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Silicon Valley’s midlife crisis (with Taylor Lorenz)

2024/11/13
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通过深入探讨互联网文化和政治，Taylor Lorenz 为听众提供了对在线世界的深刻分析。
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Ryan Broderick 认为硅谷的许多男性正经历着严重的“中年危机”，他们将这种危机转嫁到其他人身上，并痴迷于建立自己的国家和追求永生，他们的行为与常人脱节，并且热衷于极端的“生物黑客”行为，但这些行为可能存在健康风险，并且忽视了社会层面的疾病防治。他们对批评非常敏感，甚至会对批评者进行人身攻击。他们的思想带有明显的权力主义倾向，试图创造“超级人类”。他们对现代医学缺乏信任，认为可以通过消费和投资来获得健康，这是一种错误的观念。他们相信自己拥有“健康至上”的观念，认为自己可以避免疾病，但这是一种错误的认知。他们对自身的影响力感到焦虑，试图通过各种方式来保持文化上的相关性。他们试图通过技术手段来颠覆民主制度并建立自己的权力体系。 Taylor Lorenz 认为硅谷许多知名人士都正在经历中年危机，试图通过各种方式对抗死亡。硅谷长期以来存在着奇怪的倾向，尤其是在加密货币和新兴技术兴起后，这种倾向变得更加明显。许多硅谷人士追求的“宏大想法”本身并非不好，但其追求方式存在问题，无法带来任何乌托邦式的益处。硅谷一些富豪对批评非常敏感，甚至会对批评者进行人身攻击。硅谷一些人士的思想带有明显的权力主义倾向，试图创造“超级人类”。尽管硅谷宣扬技术乐观主义，但许多科技巨头却对未来感到焦虑，并试图通过建立“网络国家”来逃避民主社会。硅谷人士正在经历中年危机，他们开始关注长寿和永生，并因此将痛苦强加于他人。他们对现代医学缺乏信任，他们认为可以通过消费和投资来获得健康，这是一种错误的观念。他们相信自己拥有“健康至上”的观念，认为自己可以避免疾病，但这是一种错误的认知。他们对自身的影响力感到焦虑，试图通过各种方式来保持文化上的相关性。Peter Thiel 通过其意识形态影响了硅谷的许多人，使其变得更加极端。Curtis Yarvin 的思想对硅谷一些人士的极端化起到了推波助澜的作用。

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The episode begins with a discussion on the bizarre health startup pitches heard by Taylor Lorenz, highlighting the obsession with biohacking and youth regeneration among Silicon Valley elites.
  • Silicon Valley elites are obsessed with biohacking and youth regeneration.
  • They invest in technologies like nano-robots and hormonal treatments.
  • These same individuals are often against trans people taking hormones.

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From shooting themselves up with boys’ blood to starting their own countries, “techno-optimism” has taken a decidedly dark turn. It turns out Silicon Valley is going through a midlife crisis — and while us peasants might address that with a motorcycle or a long vacation, the dudes in the PayPal Mafia are facing their mortality by inflicting pain on the rest of us. Taylor Lorenz joins the pod to dissect what’s caused so many billionaires to lose their minds, and the implications for humanity.

Our guest Taylor Lorenz is a journalist. She hosts the podcast Power User, and writes about tech and online culture for her Substack, User Mag https://www.usermag.co/). You can follow her everywhere else @taylorlorenz.

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Credits

  • Host: Ryan Broderick

  • Producer: Grant Irving

  • Researcher: Adam Bumas

  • Business Manager: Josh Fjelstad

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