by Shelt Garner
@sheltgarner
Let’s talk about two people featured on the Tech Bro podcast “All-In.”
Chamath Palihapitiya
They say you can’t argue with success and, as such, I really don’t have much room to talk when it comes to this guy. He’s very, very successful. But I still have a hot take on him, and that hot take is he’s a huge fucking asshole. I say this as broke-ass “creative type” who likes to think I have enough of a something akin a secular “soul” that I can appreciate that sometimes humans create for the sake of creation. Palihapitiya’s views on Hollywood — that the entire industry is just a Tech Bro rounding error — are enraging. I mean, come the fuck on. Yeah, so you’re a master of the universe, Hollywood is still very powerful. To use a strict monetary metric on Hollywood totally misses the point — Hollywood fucking creates reality! It’s all very frustrating.
David Sacks
Sacks is a prime example of a person who is a fascist, but their self-perception is such that they can’t bring themselves to admit it. Sacks’ politics are identical to a relative of mine’s. I love my relative dearly, but sometimes their arguments are just stunning in their conflated cluelessness. Sacks wants an autocratic white Christian enthostate (or thereabouts) but knows its not good politics to admit it, so he blabs about how rational he is, yadda, yadda. Fuck that. And fuck him. But, again, he’s very successful and so you can actively ignore me.
The other guys on the podcast are interesting. Maybe a little too close to Space Karen Elon Musk, but I got no problems with them. And, in general, I find the All-In podcast very interesting and enjoyable because it’s thought provoking. But I have to admit that whenever I listen to it I do a lot of yelling and eye rolling at some of the bullshit I hear.
