

We need to start calling this sort of thinking what it actually is, techno nihilism. These people like Thiel and Musk aren’t trying to build a better world for humanity, they are building escape pods for themselves to exit our world and they don’t care how much of this world they trash to get there.
The obfuscation is on purpose. The media (which, I must remind you, is all completely owned by the billionaire class) is afraid that in telling you who and what Blackstone is, there will be cheering for the death of this person instead of remorse. This is due to the whiplash they experienced in reporting on the death of that healthcare CEO back in December.
Expect more of the same kind of reporting going forward if/when a capitalist dies from misfortune.