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RE: Peter Thiel: The Education of a Libertarian
The fact that somebody is a successful investor doesn't mean he/she is a good philosopher too. Or, politician or whatsoever. I hate politicians, they are only successful mostly in one thing: How to be successful politicians.
Some questions are 3000 years old.
There is a saying that "Those who can't do; teach"
When it comes to politicians and bureaucrats, "Those who can't do; regulate"
All we need to make sure is that Non-Aggression Principle is preserved and that everyone sticks to their end of contracts. I remember Peter Thiel once mentioning how atoms were regulated and bytes weren't. The result was that digital technology improved rapidly. In many ways modern computers are much more advanced that HAL or many other computer system imagined 60s, 70s or even 80s. But we are not sending anyone to Jupiter. We have a hard time landing on the Moon for another time.
The Defense Budget for USA is $716 Billions for 2019. For NASA its a mere $21.5 Billion. Yet they keep being Anti-Private Ventures into space. There should e some rules in place to hold very one accountable. But thanks to the regulations, we would be making photorealistic VR Moon Bases a lot before an actual Moon Base.