то через 10-15 лет увидим full-blown Metaverse.

[dmm]

Да, мне тоже кажется, что он хочет как раз этого...

[timelets]

I wonder what I would do if I had few extra $100B.

[dmm]

Who knows... I think for a few billions one could create an AGI (and perhaps for much less than that, to tell the truth), but what to do with another couple of orders of magnitude, so that it's still productive rather than wasteful is not clear...

[timelets]

I'd build an infrastructure for autonomous fleets, including drones. That'll be fun.

[tijd]

10 лет назад про Питера Тиля:

Thiel and his circle in Silicon Valley may be able to imagine a future that would never occur to other people precisely because they’ve refused to leave that stage of youthful wonder which life forces most human beings to outgrow. Everyone finds justification for his or her views in logic and analysis, but a personal philosophy often emerges from some archaic part of the mind, an early idea of how the world should be. Thiel is no different. He wants to live forever, have the option to escape to outer space or an oceanic city-state, and play chess against a robot that can discuss Tolkien, because these were the fantasies that filled his childhood imagination.
https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2011/11/28/no-death-no-taxes

5 лет спустя Тиль разорит Gawker и поддержит Трампа.

10 лет спустя (в настоящее время) Тиль проспонсирует новое поколение фашиствующих политиков - в том числе против астронавта в Сенате.

Tech billionaire Peter Thiel is establishing a reputation as a financial powerhouse in GOP circles, shaking up marquee 2022 races with contributions that could make him among the biggest players in the midterm elections.
Thiel raised eyebrows with separate $10 million donations — believed to be the largest in history to outside groups supporting Senate candidates — to super PACs supporting two of his proteges, venture capitalist and “Hillbilly Elegy” author J.D. Vance in the open Ohio Senate race and Thiel Foundation executive Blake Masters in the Arizona race against Sen. Mark Kelly (D).
He’s also expected to write checks for candidates in House and gubernatorial contests.
https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/565731-peter-thiel-flexes-financial-muscle-ahead-of-2022

[timelets]

Да, это интересное развитие событий. Я пытался отслеживать действия Тиля раньше, но потерял его из виду после того, как он перестал поддерживать Трампа.