the old saying goes that every entrepreneur wishes they were a philosopher, and every philosopher wishes they were an entrepreneur

generally holds true soros marc rich bill gates musk thiel nassim taleb epstein etc

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benrutter 3 hours ago | parent [-]

I like that saying but those are all entrepreneurs right? Where are all the philosopher wannabe billionares? From my experience they seem pretty happy in relatively low paying professor jobs.

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walthamstow 3 hours ago | parent | next [-]

> Where are all the philosopher wannabe billionares?

On Twitter, in my experience. The 'manosphere' is practically all philosopher-wannabe-billionaires.

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mariusor 3 hours ago | parent [-]

I doubt that anyone could categorize the manosphere phenomenon as philosophy. Without empathy you can't really have philosophy. Or, at least not the kind that you can take seriously.

	▲	RichEO 3 hours ago \| parent \| next [-]
		It struck me as I was watching the new Louis Theroux Netflix documentary that the manosphere must love Nietzsche.
	▲	walthamstow 3 hours ago \| parent \| prev [-]
		I don't take them seriously. They do see themselves philosophers though.

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DaedalusII 3 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

nassim taleb is primarily a philosopher who pretends to be a hedge fund guy, jordan peterson, robert kiyosaki, tim ferriss maybe, sam bankman fried, the tech lead yt

archetype is people who sell their success as a model for you to follow while having none themselves, wrapped up as some kind of philosophical position, so they can make money

lots of self help authors, failed vc funds, podcasts

	▲	booleandilemma 2 hours ago \| parent \| next [-]
		I don't think Peterson is a philosopher or an entrepreneur. Does debating college kids make you a philosopher now? Is that the bar? At least mention Žižek. He's an actual, present day philosopher.
	▲	coffeebeqn 2 hours ago \| parent \| prev [-]
		That’s all tech bros and self-help gurus? I guess anyone can claim themselves to be an “philosopher”