- cross-posted to:
- [email protected]
- cross-posted to:
- [email protected]
Edit: final round is live now https://mastodon.online/@parismarx/111595842718166678
You must log in or # to comment.
Peter Thiel, Elon Musk, Jeff Bezos and Sam Altman for those who don’t want to click through.
And I have no idea which I would choose to face off from those four, let alone who would win.
You could put them in a sack and hit the sack with a stick. You’d never hit the wrong guy.
I like this idea much better than picking one of them as the worst person in tech for 2023. Can we do the stick beating instead?
But we definitely need to have Zuck in there too. And maybe Thiel, as a special guest.
Could I? Yayyyy!
Whack. Whack. Whack. Whack. Whack. Whack. Whack. Whack.
No matter who wins we all lose. That’s kind of the point whenever these guys turn up.
Well, and sadly, said.
To make things slightly easier it’s Musk v Thiel and Bezos v Altman.
In the first matchup, I would pick Musk over Thiel for being a bigger POS in general.
In the second matchup I would pick Bezos for the larger impact he has had on the world.
I’m with you on the second, but I would have a really hard time with the first because Musk is more overtly a piece of shit, but Thiel has had so much influence over the years, including elevating Elon Musk to the position where he is today. I guess if it’s the worst of 2023 and we’re restricting it solely to what we know they’ve said and done in 2023, it would be Musk. But I think overall, it is probably Thiel just because there wouldn’t be an Elon Musk anyone had heard about without Peter Thiel.
In the first matchup, I would pick Musk over Thiel for being a bigger POS in general.
But Musk’s acquisition of Twitter is in itself subservient to Theil’s overarching political goals. One has been in the limelight more, but the other has caused more harm overall.
What did Thiel do to make the internet hate him as much as the other three?
So, so, so many things.
Let’s start with him saying women getting the vote was bad for democracy and we can continue on from there.
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/peter-thiel-women-democracy_n_5747079be4b03ede4413f6f5
It’s a full time job to answer completely, but from what I know he finances escape fantasies for the rich which they call seasteading. He calls it a libertarian ideal to create these new colonial city states, but what he means is liberty for his ilk from taxes, regulation and societal rules. Meanwhile his brainchild Palantir erodes the rights of the poor people who are left behind through surveillance, military technology and ICE funding. But this is all in line with his ideology, because apartheid “works” in South Africa according to Thiel
Musk.
Why do people hate Altman? Genuinely OOTL.
deleted
I think I’d say Thiel is worse than Musk. He supports anti-gay politicians while being gay himself. Tax cuts are more important than having the law treat people as human beings.
It’s possible that Musk might fail to understand exactly how shitty he’s being due to his autism, I’m pretty sure Thiel knows he’s fucking people over and doesn’t care. Also the whole bloodboy thing.
He isn’t autistic. He simply said he is. Which makes him a giant piece of shit.
deleted
How is it that every bracket isn’t just “Elon Musk”?
Thiel’s worse, he just hasn’t made a celebrity of himself
No spez?
He’s small time. He’s ruining one big-ish social platform. While people like Zuck are ruining many!
How could anyone but musk win?
Peter Thiel is also abysmal. Elon is more visibly terrible today but Thiel has been bankrolling regressives from the shadows for 20 years. He published his first screed about diversity in academia in 1995. So he is an all-time shitstain, for sure.
At this point it’s like choosing cancer over Alzheimer’s. Die from excruciating inner torment or infuriate everyone else until you die.
I dunno, some of these votes are like comparing stage 4 leukemia to a mere urinary tract infection, and the UTI is somehow winning.
Go UTI!
How did Nadella lose to Altman? Nadella is the reason Altman is what it is now. The reason open ai is not anymore an independent no profit research team to push open AI solutions.
He’s the king maker of evil tech. Nadella vs Musk is the only possible final. Whoever voted is insulting one of 2 main contenders. Like CEO of BP losing to a gas pump owner
It’s almost as if this is the most popular worst tech person. It’s like that year all of Reddit voted EA the worst company in the world. There are companies out there costing people their lives by intentional malfeasance but a company is doing video games dirty is the worst…
Musk shouldn’t have won against Ellison. Musk is an uncontrolled trainwreck, sure, but Ellison is a highly controlled and effective lawnmower. He’s just better at not being known.
Very amusing. I still know barely anything about him, but I’m thoroughly convinced.
How is every bracket not Elon Musk?
That’s not how brackets work?
the heck, how did altman get so far? not that hes an angel(by far no), but someone like SBF did way worse imo
bezos
No unity ex ceo?
He’s a small time capitalist. These guys have society shaping power and wealth
I agree with you, but in 2023 unity fuck up was one of the major events cause most developers used unity and still continue using it
deleted
Well if the title is for just 2023 I think musk has it, if we take overall negative impact in a lifetime then I’m not sure but musk is probably not as bad.
So much names i never ever heard before and i dont wanna look up, after knowing what a fucker musk is (also he wil win)
The worst person in tech is a choice between a bunch of people who are working together to make things worse for everyone else?
Of the four I’ll take Bezos. Elon says controversial stuff but most of his businesses are legit. He owns Twitter now but he didn’t create that monster. Altman opened up a can of worms with AI but I do believe he initially had some good intentions with it. I don’t even know who Peter Thiel is. Bezos is just an evil corporate suit and Amazon will do anything for money.
Bezos isn’t even involved in Amazon anymore.
He’s executive chair of the board of directors, what are you talking about?
Jassy is the one steering the boat now, and it’s been rechristened as the SS No More Innovation
Thiel is associated with musk, and a pretty awful guy in his own right. The short version is he’s a billionaire techno-fascist that funds political campaigns for people like Trump. Here’s a video for more stuff about him if you’re curious.
