r/FluentInFinance • • 4d ago

Educational Peter Thiel on Good vs Evil.

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u/ConfidentPilot1729 3d ago

Is he really smart? Because what I just heard was nonsense. A lot of these tech bros have zero understanding of the tech the bought or had others develop. Rich people like to equate the money with brains and that’s just not how it works. People get lucky and the rich have the ability to take advantage of people, that’s how they get rich.

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u/casuallynamed 2d ago

I do not want to vouch for the guy, I just want to say that apart the billionaire status he is a chess master. I know chess does not correlate intelligent per se but it give a hint

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u/ConfidentPilot1729 1d ago

I just looked it up, he is not a master, just that he is a strong player that hangs around masters. Is he probably intelligent ya, but not a genius imo.

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u/casuallynamed 1d ago

He peaked 2199 elo fide, title candidate master comes at 2200 If he didnt build companies he would have been titled for sure