The Amazing Palmer Luckey

[Scottmi]

Bari Weiss calls this the Profile of the year. I say "Wow!"

Palmer Luckey, American Vulcan

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[Chasing Embers]

First I've heard of him. A bit too wordy for me to follow, another tech guy?

 

[gamzultovah]

I stopped reading the article at this point: “he attempted to solve the obesity epidemic by making food out of petroleum products centrifuged out of the sewer system…” I’ve never heard of him before and I hope it stays that way.

 

[mikethompson]

I stopped reading the article at this point: “he attempted to solve the obesity epidemic by making food out of petroleum products centrifuged out of the sewer system…” I’ve never heard of him before and I hope it stays that way.

"he maintains, which he only ditched because of the “marketing nightmare” of persuading people to eat remanufactured sewage."

Yes I would imagine that would be difficult, but people still drink Tim Hortons coffee, so it could be done.

 

[Richmond B. Funkenhouser]

Turning sewage into food he says...

Sounds about right.

I prefer to do it the other way around, though.

 

[Richmond B. Funkenhouser]

Wait for it...

Someone will be here shortly to defend it.

 

[brian64]

Are there any billionaires who don't want to feed sewage to the masses and build "lethal autonomous weapons systems"?

 

[jpberg]

Wait for it...

Someone will be here shortly to defend it.

Eat shit, Funkenhouser.
Jeepers, that’s been teed up over the plate since 7 this morning and nobody wanted to take a swing?

 

[kcghost]

I can't say I have heard of him before, and kind of wish hadn't taken the time to read the article.

 

[BingBong]

Is sewage kosher?

 

[LotusEater]

I’ve been turning food into sewage pretty regularly for as long as I can remember

 

[anotherbob]

I can't help but feel like when tech or business guys get these types of write ups, it's essentially a paid ad. An ad that is somehow supposed to humanize them, while also telling us how different they are then us. But basically a P.R. move trying to see them as more then what they are.
It felt fluffy. And honestly if you're in that position there are problematic and not fluffy things about you. That's not even a critical statement on the person, just the position and what kind of person it takes to end up there and how being in such a position can alter a person. Like look it's interesting enough that people do these things, but people are kind of a grey mix of good, o.k., and messed up.

 

[anotherbob]

Are there any billionaires who don't want to feed sewage to the masses and build "lethal autonomous weapons systems"?

I think a few want to feed the masses to the sewage.

 

[Scottmi]

jeez you guys. tough crowd!

 

[anotherbob]

jeez you guys. tough crowd!

I prefer the term discerning.