[DaedalusII]

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]

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]

That’s all tech bros and self-help gurus? I guess anyone can claim themselves to be an “philosopher”