it's ..... hairy
this is a prior attempt by me at giving a (very) concise overview of the "main camp" (for lack of a better term). the zizians are a distinct, specific, extremist offshoot of these.
and I want to make clear that "extremist" there is really, really intense. because 'ole Yud himself has advocated nuking datacenters to "stop the AI"
thiel's linked in by......many strands. it's pretty accurate to say that many aren't known, and only some are. some things that are: these ideas are extremely popular with a lot of the kind of people who work at thiel-funded/thiel-connected companies (palantir, etc etc). there's also a strong link/correlation between the sort of shit that both thiel/yarvin say, and many of these
don't feel bad for not getting it from the getgo, nor should you feel bad about not wanting to dive in. much of their shit spans 2~3 decades (even longer when you account for the extropians and longtermists and shit...), so there's a lot