Peter Thiel

Podcast : FT Tech Tonic Episode : Trump’s tech bros: The enigma of Peter Thiel Release date : 2025-07-08 Get Podcast Transcript → powered by Listen411 - fast audio-to-text and summarization Peter Thiel is unlike any other Trump tech bro. As well as a wildly successful investor, he’s seen as a thinker - the philosopher king of Silicon Valley. Thiel’s acolytes in the tech world and Washington include vice-president JD Vance but his relationship with the Trump camp is complicated. And there are still questions about what, if anything, he wants with the president. In the final episode of this season of Tech Tonic, Murad Ahmed speaks to FT columnist Gillian Tett about Thiel’s political philosophy, and to Tabby Kinder, the FT’s West Coast financial editor, about his influence in Silicon Valley. Free to read: How Peter Thiel and Silicon Valley funded the sudden rise of JD Vance A time for truth and reconciliation (written by Peter Thiel) How a little-known French literary critic became a bellwether for the US right Palantir’s ‘revolving door’ with government spurs huge growth This season of Tech Tonic is presented by Murad Ahmed and produced by Josh Gabert-Doyon. The senior producer is Edwin Lane and the executive producer is Flo Phillips. Sound design by Sam Giovinco. Breen Turner and Samantha Giovinco. Original music by Metaphor Music, Manuela Saragosa and Topher Forhecz are the FT’s acting co-heads of audio. Read a transcript of this episode on FT.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Podcast : Conversations with Tyler Episode : Peter Thiel on Political Theology Release date : 2024-04-17 Get Podcast Transcript → powered by Listen411 - fast audio-to-text and summarization In this conversation recorded live in Miami, Tyler and Peter Thiel dive deep into the complexities of political theology, including why it's a concept we still need today, why Peter's against Calvinism (and rationalism), whether the Old Testament should lead us to be woke, why Carl Schmitt is enjoying a resurgence, whether we're entering a new age of millenarian thought, the one existential risk Peter thinks we're overlooking, why everyone just muddling through leads to disaster, the role of the katechon, the political vision in Shakespeare, how AI will affect the influence of wordcels, Straussian messages in the Bible, what worries Peter about Miami, and more. Read a full transcript enhanced with helpful links, or watch the full video . Recorded February 21st, 2024. Other ways to connect Follow us on X and Instagram Follow Tyler on X Follow Peter on X Sign up for our newsletter Join our Discord Email us: cowenconvos@mercatus.gmu.edu Learn more about Conversations with Tyler and other Mercatus Center podcasts here .

A discussion of the book Zero to One by Peter Thiel and Blake Masters Zero to One by Peter Thiel and Blake Masters is a book that looks at exactly that, going from zero to one. Specifically, going from something not existing to one existing. "Doing what we already know how to do takes the world from 1 to n, adding more of something familiar. But every time we create something new, we go from 0 to 1." pg. 1 While most get lost in incremental improvement, Thiel focuses on creating the completely new. "Zero to One is about how to build companies that create new things." pg. 2 The book looks at how monopolies and competition compare, and aims to show that monopolies are where the real value lies, both for companies and for end consumers. This is because while competition results in incremental improvement, creating something completely new is far more valuable. Competition leads to a war mentality, where monopolies lead to an abundance mentality. Monopolies - in the good sense - exist because they create something so good that others can't compete, and in doing so, monopolies are "powerful engines for making the world better." pg. 32 Hosted by Peter Banda & James de Klerk This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit mindfulreading.substack.com

Podcast : Meeting of Minds Podcast Episode : Peter Thiel: “The State Contains Violence” Release date : 2022-09-29 Get Podcast Transcript → powered by Listen411 - fast audio-to-text and summarization Peter Thiel, arguably the most successful tech investor of modern times, also reads widely and thinks deeply about philosophy and theology. In a fascinating follow-up to his previous interview about his mentor, Rene Girard, Thiel discusses how modern ideologies such as fascism and communism "up the dose" from murder to genocide as Christianity weakened the power of human sacrifice. He also discusses how progressive ideologies are "stronger moves" than fascistic or reactionary ones because they weaponize Christianity's concern for victims. Thiel talks about how the state, with its origins in paganism, restrains violence by using violence and how Christians might navigate that dilemma by engaging politically but not becoming excessively entangled by it. Finally, Thiel points out how those who promise to protect us from Apocalypse can actually accelerate its coming. Timestamps: 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 towards wokeism 17:10 Wokeism is Christianity without the forgiveness 18:30 Acknowledging sin even when it enables critics 21:55 Holocaust as the ultimate test of forgiveness, destroying the concept of forgiveness 25:52 Ignorance and forgiveness 27:55 Gospels as deconstruction of philosophy 32:05 Getting tangled in politics. Government and violence 33:55 Can leaders behave like Christians? 35:37 The katechon and accelerationism. Preterism and futurism. 39:10 The Antichrist as a false katechon 41:14 The Precautionary Principle: technological Armageddon 45:15 Enabling Fascism to fight Communism 46:12 Reagan coalition 49:30 Christianity and mimetic entanglement, political atheism 54:30 How much can people change? See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Podcast : Socrates in the City Episode : Peter Thiel: Zero to One Release date : 2020-02-28 Get Podcast Transcript → powered by Listen411 - fast audio-to-text and summarization Eric Metaxas interviews entrepreneur and investor Peter Thiel on his bestselling book ZERO TO ONE. Using Apollo 11 and Woodstock as reference points, Thiel and Metaxas explore the idea that we live in an age of technological stagnation, and cover a range of topics — globalization, Greta Thunberg, academia, the worst of the cardinal sins, communion, and more. The interview took place in New York City, in January 2020. The post Peter Thiel: Zero to One first appeared on Socrates in the City .

TSI Conference 2009 - Peter Thiel --- Thiel Talks is an audio archive of Peter Thiel's ideas. New audio every Saturday. Inquiries to peterthielaudio@gmail.com

Peter Thiel, Founding CEO, Paypal; President, Clarium Capital; Philanthropist, gives the Keynote Speech at Libertopia 2010. --- Thiel Talks is an audio archive of Peter Thiel's ideas. New audio every Saturday. Inquiries to peterthielaudio@gmail.com

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. --- Thiel Talks is an audio archive of Peter Thiel's ideas. New audio every Saturday. Inquiries to peterthielaudio@gmail.com

This panel includes venture capitalist Peter Thiel, AI researcher Eliezer Yudkowsky, and biogerontologist Aubrey de Grey on their thoughts on philanthropy and being pro-active. At Singularity Summit 2009. --- Thiel Talks is an audio archive of Peter Thiel's ideas. New audio every Saturday. Inquiries to peterthielaudio@gmail.com

December 5th, 2008. Peter Thiel says the U.S. may be facing several years of slow growth or stagnation. However, in a globalized and very competitive world, there are surprisingly big constraints on political action that can lead us toward being less capitalist and less competitive. In short, we will compete, although it will be an increasingly difficult slog unless our technological means elevate dramatically. --- Thiel Talks is an audio archive of Peter Thiel's ideas. New audio every Saturday. Inquiries to peterthielaudio@gmail.com

In this talk, Peter describes how our entire civilization is predicated on accelerating technological change. Peter Thiel, best known as the founder of both PayPal (sold to eBay in 2002) and hedge fund Clarium Capital, in 2009 launched the Thiel Foundation, a private foundation based in NYC that defends and promotes freedom in all its dimensions: political, personal and economic. --- Thiel Talks is an audio archive of Peter Thiel's ideas. New audio every Saturday. Inquiries to peterthielaudio@gmail.com

PayPal co-founder and Facebook board member Peter Thiel joined The Nixon Seminar on Conservative Realism and National Security on Tuesday, April 6th to discuss Big Tech and China: What do we need from Silicon Valley? Former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and former National Security Advisor Ambassador Robert O’Brien led a discussion between Thiel and 15 national security experts. --- Thiel Talks is an audio archive of Peter Thiel's ideas. New audio every Saturday. Inquiries to peterthielaudio@gmail.com