Silicon Valley Christians who want to build a “Heaven on Earth”

Thiel made almost the same comment 2015 Essay Discussion That technological advancement needs to accelerate. Science and technology are natural ally of “primacy in the Western Jewish region,” he wrote.

But what do Thiel, Trae Stephens and other powerful engineers actually mean when they say it’s possible to build a Christian heaven on this planet? For Trae, the idea is essentially literal and occurs through his “good quest” concept, which was first outlined article In 2022, entrepreneur Marquie Wagner was with.

In the article, Trae and Wagner argued that Silicon Valley is in a “crisis of nonsense.” Entertainment like “end your first startup just to get into venture capital,” “Armchair philosophy on Twitter,” and “Yachts between emails who effectively retired at age 35” are examples of bad quests. On the other hand, a good quest tackles extremely difficult and complex problems and brings about advances in manufacturing, artificial intelligence, and the expansion of human lifespan.

After the essay came out, Trey said the man approached him and shared that he was trying to solve an important problem. NFT Marketplace. Trae tells the audience at the Acts 17 event, an example of bad quest. “The human brain can convince you that whatever you’re doing is a good quest,” he said.

Trae, who ran President Donald Trump’s defense transition team in his first term, explained why he recently turned down the opportunity to serve as Secretary of Defense, using the same frame of good and bad quests. A very few things in life should be able to take you out of your “yes” or your good quest, Trae explained. “I think the reason for my ‘no’ was because I understood what my ‘yes’ was,” he said.

Palantir CEO Alex Karp recently criticised him It is similarly described as a moral crisis In the tech industry, it denounced the fact that a “legation of talented engineers” wasted “just to build photo-sharing apps and chat interfaces for modern consumers.” Carp went on to say that modern “general agnosticism” has “paved the way for the market to fill the gap.”

The agnosticism that Calp refers to is cultural rather than spirit. But like Trae Stephens, he believes the tech sector is too focused on solving trivial problems and ignoring society’s most pressing problems. He argued that this problem could be solved by rebuilding the United States from scratch as a technology republic. (Maybe that involves Palantir selling the technology to the government.)

The Bay Area, where Silicon Valley is nested, has long been a heaven of progressive values, often perceived as primarily agnostic or atheistic. Its general rich hippie vibe is well documented, with tech workers retreating into biohacking, psychedelics, Burning Man and Esalen’s retreat as a form of introspection and self-discovery.