Thiel Talks

Peter Thiel goes in on Uber's ethics, harmonizing the worlds of bits and atoms, and lessons learned as part of the "PayPal mafia" with Alexia Tsotsis. --- Thiel Talks is an audio archive of Peter Thie...

31 Okt 202022min

Peter Thiel discusses his encounter with the mimetic theory of René Girard and its applications in his life, business, and thinking. --- Thiel Talks is an audio archive of Peter Thiel's ideas. New aud...

10 Okt 202010min

Peter Thiel opens up about how artificial intelligence, 5G wireless, and blockchain security are converging in a new era. In a substantive and wide-ranging discussion with tech guru George Gilder Thi...

3 Okt 202038min

Once upon a time, in the heyday of social prognostication, many Americans believed that gadget-related knowledge would surely yield immeasurable leaps forward in the progress of the human species. Yet...

26 Sep 20201h 1min

Do you think technology is overtaking us? Legendary investor Peter Thiel thinks the problem is the exact opposite: general stagnation. How does Christianity affect the decisions of the world’s most i...

19 Sep 20201h 1min

Hedge fund manager and entrepreneur Peter Thiel on the dot com boom, rise and fall of financial markets, and possible market trends over the next decade. --- Thiel Talks is an audio archive of Peter T...

12 Sep 202020min

When tracked against the lofty hopes of the 1950s and 1960s, technological progress has fallen short in many domains. This technology stagnation threatens not just our financial markets, but the entir...

5 Sep 202049min

Discourse and action in our society are increasingly dominated by the idea that the world cannot be known. But to what degree is success in this world dominated by luck? How much of our lives can be p...

29 Aug 202053min