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Peter was the cofounder and CEO of PayPal (PYPL), the first investor in Facebook, and cofounder of Palantir Technologies (PLTR). He’s the founder and managing partner of the venture capital firm Founders Fund, and the author of Zero to One, one of the best business books of all time.



00:00 Peter Thiel Tech investor & Entrepreneur
00:35 Zero to One and market size
03:20 Monopolies in venture capital
05:30 Why scientific progress has slowed
21:02 Steven Pinker and positive progress
26:10 Religion, science and skepticism
31:18 Why AI researchers believe we’re in a simulation
40:03 US debt and economic growth
55:06 A conspiracy theory Peter Thiel believes
59:12 Peter’s take for common bad advice



In this episode with Peter Thiel, we discuss:

The Stagnation of Science and the AI Revolution

Startups, Monopolies, and why “Competition is for losers”

Wokeness, Safety, and the Soft Lockdown of Society

AI, Existential Risks, and the Simulation Hypothesis: Could we be living in a simulated reality?

From Zero to One: Peter Thiel's Unconventional Insights on Startups & Investing in 2023

In December 2015, Sam Altman, Greg Brockman, Reid Hoffman, Jessica Livingston, Peter Thiel, Elon Musk, Amazon Web Services (AWS), Infosys, and YC Research announced the formation of OpenAI and pledged over $1 billion to the venture.

Peter’s Socials:
Twitter:   / peterthiel  
LinkedIn:   / peterthiel  
Founder Fund: https://foundersfund.com/team/petert...


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