Peter Thiel - unlikely candidate due to his libertarian and more fringe views. Doesn't appear to have the type of personality or media presence that a president needs.
Musk is interesting because he already has a strong following and that vague 'charisma' factor. I don't know much about his political views other than pro-space.
I'm somewhat doubtful that 'becoming president' is a straight forward strategy for maximizing impact. Winning a presidential election is very difficult. Winning and also having a high impact presidency is even more difficult.
In general it's arguable to what extent presidents are leaders vs figureheads that the true powers rally behind.
In general it's arguable to what extent presidents are leaders vs figureheads that the true powers rally behind.
Non-American here... there are certain things that give me the figurehead vibe. Such as should not be atheist - if not figurehead people would care more about culturally Christian / traditional / conservative VALUES than faith.
Faith is a deeply personal issue and suggests the importance of personality i.e. figureheadism.
Values, such as, values that align with religious conservative etc. ones even if the candidate is atheist would suggest mor...
I just saw that Donald Trump is running for president. Which led me to the following thought: would any of the big names in tech have a chance at being elected president of the US? Elon Musk? Sergey Brin? Jeff Bezos? Reid Hoffman? Peter Thiel? Edit: Bill Gates?
Some follow up questions/thoughts:
Edit: hypothetically, if one of these big-name tech people were to try to gain political power, how should they go about doing so?