9 Best Articles in 2022
mindmatters.ai
Peter Thiel: Artificial General Intelligence Isn’t Happening
mindmatters.ai
3 min read · 2021-11-12 · There’s no road to computers that think like people that wouldn’t take us through 24/7 computer surveillance first. Thiel says. Is that what we want? · Shared by 143, including Yves Mulkers, Dr. Marcell Vollmer 🇺🇦 #StaySafe & Carpe Diem, Nige Willson, John Nosta, Marsha Collier, Dr. Marigo Raftopoulos, Martin Ford
Mission.org
The “0 to 1 Trap” and Seven Other things I learned from Peter Thiel
Mission.org
8 min read · From 2017 · Peter Thiel has been around innovation most of his life. He co-founded both PayPal and Palantir, made the first outside investment in… · Shared by 55, including Mark Kaigwa, Thomas Power, Kris Fannin, Tom Connor, Brent Summers, Vikram Dutt, Ben Tossell, Bram Kanstein, blinch
ProPublica
Lord of the Roths: How Tech Mogul Peter Thiel Turned a Retirement Account for the Middle Class…
ProPublica
20+ min read · 2021-06-24 · Roth IRAs were intended to help average working Americans save, but IRS records show Thiel and other ultrawealthy investors have used them to amass vast untaxed fortunes. · Shared by 233, including Bourree Lam, Mike Butcher🇬🇧🇪🇺, Prof Michael E. Mann, jason@calacanis.com, John Keefe, Mathew Ingram, Cory Doctorow, Mike Novogratz, Tactical Tech, Kendra "Gloom is My Beat" Pierre-Louis, Felix Salmon, emily bell, Jeff Atwood, Matthew Holt, Joshua Benton, Evan Kirstel the $B2B Techfluencer, Rick Klau, Alberto Cairo, Lena V. Groeger, Kashmir Hill
The New York Times
Peter Thiel, Trump’s Tech Pal, Explains Himself
The New York Times
~15 min read · From 2017 · The Silicon Valley billionaire and scourge of Gawker describes his admiration for the president-elect, who told him, “We’re friends for life.” · Shared by 173, including Rand Fishkin, das Lamm, Tom Connor, Chris Messina, Björn Ognibeni, ɐpuɐʎᴉW ᴉʇɐʍɥǝN, David Cochrane, Dayyan Smith, Leslie D, ̗̀ ̗̀Manuel Marquina, Matthias Sala, Mathew Ingram, Christiane Link, M.G. Siegler, ThomNagy, Dominic Grzbielok, Michelle Tandler, Jacob Jarnvall
UnHerd
Peter Thiel on the dangers of progress
UnHerd
~13 min read · Jul 23rd · The tech billionaire discusses Silicon Valley, Christianity and apocalypse · Shared by 143, including Jorge David, John Nosta, Sebastien Meunier, Fred Scharmen
youtube.com
Competition is for Losers with Peter Thiel (How to Start a Startup 2014: 5)
youtube.com
From 2017 · Lecture Transcript: http://www.tech.genius.com/Peter-thiel-lecture-5-business-strategy-and-monopoly-theory-annotated Peter Thiel, founder of Paypal and Palan... · Shared by 76, including Howard Getson, Jose Luis Calvo, Danielle! 🌩
David Perell
Peter Thiel's Religion
David Perell
5 min read · From 2019 · Shared by 116, including Nando 💪🇦🇺🇦🇷, Marc Eglon, Eghosa Omoigui, 瑞拿頭, Leif & Direkt, Alain, justin 🚀, Toni Juan, Tauno
The New York Times
The Right’s Would-Be Kingmaker
The New York Times
~12 min read · Feb 14th · Peter Thiel, one of Donald J. Trump’s biggest donors in 2016, has re-emerged as a prime financier of the Make America Great Again movement. · Shared by 121, including Cade Metz, Merkstatt, hakan, Brendan Nyhan, Taylor Lorenz, John Schwartz, Barry C Smith, Jason Stanley, Kevin M. Kruse, David Fisman, barb dybwad, Bjorn Larsen, David Weigel, Jeff Jarvis, Liam Bright, Craig Brown, PhD, Tactical Tech, Hunter Walker
Gawker
An Open Letter to Peter Thiel
Gawker
6 min read · From 2016 · Shared by 36, including George M 🇪🇺, Mathew Ingram, Mike Butcher🇬🇧🇪🇺, Lelio Simi, Parin Vachhani, Leslie D, ɐpuɐʎᴉW ᴉʇɐʍɥǝN
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scholars-stage.org
Has Technological Progress Stalled?
scholars-stage.org
~12 min read · Aug 2nd · Or Comments on the Thiel Thesis, Part I Last week Mary Harrington published a long interview with Peter Thiel in the online magazine Unherd. Much of her article centers on Thiel’s conviction that m… · Shared by 69, including T. Greer
The New Republic
What Is Peter Thiel Thinking?
The New Republic
7 min read · Sep 8th · An interview with Max Chafkin, author of “The Contrarian: Peter Thiel and Silicon Valley’s Pursuit of Power,” on how J.D. Vance and Blake Masters came to be part of Thiel’s political project · Shared by 7
The Washington Post
Peter Thiel rebuffs Mitch McConnell over Senate rescue in Arizona
The Washington Post
Aug 31st · The Senate minority leader and the billionaire venture capitalist each say the other should be subsidizing Blake Masters in the final months of his campaign. · Shared by 27, including Dan Froomkin/PressWatchers.org, Hunter Walker
Bloomberg
Dylan Field: College Dropout Turns Thiel Fellowship Into a $2 Billion Figma Fortune
Bloomberg
4 min read · Sep 17th · Dylan Field dropped out of an Ivy League school in 2012 to take a grant from the billionaire Peter Thiel and start a software company called Figma. A decade later, Field’s stake in the company is now… · Shared by 11, including BloombergQuint, Ajit Pai
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BuzzFeed News
“Look At What We’re Doing With Your Money, You Dick”: How Peter Thiel Backed An “Anti-Woke” Film…
BuzzFeed News
20+ min read · Mar 3rd · Humorless millennials. Addled boomers. Tiresome liberals. Trevor Bazile wanted to shock them all — and use Silicon Valley money to do it. · Shared by 102, including Bjorn Larsen, Rob Weinert-Kendt, Tactical Tech, Dan Gillmor, Kyle Chayka, Molly Ball, Taylor Lorenz, BenYT
SaaStr
Elon Musk and Peter Thiel have said in order to be successful, an idea has to be…
SaaStr
1 min read · From 2020 · Q: Elon Musk and Peter Thiel have said in order to be successful, an idea has to be 10x better than what already exist. What metrics should you use to · Shared by 79
CNBC
People are 'underestimating' the 'great potential' of bitcoin, billionaire Peter Thiel says
CNBC
6 min read · From 2017 · Peter Thiel said he is "skeptical" of most cryptocurrencies except bitcoin. · Shared by 67, including Paulmears, Isabel Drost-Fromm, Francine Hardaway (hardaway.eth), Thomas Power
BuzzFeed
Peter Thiel Has Been Hedging His Bet On Donald Trump
BuzzFeed
10 min read · From 2017 · Peter Thiel has said publicly that Trump’s administration is “off to a terrific start.” Privately, he’s told friends that there is a 50% chance the current presidency “ends in disaster.” · Shared by 59, including Leslie D, Dominik Grolimund, Merkstatt, Adam Pasick
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The Enigma of Peter Thiel
johnganz.substack.com
~11 min read · Jul 23rd · There Is No Enigma — He's a Fascist · Shared by 70, including Alex Burns, Nathan Oseroff-Spicer, Steve Silberman, Clive Thompson, Fred Scharmen, Kelsey D. Atherton, Joe Germuska, Trey Tweets Into the Void, David Wallace-Wells
Asana
To be successful in business, do this (says Peter Thiel)
Asana
6 min read · From 2015 · Successful entrepreneur and VC Peter Thiel shares powerful business advice from his book Zero to One, and answers questions from the Asana team. · Shared by 23, including Vikram Dutt, Philippe Gauvin, Moritz Meenen, Nando 💪🇦🇺🇦🇷, Dominik Grolimund
BuzzFeed
Peter Thiel Is Exploring The Creation Of A Conservative Cable News Network
BuzzFeed
4 min read · From 2018 · Sources say the billionaire has engaged the wealthy Mercer family about the endeavor. According to a new book, Thiel also explored plans to create a Fox News competitor with the late Roger Ailes. · Shared by 31, including Boas Ruh, Mathew Ingram, Bjorn Larsen, 𝙉𝙞𝙘𝙤 𝙇𝙪𝙢𝙢𝙖, Thomas Power, Esther Schindler
The Wall Street Journal
Tech Luminary Peter Thiel Parts Ways With Silicon Valley
The Wall Street Journal
2 min read · From 2018 · Billionaire investor Peter Thiel is relocating his home and personal investment firms to Los Angeles from San Francisco and scaling back his involvement in the tech industry, people familiar with his… · Shared by 58, including Thomas Power, Esther Schindler, Phil Amour
The New York Times
Peter Thiel to Exit Meta’s Board to Support Trump-Aligned Candidates
The New York Times
5 min read · Feb 7th · The tech billionaire, who has been on the board of the company formerly known as Facebook since 2005, is backing numerous politicians in the midterm elections. · Shared by 173, including Loughlin O'Nolan, Bjorn Larsen, Mathew Ingram, Thomas “🐈🔭🕹” Fuchs, LARRY ELKAN, Maria Shriver, Melissa Perri, Matt Navarra, your #1 source for absurdist true crime 🐍👑 🌷, Michael (मुकेश) 🇺🇦💪🏻, Pippa Malmgren, Kashmir Hill, Oliver Fuchs, Rand Fishkin, Anne Applebaum, William Gibson, Mike Butcher🇬🇧🇪🇺, Prof Michael E. Mann, Jason Stanley, Jeff Jarvis
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