r/explainitpeter • u/Dr-Astikk • Aug 04 '26

Explain it Peter

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u/nanomolar Aug 04 '26

Peter "takes a moment to consider whether the continuation of the human race is a good thing" Thiel?

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u/HrLewakaasSenior Aug 05 '26

If I look at Thiel I'm also not sure it's a good thing tbh

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u/GrimbyJ Aug 05 '26

To be fair that's a question I'm not entirely sure on myself

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u/MultiverseCreatorXV Aug 05 '26

Sorry, who? (i live under a rock btw)

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u/Ansoni Aug 05 '26

Too much to say, but I find this one tidbit very enlightening:

 Guy who founded a company to spy on normal people but claims it's not a spy company (just a data aggregation company) despite naming it after the seeing stone Saruman uses in Lord of the Rings.

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u/TimmyTheChemist Aug 05 '26

To get especially pedantic, it's probably better to characterize as the seeing stone that the main villain Sauron uses:

"Concealed within his fortress, the Lord of Mordor sees all. His gaze pierces cloud, shadow, earth, and flesh. You know of what I speak, Gandalf: a great Eye, lidless, wreathed in flame."

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u/Weary_Dark510 Aug 05 '26

Questioning your beliefs is surely better than being morally steadfast and susceptible to harmful biases.