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Peter Thiel Audio features talks, interviews, and essays by entrepreneur and investor Peter Thiel. The podcast covers topics such as technology, business, philosophy, and politics, drawing from Thiel's public appearances and writings.

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Peter Thiel: The Iconoclast (The Aspen Institute, 2024) Sep 30, 2024 4013 The future of technology; economic and cultural issues; AI and digital currencies; the state of America; the 2024 U.S. presidential election. --- Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B3ZXrTzskw0

Peter Thiel: Political Theology (Conversations with Tyler, 2024) Sep 25, 2024 4742 Political theology; Calvinism and rationalism; Old Testament interpretation; Carl Schmitt's resurgence; millenarian thought; existential risks; the role of the katechon; political vision in Shakespeare; AI's impact on wordcels; Straussian messages in the Bible; concerns about Miami. --- Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vfbndRTlsg4

Peter Thiel: ‘Anti-Anti-Anti-Anti Classical Liberalism’ (Oxford Union, 2023) Sep 24, 2024 Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fQ4rc7npiXQ

Peter Thiel: Keynote Address (The Conservative and Republican Student Conference, 2024) Sep 13, 2024 5240 Peter Thiel's keynote address at the Conservative and Republican Student Conference; discussion with Harvard Law School Professor Adrian Vermeule. ---Outline:(00:00) Introduction(00:24) Opening Remarks(03:39) "Diversity" as a distraction(04:43) 3 themes that The Diversity Myth did not address(07:38) Economic criticism of "diversity"(15:10) "Diversity" in STEM and academia(24:25) A religious or C

Peter Thiel: The Real Risk is Totalitarian World Government (Triggernometry, 2024) Sep 12, 2024 12634 Progress has stagnated; the future of technology; the impact of AI; existential threats; global government; polarization and growth; social media critique; wokeness and religion; geopolitical challenges. ---Outline:(00:00) Trailer(00:40) Progress has stagnated(04:25) We need courage more than genius(10:50) What will the future look like?(15:03) The impact of AI(17:46) The main existential threats

Peter Thiel: AI: Intelligent, Conscious, or Merely Evil? (COSM, 2022) Sep 5, 2024 2260 Artificial intelligence; AI consciousness; potential benefits and dangers of AI. --- Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GHfVMOAERzU

Peter Thiel: The State Contains Violence (Meeting of Minds with Jerry Bowyer, 2022) Sep 3, 2024 2883 The future of technology and society; Christianity and modern ideologies; political engagement and violence; apocalyptic thinking. ---Outline:(01:08) Girard, Scapegoating(04:00) Mimetic copies: Hitler and Stalin, Nazism and Communism, Fascism(05:30) Wokeism, Christianity, and Academia(10:40) Wokeism in cities, response to real estate costs. Structural wokeism(14:27) Winning and losing postures to

Peter Thiel: Religion, Culture and Technology (Vator, 2021) Aug 27, 2024 3124 Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y1qf2MCzneU

Peter Thiel: The Rise Of The Machines And Xi, The CCP, and SBF (Hugh Hewitt, 2023) Aug 25, 2024 3975 Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=drzlbW1GXak

Peter Thiel: On the Bible (Meeting of Minds with Jerry Bowyer, 2021) Aug 24, 2024 6595 Peter Thiel, the highly successful tech entrepreneur and author, discusses his mentor Rene Girard; the Bible, how we read it, and how it reads us; Jesus’ death and resurrection; atheism and the limitless escalation of violence towards apocalypse. ---Outline:(00:43) The Bible reads us(02:02) Cain and Abel vs. Romulus and Remus(06:05) Cross vs Resurrection(07:26) The Gospels are different from Death

Peter Thiel: US-China Relations at the Nixon Foundation (Vintage Code, 2021) Aug 24, 2024 7861 China-US relations; technology competition; semiconductor industry; Bitcoin; military technology; intellectual property; surveillance; foreign policy. ---Outline:(00:00) Start(00:28) Introduction(00:54) The Chinese Communist Party vs The West(02:33) How much technology has China created or stolen(02:55) Google's Project Maven & China(03:43) China's rapid military product design vs The Pentago

Peter Thiel: Failures and “Self-Hatred” of Big-Tech (Center for Natural and Artificial Intelligence, 2020) Aug 22, 2024 10331 Artificial intelligence; 5G wireless; blockchain security; new Internet and monetary systems; US-China relations; understanding money as time; future economic and technological models. --- Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ufm85wHJk5A

Peter Thiel: The Diversity Myth (Roger Scruton Memorial Lectures, 2023) Aug 19, 2024 4157 Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lO0KH-TgvbM

Peter Thiel: The World According to Thiel (Hoover Institution, 2020) Aug 18, 2024 3313 Globalization; the threat from China; US capitalism and Bernie Sanders; Silicon Valley's "derangement"; political correctness; American exceptionalism. --- Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IXG2F0a6I28

Peter Thiel: Zero to One (Socrates in the City, 2020) Aug 15, 2024 2168 Technological stagnation; globalization; climate activism; academia; religion. --- Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SO_00POR-Po

Peter Thiel: The Failure of Modern Technology (Intercollegiate Studies Institute, 2014) Aug 11, 2024 4630 The future of technology; the impact of technological advancements on Western Civilization; the digital revolution; challenges and opportunities presented by technological progress. --- Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uft4hkP9HTw

Peter Thiel: Competition is for Losers (How to Start a Startup, 2014) Aug 9, 2024 2138 Business strategy; monopoly theory; capturing value; market dynamics; innovation. ---Outline:(00:00) Introduction(00:50) Outline(00:57) Capturing value(01:57) Big piece of a small pie(03:37) Perfect competition(04:31) Monopoly(05:33) Lies people tell(05:36) Differences underestimated(06:59) Narratives(07:54) British food in Palo Alto(08:40) Do the intersections make money?(08:45) Blockbuster mov

Peter Thiel: You Are Not a Lottery Ticket (Interactive 2013 SXSW, 2013) Aug 4, 2024 3028 Determinate vs. indeterminate thinking in society; the role of luck in success; planning for the future; building businesses and creating opportunities. --- Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aaV62ao8_d8

Peter Thiel: A Conversation with Niall Ferguson (Institute of Politics Harvard Kennedy School, 2012) Aug 1, 2024 3242 Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vyxqlJTPIJY

Peter Thiel: The Portal Podcast (Eric Weinstein, 2020) Jul 30, 2024 5430 Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rPH6h8VnM64

Peter Thiel: The Tech Curse (NatCon 3 Miami, 2022) Jul 26, 2024 3543 Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=balGGAd6ZrI

Peter Thiel: Cambridge Union (Cambridge Union, 2024) Jul 21, 2024 2623 Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bNewfkhhwMo

Peter Thiel: What the Future Looks Like (James Altucher, 2024) Jul 15, 2024 4309 Peter Thiel's new book Zero to One; technological innovation; the 10x rule; PayPal's success factors; working with friends; Mark Zuckerberg; turning down billion-dollar offers; the Chinese refrigerator rule; Uber's potential; retirement investment advice. --- Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nG4eAis0jvs

Peter Thiel: The Silver Lining (Unpacking Impact, 2021) Jul 6, 2024 1300

Peter Thiel: Where Did the Future Go, with David Graeber (2014) Jul 4, 2024 3683

Peter Thiel: Back to the Future (Singularity Summit, 2011) Jul 1, 2024 2839

Peter Thiel: Hamilton College Commencement Address (Hamilton College, 2016) Jul 1, 2024 658

Peter Thiel: Different Perspectives On Innovation, Risk and Investing Jul 1, 2024 2860

Peter Thiel: Keynote (Effective Altruism Summit, 2013) Jul 1, 2024 3302

Peter Thiel: Innovation Or Stagnation? (Oxford Union Debate, 2013) Jul 1, 2024 2782

Peter Thiel: Panel with Aubrey de Grey & Eliezer Yudkowsky (Singularity Summit, 2009) Jul 1, 2024 1719

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