{"id":10172,"date":"2022-02-08T15:23:49","date_gmt":"2022-02-08T15:23:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/TheNextWeb=1379794"},"modified":"2022-02-08T15:23:49","modified_gmt":"2022-02-08T15:23:49","slug":"peter-thiel-has-quit-metas-board-here-are-3-perfect-replacements","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.londonchiropracter.com\/?p=10172","title":{"rendered":"Peter Thiel has quit Meta\u2019s board \u2014 here are 3 perfect replacements"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The news is out: Peter Thiel is stepping down from <a href=\"https:\/\/thenextweb.com\/topic\/meta\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Meta<\/a>\u2019s board of directors. Pals, we should pray for Zuck.<\/p>\n<p>Thiel \u2014 the billionaire co-founder of PayPal and Palantir Technologies \u2014 has sat on Meta\u2019s board since 2005, and was one of <a href=\"https:\/\/gizmodo.com\/peter-thiel-steps-down-from-metas-board-of-directors-1848495923\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">The Big Mark Dawg\u2019s most influential mentors<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>While Thiel is rumored to be stepping down in order to focus on, uhhh, \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2022\/02\/07\/technology\/peter-thiel-facebook.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">influencing November\u2019s midterm elections,<\/a>\u201d his departure leaves a major hole in Meta.<\/p>\n<p>Who now can guide Big Zuck on his path into darkness? What individual can whisper sweet nothings into his ear? Tell him that people, really, are nothing but numbers, bodies to be possessed?<\/p>\n<p>Luckily for him, we have some ideas.<\/p>\n<h2>Nurse Ratched<\/h2>\n<p><figure class=\"post-image post-mediaBleed alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1379828 js-lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn0.tnwcdn.com\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/1\/files\/2022\/02\/nurse-ratched-meta-board-thiel-replacement.jpg\" alt=\"nurse ratched meta board thiel replacement\" width=\"1280\" height=\"720\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn0.tnwcdn.com\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/1\/files\/2022\/02\/nurse-ratched-meta-board-thiel-replacement.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/cdn0.tnwcdn.com\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/1\/files\/2022\/02\/nurse-ratched-meta-board-thiel-replacement-280x158.jpg 280w, https:\/\/cdn0.tnwcdn.com\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/1\/files\/2022\/02\/nurse-ratched-meta-board-thiel-replacement-240x135.jpg 240w, https:\/\/cdn0.tnwcdn.com\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/1\/files\/2022\/02\/nurse-ratched-meta-board-thiel-replacement-480x270.jpg 480w, https:\/\/cdn0.tnwcdn.com\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/1\/files\/2022\/02\/nurse-ratched-meta-board-thiel-replacement-796x448.jpg 796w, https:\/\/cdn0.tnwcdn.com\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/1\/files\/2022\/02\/nurse-ratched-meta-board-thiel-replacement-1200x675.jpg 1200w\"><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1379828\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn0.tnwcdn.com\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/1\/files\/2022\/02\/nurse-ratched-meta-board-thiel-replacement.jpg\" alt=\"nurse ratched meta board thiel replacement\" width=\"1280\" height=\"720\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn0.tnwcdn.com\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/1\/files\/2022\/02\/nurse-ratched-meta-board-thiel-replacement.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/cdn0.tnwcdn.com\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/1\/files\/2022\/02\/nurse-ratched-meta-board-thiel-replacement-280x158.jpg 280w, https:\/\/cdn0.tnwcdn.com\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/1\/files\/2022\/02\/nurse-ratched-meta-board-thiel-replacement-240x135.jpg 240w, https:\/\/cdn0.tnwcdn.com\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/1\/files\/2022\/02\/nurse-ratched-meta-board-thiel-replacement-480x270.jpg 480w, https:\/\/cdn0.tnwcdn.com\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/1\/files\/2022\/02\/nurse-ratched-meta-board-thiel-replacement-796x448.jpg 796w, https:\/\/cdn0.tnwcdn.com\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/1\/files\/2022\/02\/nurse-ratched-meta-board-thiel-replacement-1200x675.jpg 1200w\"><\/noscript><\/figure>\n<\/p>\n<p>If there\u2019s one thing we know about Peter Thiel, it\u2019s he\u2019s hungry for control. I mean, if this wasn\u2019t the case, it\u2019s unlikely he would\u2019ve <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Bollea_v._Gawker\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">financed lawsuits against Gawker Media<\/a> that bankrupted and shut it down.<\/p>\n<p>True, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.forbes.com\/sites\/mattdrange\/2016\/06\/21\/peter-thiels-war-on-gawker-a-timeline\/?sh=78b929eb51c5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">the case is multifaceted<\/a> (the outlet outed Thiel against his will after all), but it\u2019s undeniable that it takes a certain type of mentality to shutter an entire media company for a personal slight.<\/p>\n<p>This is why Nurse Ratched from <em>One Flew Over the Cuckoo\u2019s Nest<\/em> is an ideal candidate to replace Thiel on Meta\u2019s board; she lives and breathes control.<\/p>\n<p>Yes, she may abuse her power. Yes, she may effectively torture people. Yes, she lobotomizes a sane man to fulfil a personal vendetta \u2014&nbsp; but you can\u2019t say she isn\u2019t efficient.<\/p>\n<p>Zuckerberg could learn a lot from her. And I bet she\u2019d have some great ideas about how to <a href=\"https:\/\/thenextweb.com\/news\/numbers-behind-meta-stock-market-crash-facebook-metaverse\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">keep people on Facebook<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h2>Thanos<\/h2>\n<p><figure class=\"post-image post-mediaBleed alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1379833 js-lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn0.tnwcdn.com\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/1\/files\/2022\/02\/thanos-marvel-peter-thiel-replacement.jpg\" alt=\"thanos marvel peter thiel replacement\" width=\"1280\" height=\"720\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn0.tnwcdn.com\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/1\/files\/2022\/02\/thanos-marvel-peter-thiel-replacement.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/cdn0.tnwcdn.com\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/1\/files\/2022\/02\/thanos-marvel-peter-thiel-replacement-280x158.jpg 280w, https:\/\/cdn0.tnwcdn.com\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/1\/files\/2022\/02\/thanos-marvel-peter-thiel-replacement-240x135.jpg 240w, https:\/\/cdn0.tnwcdn.com\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/1\/files\/2022\/02\/thanos-marvel-peter-thiel-replacement-480x270.jpg 480w, https:\/\/cdn0.tnwcdn.com\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/1\/files\/2022\/02\/thanos-marvel-peter-thiel-replacement-796x448.jpg 796w, https:\/\/cdn0.tnwcdn.com\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/1\/files\/2022\/02\/thanos-marvel-peter-thiel-replacement-1200x675.jpg 1200w\"><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1379833\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn0.tnwcdn.com\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/1\/files\/2022\/02\/thanos-marvel-peter-thiel-replacement.jpg\" alt=\"thanos marvel peter thiel replacement\" width=\"1280\" height=\"720\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn0.tnwcdn.com\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/1\/files\/2022\/02\/thanos-marvel-peter-thiel-replacement.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/cdn0.tnwcdn.com\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/1\/files\/2022\/02\/thanos-marvel-peter-thiel-replacement-280x158.jpg 280w, https:\/\/cdn0.tnwcdn.com\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/1\/files\/2022\/02\/thanos-marvel-peter-thiel-replacement-240x135.jpg 240w, https:\/\/cdn0.tnwcdn.com\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/1\/files\/2022\/02\/thanos-marvel-peter-thiel-replacement-480x270.jpg 480w, https:\/\/cdn0.tnwcdn.com\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/1\/files\/2022\/02\/thanos-marvel-peter-thiel-replacement-796x448.jpg 796w, https:\/\/cdn0.tnwcdn.com\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/1\/files\/2022\/02\/thanos-marvel-peter-thiel-replacement-1200x675.jpg 1200w\"><\/noscript><\/figure>\n<\/p>\n<p>Peter Thiel is a well known disliker of democracy. I mean, the man literally <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cato-unbound.org\/2009\/04\/13\/peter-thiel\/education-libertarian\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">wrote an article<\/a> where he said he \u201cno longer [believed] that freedom and democracy are compatible.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In the article, his solution to this (aside from sorta suggesting that women shouldn\u2019t have the vote) was finding more space for human life, whether that\u2019s on the internet, in outer space, or the\u2026 ocean.<\/p>\n<p>In an addendum, Thiel went onto say he believes politics to be \u201cway too intense\u201d \u2014 which is why he has suggested his \u201cutopian\u201d vision of people living under the fucking sea.<\/p>\n<p>Interestingly, Thanos\u2019s plan wasn\u2019t dissimilar.<\/p>\n<p>In his mind, the universe was overcrowded. Individuals and political systems weren\u2019t set up in a way that could be easily changed. But if he could get rid of half of sentient life? <em>That could work<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>To put it another way, all Thanos and Thiel want to do is save people from themselves. I mean, who could know what\u2019s better for ordinary people than the hyper-wealthy?<\/p>\n<p>True, Zuckerberg might balk at half the population disappearing \u2014 imagine the impact on Facebook\u2019s advertising model! \u2014 but at least it\u2019d help improve its ad targeting.<\/p>\n<h2>Wormtongue<\/h2>\n<p><figure class=\"post-image post-mediaBleed alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1379834 js-lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn0.tnwcdn.com\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/1\/files\/2022\/02\/wormtongue-lord-of-the-rings-peter-thiel-replacement.jpg\" alt=\"wormtongue lord of the rings peter thiel replacement\" width=\"1280\" height=\"720\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn0.tnwcdn.com\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/1\/files\/2022\/02\/wormtongue-lord-of-the-rings-peter-thiel-replacement.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/cdn0.tnwcdn.com\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/1\/files\/2022\/02\/wormtongue-lord-of-the-rings-peter-thiel-replacement-280x158.jpg 280w, https:\/\/cdn0.tnwcdn.com\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/1\/files\/2022\/02\/wormtongue-lord-of-the-rings-peter-thiel-replacement-240x135.jpg 240w, https:\/\/cdn0.tnwcdn.com\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/1\/files\/2022\/02\/wormtongue-lord-of-the-rings-peter-thiel-replacement-480x270.jpg 480w, https:\/\/cdn0.tnwcdn.com\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/1\/files\/2022\/02\/wormtongue-lord-of-the-rings-peter-thiel-replacement-796x448.jpg 796w, https:\/\/cdn0.tnwcdn.com\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/1\/files\/2022\/02\/wormtongue-lord-of-the-rings-peter-thiel-replacement-1200x675.jpg 1200w\"><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1379834\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn0.tnwcdn.com\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/1\/files\/2022\/02\/wormtongue-lord-of-the-rings-peter-thiel-replacement.jpg\" alt=\"wormtongue lord of the rings peter thiel replacement\" width=\"1280\" height=\"720\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn0.tnwcdn.com\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/1\/files\/2022\/02\/wormtongue-lord-of-the-rings-peter-thiel-replacement.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/cdn0.tnwcdn.com\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/1\/files\/2022\/02\/wormtongue-lord-of-the-rings-peter-thiel-replacement-280x158.jpg 280w, https:\/\/cdn0.tnwcdn.com\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/1\/files\/2022\/02\/wormtongue-lord-of-the-rings-peter-thiel-replacement-240x135.jpg 240w, https:\/\/cdn0.tnwcdn.com\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/1\/files\/2022\/02\/wormtongue-lord-of-the-rings-peter-thiel-replacement-480x270.jpg 480w, https:\/\/cdn0.tnwcdn.com\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/1\/files\/2022\/02\/wormtongue-lord-of-the-rings-peter-thiel-replacement-796x448.jpg 796w, https:\/\/cdn0.tnwcdn.com\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/1\/files\/2022\/02\/wormtongue-lord-of-the-rings-peter-thiel-replacement-1200x675.jpg 1200w\"><\/noscript><\/figure>\n<\/p>\n<p>Hopefully you\u2019ve rewatched <em>Lord of the Rings<\/em> recently, what with it being the 20th anniversary of the <em>Fellowship of the Ring<\/em>\u2019s release and all.<\/p>\n<p>In the latter movies, Gr\u00edma Wormtongue is the character that poisons the mind of the King of Rohan on behalf of Saruman.<\/p>\n<p>Without getting into too much detail, Wormtongue is a shadowy presence that influences decision-makers for the benefit of the already powerful.<\/p>\n<p>Oh, did I write Wormtongue? I meant <a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/news\/magazine\/2021\/09\/20\/peter-thiel-book-facebook-trump-jd-vance-blake-masters-josh-hawley-513121\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">Peter Thiel<\/a>. The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/news\/articles\/2022-02-07\/peter-thiel-to-leave-meta-board-to-pursue-trump-political-agenda\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">Trump-supporting<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vox.com\/recode\/2022\/2\/7\/22922558\/peter-thiel-facebook-meta-board-resigning-trump-conservative-stepping-down-mark-zuckerberg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">Republican-funding<\/a>, despiser of democracy, Peter Thiel.<\/p>\n<p>Put Wormtongue on Meta\u2019s board and you won\u2019t be missing a thing. Just make sure you keep anyone wearing white cloaks a long way away from Zuckerberg.<\/p>\n<p>As we can see, Meta is really spoilt for choice when it comes to filling that free seat on the board. Let\u2019s just hope that whoever he chooses continues the fine legacy Peter Thiel started.<\/p>\n<p>I wouldn\u2019t change a single thing Facebook has done over the past 18 years. Not a single thing.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/thenextweb.com\/news\/peter-thiel-quit-meta-facebook-board-3-replacements\">Source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The news is out: Peter Thiel is stepping down from Meta\u2019s board of directors. Pals, we should pray for Zuck. Thiel \u2014 the billionaire co-founder of PayPal and Palantir Technologies \u2014 has&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":10173,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.londonchiropracter.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10172"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.londonchiropracter.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.londonchiropracter.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.londonchiropracter.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.londonchiropracter.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=10172"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.londonchiropracter.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10172\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.londonchiropracter.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/10173"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.londonchiropracter.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=10172"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.londonchiropracter.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=10172"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.londonchiropracter.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=10172"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}