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@pheonix@hachyderm.io · 3 days ago

Not only are workloads increasing, by hollowing out their junior ranks, businesses are putting themselves squarely in the path of a slow-burning demographic time bomb as seniors begin to retire in record numbers.

"There won’t be an endless supply of experienced hires to fall back on, so everyone will be fighting for the limited, increasingly expensive talent with domain expertise"

What exactly is the tech-industry's endgame here?

https://www.fastcompany.com/91483431/companies-replaced-entry-level-workers-with-ai

#noai #techbros #ai #llm #technology #programming #sysadmin #linux #indieweb #capitalism #reading #art #adhd

@Npars01@mstdn.social replied · 3 days ago

According to Peter Thiel & his ilk, the end game is the apocalyptic collapse of democracy & a new world order run by tech "aristocrats".

https://www.counterpunch.org/2025/11/07/make-aristocracy-great-again-lost-roots-of-techno-feudalism/

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2019/dec/12/musk-bloomberg-bezos-americas-aristocracy-of-tech-robber-barons-lives-by-its-own-rules

https://www.salon.com/2018/05/12/the-real-reason-tech-billionaires-are-prepping-for-doomsday/

https://ls.berkeley.edu/news/researchers-discuss-rise-tech-authoritarianism-social-science-matrix-event

https://www.thetimes.com/comment/columnists/article/tech-bros-serfs-oligarchs-q629qk3g8

https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2024/01/american-oligarchy/

https://siliconeer.com/current/ai-aristocracy-utopia-few-disruption-masses/

https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2025/02/washington-post-editorial-independence/681847/

The "Might Makes Right" fantasies of men rejected in high school.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/oct/10/peter-thiel-lectures-antichrist

https://quillette.com/2019/06/19/what-do-the-oligarchs-have-in-mind-for-us/

https://www.patheos.com/blogs/theologicalapologetics/2026/01/peter-thiel-and-antichrist-lectures-on-the-end-of-the-world/

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Anthony Costello

Peter Thiel and Antichrist: Lectures on the End of the World

Peter Thiel, one of the world's most powerful men, has some serious things to say about the End Times and the Antichrist.

What Do the Oligarchs Have in Mind for Us?

What has not been discussed nearly as much is the end game of the oligarchs.

Jeff Bezos’s Hypocritical Assertion of Power

His decision will only make The Washington Post a weaker institution.

American Oligarchy

Tech bros threaten to make serfs of us all

Where medieval elites controlled land, modern oligarchs monopolise the digital territory workers depend on to survive

Letters & Science

Researchers discuss the rise of tech authoritarianism at Social Science Matrix event

California is the global center of technological advancement. A recent panel of researchers from Berkeley Social Sciences and other scholars convened last week at the Social Science Matrix to discuss how the rise of powerful tech entities and the rapid diffusion of new technologies across the state is reshaping society. The “California Spotlight on Tech Authoritarianism” event panelists discussed the implications of these advancements, the undermining of democratic processes and the expanding frontiers of tech authoritarianism.

The real reason tech billionaires are prepping for doomsday - Salon.com

A misanthropic view of humanity guides the tech aristocracy — and it's trickled into their vision of the future

Musk, Bloomberg, Bezos: America's aristocracy of tech robber barons lives by its own rules

Elon Musk’s ‘pedo guy’ trial revealed that supposed equality between billionaires and mere mortals is a fiction

CounterPunch.org

Make Aristocracy Great Again: Lost Roots of Techno-Feudalism

It is difficult to interpret the Trump administration’s wholesale attacks on governmental programs as anything other than accelerationist efforts to destroy basic features of the American political and economic systems. From DOGE’s Artificial Intelligence-rampage through federal bureaus, the destruction of agencies like the Department of Education, or Trump’s expanding ICE as his well-funded private domestic army and occupying Democrat-governed cities; the destruction of old standards of normalcy are clear. While documents like Project 2025 reveal elements of Trump’s game plan, there are serious open questions concerning the administration’s long game and exactly how far the oligarchs influencing Trump want to take this antidemocratic movement.

Inside tech billionaire Peter Thiel’s off-the-record lectures about the antichrist

The political svengali and investor has been giving lectures on ‘an evil king or tyrant … who appears in the end times’

@Npars01@mstdn.social replied · 3 days ago

According to Peter Thiel & his ilk, the end game is the apocalyptic collapse of democracy & a new world order run by tech "aristocrats".

https://www.counterpunch.org/2025/11/07/make-aristocracy-great-again-lost-roots-of-techno-feudalism/

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2019/dec/12/musk-bloomberg-bezos-americas-aristocracy-of-tech-robber-barons-lives-by-its-own-rules

https://www.salon.com/2018/05/12/the-real-reason-tech-billionaires-are-prepping-for-doomsday/

https://ls.berkeley.edu/news/researchers-discuss-rise-tech-authoritarianism-social-science-matrix-event

https://www.thetimes.com/comment/columnists/article/tech-bros-serfs-oligarchs-q629qk3g8

https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2024/01/american-oligarchy/

https://siliconeer.com/current/ai-aristocracy-utopia-few-disruption-masses/

https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2025/02/washington-post-editorial-independence/681847/

The "Might Makes Right" fantasies of men rejected in high school.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/oct/10/peter-thiel-lectures-antichrist

https://quillette.com/2019/06/19/what-do-the-oligarchs-have-in-mind-for-us/

https://www.patheos.com/blogs/theologicalapologetics/2026/01/peter-thiel-and-antichrist-lectures-on-the-end-of-the-world/

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Anthony Costello

Peter Thiel and Antichrist: Lectures on the End of the World

Peter Thiel, one of the world's most powerful men, has some serious things to say about the End Times and the Antichrist.

What Do the Oligarchs Have in Mind for Us?

What has not been discussed nearly as much is the end game of the oligarchs.

Jeff Bezos’s Hypocritical Assertion of Power

His decision will only make The Washington Post a weaker institution.

American Oligarchy

Tech bros threaten to make serfs of us all

Where medieval elites controlled land, modern oligarchs monopolise the digital territory workers depend on to survive

Letters & Science

Researchers discuss the rise of tech authoritarianism at Social Science Matrix event

California is the global center of technological advancement. A recent panel of researchers from Berkeley Social Sciences and other scholars convened last week at the Social Science Matrix to discuss how the rise of powerful tech entities and the rapid diffusion of new technologies across the state is reshaping society. The “California Spotlight on Tech Authoritarianism” event panelists discussed the implications of these advancements, the undermining of democratic processes and the expanding frontiers of tech authoritarianism.

The real reason tech billionaires are prepping for doomsday - Salon.com

A misanthropic view of humanity guides the tech aristocracy — and it's trickled into their vision of the future

Musk, Bloomberg, Bezos: America's aristocracy of tech robber barons lives by its own rules

Elon Musk’s ‘pedo guy’ trial revealed that supposed equality between billionaires and mere mortals is a fiction

CounterPunch.org

Make Aristocracy Great Again: Lost Roots of Techno-Feudalism

It is difficult to interpret the Trump administration’s wholesale attacks on governmental programs as anything other than accelerationist efforts to destroy basic features of the American political and economic systems. From DOGE’s Artificial Intelligence-rampage through federal bureaus, the destruction of agencies like the Department of Education, or Trump’s expanding ICE as his well-funded private domestic army and occupying Democrat-governed cities; the destruction of old standards of normalcy are clear. While documents like Project 2025 reveal elements of Trump’s game plan, there are serious open questions concerning the administration’s long game and exactly how far the oligarchs influencing Trump want to take this antidemocratic movement.

Inside tech billionaire Peter Thiel’s off-the-record lectures about the antichrist

The political svengali and investor has been giving lectures on ‘an evil king or tyrant … who appears in the end times’

@Npars01@mstdn.social replied · 3 days ago

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https://www.wired.com/story/the-real-stakes-real-story-peter-thiels-antichrist-obsession/

https://www.washingtonpost.com/podcasts/post-reports/inside-billionaire-peter-thiels-private-antichrist-lectures/

Weird 19th century bullshit like this...
https://www.hungarianconservative.com/articles/tech/nineteenth-century-equilibrium-tech-right-aristocracy-industrial-revolution/

https://perry-douglas.medium.com/ai-the-neoliberalism-lie-f7932252f50e

https://epigram.org.uk/the-digital-empire/

https://perry-douglas.medium.com/tech-bros-the-new-tech-aristocracy-and-going-beyond-ai-fb8587e39d51

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/04/books/read-like-wind-recommendations.html
https://archive.ph/sgHuZ

https://perry-douglas.medium.com/the-rise-of-the-ai-oligarchs-edb0f410ec8b

https://www.nytimes.com

2 Books About the Moneyed Class (Published 2025)

Opinion | The digital empire: Power, politics, and Technofeudalism

By Nadia Anwar-Watts, Fourth Year, Music and German Nadia Anwar-Watts draws attention to the danger of the immense power being placed in the hands of tech billionaires as their influence grows, enabling them to manipulate society to their liking, exert control over digital spaces and exploit users. In recent years,

Hungarian Conservative

The Nineteenth-Century Rules of Equilibrium for the Tech-Right Aristocracy - Hungarian Conservative

‘Every industrial revolution—and we are in the midst of a new one led by the tech aristocracy—goes through motions that breed new speech and social contracts...The real lesson from this debate is for the new tech-right aristocracy to figure out how they want to wield their power to achieve that equilibrium.’

The Real Stakes, and Real Story, of Peter Thiel’s Antichrist Obsession

Thirty years ago, a peace-loving Austrian theologian spoke to Peter Thiel about the apocalyptic theories of Nazi jurist Carl Schmitt. They’ve been a road map for the billionaire ever since.

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