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Peter Thiel: The Real Risk is Totalitarian World Government (Triggernometry, 2024)

2024/9/12
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彼得·蒂尔认为，西方世界在过去几十年中科技进步停滞，主要体现在数字技术领域，而其他领域进展缓慢。他认为，人们对AI的风险过于关注，而忽略了更严重的风险——极权世界政府的出现。他认为，这种政府可能是对气候变化、AI等问题的解决方案，但其极权主义性质将带来更大的危害。他批评了政治正确和思想一致性，认为它们阻碍了创新和进步，并导致了社会和政治的极化。他还认为，美国面临着严重的财政赤字问题，政治极化加剧了这一问题。他认为，解决美国问题的办法是放松管制，而非提高税收。他认为，与伊斯兰极端主义相比，中国构成的威胁更大，因为中国致力于在科技和经济上超越西方，这可能导致冲突。他认为，在中东问题上，应该将重点放在伊朗，防止其获得核武器。他认为，台湾危机可能导致与中国的全面经济脱钩，这比全球政府的风险更小。他认为，西方需要行动而非空谈来改善年轻一代的生活。

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Progress has stagnated; the future of technology; the impact of AI; existential threats; global government; polarization and growth; social media critique; wokeness and religion; geopolitical challenges.

Outline:

(00:00) Trailer

(00:40) Progress has stagnated

(04:25) We need courage more than genius

(10:50) What will the future look like?

(15:03) The impact of AI

(17:46) The main existential threats

(18:44) Totalitarian one world government

(23:27) What a global government would look like

(27:00) 'Optimism and pessimism' - the wrong framing

(30:12) What I'd change about the States

(32:25) Polarisation is bad for growth

(36:08) The global stagnation crisis

(38:40) Is AI the solution?

(40:43) Critiquing social media

(43:02) Wokeness is a warped form of Christianity

(45:48) The flaws of New Atheism

(49:40) Two threats: Islam and China

(52:38) China's thirst for dominance

(58:23) We must focus on Iran

(01:00:41) Thoughts on Russia

(01:02:33) The Taiwan crisis

(01:04:47) What's the one thing we're not talking about?

Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=42iVcEg5SOM)