This is a real thing Peter Thiel told a group of tech professionals recently.
In a four-part series of religious lectures in San Francisco, Peter Thiel — yes, that Peter Thiel — has argued that the End Times are nigh and that a biblical Antichrist — yes, that Antichrist — will come to Earth in the form of onerous government regulations placed on science, technology, and AI.
These are, incidentally, areas where the tech billionaire, venture capitalist, and cofounder of Palantir has a vested financial interest. […]
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It’s a real convenient belief for him to have isn’t it? The way to end the world is to regulate me and my business in any way whatsoever. And people take him seriously. Can we all start doing this? Can you get out of traffic tickets this way? Tell cops that give you a ticket will end the world? Maybe I’ll tell the IRS that taxing me in any way will bring about the Antichrist