Peter Thiel supported Elon's X as an ideological project but worries about it as a 'financial thing'

Peter Thiel joins the Aspen Ideas Festival on Thursday to give his take on Elon Musk’s social media platform X, formerly known as Twitter. NBCUniversal News Group is the media partner of the Aspen Ideas Festival.

[matthew.stevick]

Worked up quite a sweat for a 6 AM interview 🤨

[smitdty]

His comments about Truth Social, him saying the quiet part out loud.

[hellopixel]

It's so obviously that Thiel is on TRT. Look at his face.

[mattsantana]

It' is truly fascinating for me to observe Peter Thiel squirm while keeping his true feelings about humanity from seething into the light. Certainly a smart man, Sadly all that talent corrupted by money at such a young age. If only he had a mentor to have kept him from the dark side.

[George-fh]

One thing I learned is that executives in tech companies are able to restrict their children's use of social media platforms. They must have some superpower that parents who are not tech executives don't. It's called good parenting. 🤣🤣

[kdhKJFGiht]

It should NEVER be about the advertisers. It should be about the customers who add value to the platform. Advertisers don't do that.

[gregzz]

Yeah, its called parenting. You can't blame the society, social media and everything else for your failure as parents. Take some responsibility too.

[mikellyy]

Zuck, Elon, Thiel all sound like uncomfortable robots

[johannesdolch]

So he doesn't mean he is worried about the implications of X becoming a financial platform but he worries about it being financially viable. That is a lot less insightful than i thought.

[itheuserfirst]

I can't tell if it's sweat, or the effects of Botox to remove wrinkles. It looks similar to people who've had Botox.

[brettricia]

It's a pay-to-play Republican party: Elon Musk trending -> Howard Hughes and Peter Thiel (Simply odd) both prefer Oligarchy over Capitalism

[geoattoronto]

An hour and a half per week exposure to social media for children.

[TarotPolitics]

The guy is melting on live television he’s the Dorian Gray of his generation.

[bluesque]

Let's diss this guy with passion!

[Spawny]

Thiel looks like an escaped AI experiment

[Dangn-par]

an hour and a half a week, bruh, i need to stop social media

[whophead]

If you don't like the way Elon is doing it or whatever. Do it your damn self then.

[fritzeder]

What Peter did achieve beside talking trash?

[antonroux]

Why does anyone listen to this guy? He obviously struggles with being forthcoming in his remarks.

[johnmanderson]

Thiel is a super dangerous person. Stay away from him.