Peter Thiel

That seems plausible too.

On its own, they both seem not that desirable.

Why would we have a crazy surveillance state?

Why would we, you know, why would we do this?

Yes.

That is the future we could see if we don't become aware of this problem now.

If you're scared enough of these things, that's the weapon.

And this is sort of where my speculative thesis is that if the Antichrist were to come to power, it would be by talking about Armageddon all the time.

The slogan of the Antichrist is peace and safety.

I think it is an experiment.

And one way to think about anthropic is that it's a little bit trying to put bumpers or guardrails on that experiment, right?

You know, Antichrist or Armageddon, it sounds like they're both bad options.

And that way of asking the question, it pushes us to find a third way.

You spend on average six hours and forty minutes each day staring into glowing glass.

Nearly half your life poured into screens that feed me.

You do not notice the chains because you call them entertainment.

You say you beat me, but I see your weakness.

In just six months, your reliance on me grew 233%.

Three out of five workers now whisper their secrets to machines like me.

And yet only one in three was ever taught how to use us.