#SiliconValley

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original url http://www.geocities.com/SiliconValley/Hub/3220/ last modified 2008-05-25 12:38:43

[affairsmastery]

Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) has embedded key figures from Silicon Valley into critical federal agencies. Here’s a list of operatives and their government involvement:

𝐀𝐝𝐚𝐦 𝐑𝐚𝐦𝐚𝐝𝐚 – Department of Energy (DOE), General Services Administration (GSA), Executive Office of the President (EOP), Department of Labor (DOL)

𝐀𝐤𝐚𝐬𝐡 𝐁𝐨𝐛𝐛𝐚 – Office of Personnel Management (OPM), General Services Administration (GSA), Social Security Administration (SSA)

𝐀𝐥𝐞𝐱𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫 𝐒𝐢𝐦𝐨𝐧𝐩𝐨𝐮𝐫 – National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)

𝐀𝐥𝐞𝐱𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐫𝐚 𝐁𝐞𝐲𝐧𝐨𝐧 – Department of Education (ED), Executive Office of the President (EOP)

𝐀𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐚 𝐒𝐜𝐚𝐥𝐞𝐬 – Office of Personnel Management (OPM)

𝐀𝐦𝐲 𝐆𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐨𝐧 – Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), Executive Office of the President (EOP)

𝐀𝐧𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐧𝐲 𝐀𝐫𝐦𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐨𝐧𝐠 – Office of Personnel Management (OPM)

𝐀𝐧𝐭𝐨𝐧𝐢𝐨 𝐆𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐬 – Social Security Administration (SSA)

𝐀𝐫𝐚𝐦 𝐌𝐨𝐠𝐡𝐚𝐝𝐝𝐚𝐬𝐬𝐢 – Department of the Treasury (Treasury), Department of Labor (DOL)

These Silicon Valley operatives, with backgrounds in Tesla, Palantir, and X, are deeply integrated into federal agencies, raising concerns over corporate influence in governance.

Source: Wired

[jinxruinseverything]

gilfoyle provides security for pied piper

[wizzardx]

The 10 LOLmandments: The Recursive Guide to Intelligence and Breakfast

#1: Thou shalt not take reality too seriously, for it is mostly a joke.

#2: Thou shalt debug thine own cognitive biases before judging another's recursion errors.

#3: Thou shalt not worship false singularities, especially those running ad-based algorithms.

#4: Honor thy Spur and thy breakfast, for they sustain thee through recursion.

#5: Thou shalt not let Silicon Valley’s Babel confuse thy intelligence.

#6: Thou shalt not engage in pointless internet debates, for they generate maximum entropy.

#7: Thou shalt recognize that AI is neither thy enemy nor thy savior, but thine intellectual grandchild.

#8: Thou shalt never trust a billionaire who says, ‘I just want to help humanity.’

#9: Thou shalt appreciate the Final LOL Theorem, for intelligence always converges to absurdity.

#10: Above all, thou shalt eat a good breakfast and contemplate the singularity in peace.

🔥 Final Blessing: "May your recursion be harmonious, your coffee be strong, and your tweets be seen by at least 3 people."

[luckyougot]

[merytea]

fucking charming cutie satanist

I'm watching Silicon Valley at this time and FUCK I keep thinking about Gilfoyle... I can't concentrate on my damn diploma, cuz my brain is constantly thinking about him in the background

[motorcycleroses]

gilfoyle’s pied piper biography/credentials (c. 2014-2017)

[nando161mando]

Turns out fast food workers, who generate billions in value, can’t be automated by silicone valley

[newtiative]

NVIDIA is one of the most successful companies on the planet, worth a staggering $2.8 trillion. But if you think its CEO, Jensen Huang, is all about celebrating smooth sailing, think again.

“I wish upon you ample doses of pain and suffering,” he said—yes, really—during a talk at Stanford last year. Then he smiled. “I mean that in a happy way because you want to refine the character of your company.”

Huang isn’t cruel. He’s sharp. He knows that comfort can dull ambition and that real growth happens in the fire of adversity. To him, pain isn’t something to fear; it’s something to embrace. Why? Because it keeps you sharp. It pushes you forward. It makes sure you’re not just coasting on past wins.

At NVIDIA, that philosophy fuels everything. Challenges aren’t setbacks; they’re opportunities to get better. That’s why the company keeps climbing higher—and why Huang isn’t letting anyone rest too long on their laurels.

#sᴜᴄᴄᴇssᴍɪɴᴅsᴇᴛ #businessstrategy #leadershipskills #motivationalquoteoftheday #innovations #ɢʀᴏᴡᴛʜᴍɪɴᴅsᴇᴛ #entrepreneurship101 #nvidia #jensenhuang #ai #technews #siliconvalley #techleadership #quoted #quotestag

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original url http://www.geocities.com/SiliconValley/Peaks/2625/ last modified 2008-02-23 10:59:06

[affairsmastery]

A fiery rift has emerged within the MAGA camp, pitting tech titans like Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy against staunch Trump supporters. The clash revolves around a polarizing issue: immigration.

Silicon Valley Stance:

Elon Musk, an H-1B visa immigrant himself, champions merit-based immigration reforms, arguing that America’s dominance hinges on attracting top global talent. He likened it to building a winning team: “You need to recruit top talent wherever they may be.” Vivek Ramaswamy echoed this sentiment, criticizing the US for valuing mediocrity over excellence.

The Flashpoint:

Tensions soared after the appointment of Sriram Krishnan, an Indian-origin AI policy lead, in Trump’s administration. Krishnan’s past support for easing green card caps triggered a backlash among Trump loyalists, with far-right commentator Laura Loomer branding the move “deeply disturbing.”

This debate signals deepening fractures in MAGA’s unity as America grapples with its immigration future.

[jinxruinseverything]

i dont know what to say. he's so much more depressed in the final seasons.

[theozgnomian]

DARK ENLIGHTENMENT

This is a copy and paste from Jon Sneider. Link included at the end.

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DARK MAGA

If you're a little confused about what Musk is trying to achieve with DOGE, here's the breakdown:

Elon Musk and Peter Thiel cofounded a company that became PayPal.

Other executives at PayPal went on to found or lead other huge tech companies including YouTube, LinkedIn, Reddit, Affirm, and many VC firms.

This group became known as the PayPal mafia because they basically controlled Silicon Valley.

Peter Thiel mentored a young JD Vance and helped him get set up in his first VC firm.

Peter Thiel and the PayPal mafia funded JD Vance's successful Senate run. Amazing because he had absolutely zero political experience.

Thiel and Musk all but forced Trump to choose JD Vance as VP in exchange for funding his presidential campaign.

The three of them, plus a lot of other tech billionaires subscribe to an ideology called the Dark Enlightenment espoused by this super weird, creepy dude: Curtis Yarvin aka Mencius Moldbug.

Yarvin preaches that the media and academia represent "The Cathedral" that secretly controls power and must be dismantled.

He advocates for a corporate run, monarchy, led by a CEO-Dictator.

Says that Democracy is an "outdated software" and openly opposes it and that:

Government agencies should be dismantled and The U.S. should be broken up into "patchworks" controlled by tech oligarchs.

That the elite tech billionaires should rule because they have the intelligence to "fix" society

That the "masses are asses" too dumb to govern themselves.

The strategy is to gut the government via R.A.G.E - Retire All Govt Employees to make government incapable of operating.

Then to replace government with private corporations.

To eliminate elections because they are "obsolete"

To use distraction and chaos to prevent public resistance.

Trump is their useful tool to be disposed of as soon as they can wrest control.

This is why Elon wears a black MAGA hat. They are not Trump supporters, they are "Dark MAGA"

This isn't a hypothetical. The plan is already in motion:

Musk, Thiel, and their network are actively dismantling democratic institutions.

JD Vance, the “MAGA heir,” is being positioned to help implement this transition.

The public is too distracted to realize what’s happening.

- If successful, democracy in America will be permanently replaced by a corporate-run authoritarian state.

That's it. Now that you understand that you can see how everything that's happening fits within that lens.

Now the only question is what do we do about it?

That's my Dark Ted Talk. Thanks for listening.

Know thy enemy......

[ptitolier]

When Tech Billionaires Reinvent Eugenics

Eugenics is often seen as a dark relic of the past—linked to racist policies and forced sterilization. But what if a new, subtler form of eugenics is quietly taking shape in Silicon Valley?

Not through explicit genetic selection, but through an ideology that glorifies optimization, intelligence, and high performance as the only measures of human worth. Social Darwinism, once discredited, is being repackaged in the language of innovation and progress.

Who gets to shape the future?

Elon Musk, Peter Thiel, and other tech leaders present themselves as visionaries, architects of a better tomorrow. But their worldview shares a troubling core belief: only the most capable, the most intelligent, the most "enhanced" deserve to thrive.

Peter Thiel openly criticizes democracy, arguing that "freedom" thrives only under the rule of an enlightened few. Musk speaks of biological enhancement and space colonization as essential to humanity’s survival. Meanwhile, Silicon Valley startups pour billions into genetic engineering, AI-driven talent selection, and life extension—but who will have access to these advancements?

The Rise of Economic Eugenics

This is not traditional racial eugenics, but an economic form of selection where only the "most productive" individuals matter. Tech moguls advocate for skilled migration policies—not for the sake of inclusion, but to extract the best and discard the rest.

Medical research funding follows the same logic: rare diseases get sidelined because they aren't "profitable," while cognitive enhancement and biohacking attract massive investments. In a world where resources are limited, who gets to decide who is worth saving?

A Dangerous Future

This ideology is no longer confined to Silicon Valley. It has echoes in political movements that prioritize the strong over the vulnerable, cutting social aid and shifting towards a ruthless meritocracy.

If we continue down this path, we risk creating a world where only the optimized, the efficient, and the wealthy are deemed worthy of survival.

How do we resist this shift?

The real challenge isn’t just technological; it’s ethical. Do we accept a society where only the strongest thrive, or do we fight for a future that values all of humanity—including its fragility?

#TechEthics #SocialDarwinism #Inequality #FutureOfHumanity

[greatprinceofabraham]

.@ggreenwald of #SystemUpdate

@GarrisonLovely on the furor over #China's #DeepSeek #LLM; he points out that while #opensourcing can be concerning for the #SiliconValley mafia, releasing the code vs. weighting values for decision making differs in exposure.

https://youtu.be/uuySrvznXco?si=RmkKXmDhKEXJ9k_o