Peter "Palantir" Thiel and a load of other venture capitalists are sponsoring an openly pro-doping sports event 🤮

"Organisers of the Enhanced Games, which has been backed by venture capitalists including the billionaire Peter Thiel, have called their event the Olympics of the future. They argue that drug use in sport should be called a demonstration of science."

This says everything about their priorities and attitude to humanity...

https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2024/apr/11/its-a-joke-enhanced-games-swimmer-should-face-life-ban-says-aquatics-chief

#Sport #Sports #Doping #Athletics #Olympics #VC #VentureCapital #VentureCapitalism

‘It’s a joke’: Enhanced Games swimmer should face life ban, says aquatics chief

Brent Nowicki said ‘You cross that bridge, you don’t come back’ after hearing James Magnussen’s plans to dope to break world record at Enhanced Games

^{Sean Ingle (The Guardian)}

Sam Bankman-Fried will grow old in jail. But don’t forget those who basked in his orbit

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2024/mar/28/sam-bankman-fried-jail-ftx-money

#vc #SiliconValley

Via @leonp

Sam Bankman-Fried will grow old in jail. But don’t forget those who basked in his orbit

If the high-rollers surrounding the disgraced FTX founder had any qualms about taking his money, they didn’t show it, says the Guardian columnist Aditya Chakrabortty

^{Aditya Chakrabortty (The Guardian)}