The World According to Thiel

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Recorded on January 17, 2020
Peter Thiel, the cofounder of PayPal and Palantir; early investor in Facebook, LinkedIn, and SpaceX; and the founder of the Thiel Fellowship, which encourages young people to drop out of college to start their own businesses, is interviewed live on stage in front of the members of the Mont Pelerin Society. This wide-ranging conversation covers globalization, the continuing and ever-growing threat from China and what the United States can and can’t do it about, what the rise of Bernie Sanders means for the future of US capitalism, the “derangement” (Thiel’s phrase) of Silicon Valley in the last decade, the scourge of political correctness on campuses and in society at large, and why Thiel thinks we should rethink the doctrine of American exceptionalism.
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@a.dekalb3397
@a.dekalb3397 4 роки тому
"I think I think we're not going to find solutions inside the intellectual straightjacket in which our universities in our society put us" Peter Thiel. I could not agree more.
@amacnaughton85
@amacnaughton85 4 роки тому
Peter Robinson wrote "Mr. Gorbachev, tear down that wall"? Wow. I didn't know that.
@blessedspear2642
@blessedspear2642 4 роки тому
Andrew MacNaughton two legends on stage
@cowabungadude7408
@cowabungadude7408 4 роки тому
Peter discusses this on Ben Shapiro's Sunday Special.
@MrRozburn
@MrRozburn 4 роки тому
He was a speech writer for Reagan
@akp167
@akp167 4 роки тому
I think Reagan put that part in but the rest of the speech was Peter Robinson
@unladenparrot6141
@unladenparrot6141 4 роки тому
Holy cow. Talk about leaving a mark on history. I'd just mic drop and retire at that point.
@nicholas8881
@nicholas8881 4 роки тому
Peter Thiel is one of the most brilliant people of our time. Hopefully he eventually gets the recognition he deserves.
@randyturner7842
@randyturner7842 4 роки тому
He needs to learn how to speak
@dweller6065
@dweller6065 4 роки тому
Good investor, clearly. As a thinker, just rehashes Ann Rand homilies.
@cellocovers3982
@cellocovers3982 3 роки тому
Sure, once he's 90, or dead
@sebucwerd
@sebucwerd 4 роки тому
This man is the opposite of an empty suit.
@duncanhart3501
@duncanhart3501 4 роки тому
You mean ‘Trump’ the ultimate ‘empty suit’
@Mateo-et3wl
@Mateo-et3wl 3 роки тому
A full thong?
@sunbro6998
@sunbro6998 4 роки тому
I really like his idea about how to handle student debt. I hope this gets spread around.
@catherinehees1625
@catherinehees1625 3 роки тому
College debt: put debt back on the colleges and universities that give students a bad education and go to a great college or university in your state where you won’t be in debt OR go to a technical college and go into some type of work where you can make tons of money! I went to medical school and have ended up with an average income, killing myself and the plumbing company owner lives in a mansion!
@regulardude7961
@regulardude7961 4 роки тому
"the more education you have, the more brainwashed you are." Exactly. I'm a statistics professor btw
@martinliehs2513
@martinliehs2513 4 роки тому
I had to google the word "thermidor", not to be confused with "thermador".
@JordanHappach
@JordanHappach 4 роки тому
"Much less helpful but much more accurate" Here's to the difficult truths that will be the key to escape the intellectual straight jackets of our time.
@soulfuzz368
@soulfuzz368 4 роки тому
That quote about the french Revolution gave me the chills
@michietn5391
@michietn5391 4 роки тому
7:00 "perhaps it (China) can sort of..." put a boot on the face of the people, keep it there for a LONG time. (Orwell) This whole interview is a gem. I'm coming back to it again.
@LikeATreeOnAMountain
@LikeATreeOnAMountain 4 роки тому
Peter Thiel always has something interesting to say. Contrarian but intelligent.
@easternwind4435
@easternwind4435 4 роки тому
"Contrarian but intelligent" ? I think the average contrarian is probably more intelligent than the average conformist.
@Eudamonia-123
@Eudamonia-123 3 роки тому
Thiel is a great guest. Have him on often, a true polymath!
@MortenHaulik
@MortenHaulik 4 роки тому
Perfect! More content with Peter Thiel 🙌🏻
@jjforcebreaker
@jjforcebreaker 4 роки тому
Very interesting interview. Shame it's not even longer!
@dongaetano3687
@dongaetano3687 3 роки тому
Peter Thiel, always the deeper look and, clearer to my working class mind. thx Peter R and Hoover. Painting today so able to listen a a few interviews. Doesn't get much better than this. (tomorrow fishing in New London NH on a warm day with light breeze - doesn't get much better than that either!!)
@smb2265
@smb2265 4 роки тому
Thanks for the interview guys...always love hearing what Peter has to say
@Gloveless_Surgery
@Gloveless_Surgery 4 роки тому
Simply brilliant! It is always refreshing to hear a clear thinker such as Mr. Thiel make arguments that are compatible with our capitalistic western model of living, opposing all the flat out nonsensical arguments presented from the left side of the political spectrum trying to revive historically failed concepts in a modern context.
@UberAV
@UberAV 4 роки тому
On cue, I was speaking about Peter Thiel and his framing of global events recently. Thanks for the good work all of you at the Hoover Institution.
@mariaumana4031
@mariaumana4031 4 роки тому
Who likes the way he talks about the "eye of Sauron"? talking about it with duping delight.
@basscataz
@basscataz 4 роки тому
Boy I wish this talk took place 3 weeks later.
@davidkafrick1
@davidkafrick1 4 роки тому
Why no one ever asks Peter Thiel why he lives in LA and previously in SF, and not in Utah or Mississipi?
@monkeytrousers6180
@monkeytrousers6180 4 роки тому
It's Thiel's panopticon...we just live in it.
@timrenner9864
@timrenner9864 4 роки тому
he asked most of the same questions from his last interview with Peter last year... which is also on this channel. And Peter answered most of the questions with the exact same answers... they did the Michelle Obama, China questions etc all less than 4 months ago D: strange
@rmfyi
@rmfyi 4 роки тому
Great insights and perspectives! Thank you, Mr. Theil for sharing...
@sportscarnut
@sportscarnut 4 роки тому
Serious thought-provoking perspectives.
@halfdreams4468
@halfdreams4468 4 роки тому
It was great to hear from you once again. @hooverinstitution will it be too much to ask for an interview with Jordan B Peterson?
@meh49
@meh49 4 роки тому
A Bear Market of ideas and a lack of self awareness seem to go hand in hand in spite of outside influences.
@thegun1649
@thegun1649 4 роки тому
Great some-what open non-scripted conversation.
@xqt39a
@xqt39a 3 роки тому
Gads, this guy has great understanding of the modern world, amazing resource for correct thinking !
@Bulbophile
@Bulbophile 4 роки тому
17:20 "it would be disturbing if they weren't lying" . funny.
@jerrybarr3354
@jerrybarr3354 3 роки тому
Interesting to listen to this one week before the presidential election. Boy has 2020 been one for the record books.
@udonloews1301
@udonloews1301 3 роки тому
Yale/ Harvard as “ Studio 54 “. I endorse Tiel Party.
@PMFtheman
@PMFtheman 4 роки тому
The DMV and Post Office work really well, particularly compared to actually existing private sector experiences. See: Ticketmaster.com, booking flights, and so on. I actually think many public and private operations work just fine.
@betterworldsam
@betterworldsam Рік тому
I love how Theil has such a rhythm in the way he talks. And he’s extremely intellectually.
@byebye1493
@byebye1493 4 роки тому
The maverick/eccentric quality of Thiel's mind/thought processes left Dr. Robinson in unfamiliar territory: no simple batting of familiar forms back and forth. I couldn't reconcile Thiel's classic liberalism and iconoclasm with PayPals conformity with the PC agenda, as manifested through the barring of 'conservative' commentators such as Stefan Molyneux.
@SUPERMOTOJAK
@SUPERMOTOJAK 4 роки тому
I grew suspicious of him when I saw him in bilderberg vids ignoring people that were asking fair questions.
@erikisbaum
@erikisbaum 4 роки тому
Wonderful insight.
@mgm8075
@mgm8075 4 роки тому
His point at 28:00 about American exceptionalism is pretty great.
@TheListener01
@TheListener01 4 роки тому
Thank you for the content!
@silverc4s146
@silverc4s146 4 роки тому
On target like a well designed Space X rocket!!!
@hacc220able
@hacc220able 4 роки тому
Enjoyed this very much. Thanks.
@goldilockszone4389
@goldilockszone4389 4 роки тому
easily one of the great minds of our times
@david8905
@david8905 4 роки тому
The more edumucated you are, the more brainwashed you are. Thank you Peter Thiel.
@snoopdoggfanclub
@snoopdoggfanclub 4 роки тому
first one for peter thiel video!
@carlitob3091
@carlitob3091 4 роки тому
Fantastic
@itloads
@itloads 4 роки тому
@3:42 this quote is often incorrectly used, Zhou Enlai was referring to a 1968 student revolt in France. Would be like Xi Jinping commenting on the current day yellow vests protests and being labeled as forming an opinion on 1789.
@JeffthePharmacist
@JeffthePharmacist 4 роки тому
Peter Theil is the man
@Alex-tk2ru
@Alex-tk2ru 4 роки тому
owning a house builds no capital. taxes, repairs and interest steal any profit you make for the first 30 years.
@merlingeikie
@merlingeikie 4 роки тому
Very informative, many, many thanks.
@adama7752
@adama7752 4 роки тому
(Right Place && Right Time) > Wrong Predictions
@garysweeten5196
@garysweeten5196 3 роки тому
Extremely thought provoking
@danesovic7585
@danesovic7585 4 роки тому
It's rich for Americans to talk about China's "demographic" challenges, without looking at their own house.
@horsesense6173
@horsesense6173 4 роки тому
God unfolds his plan according to his time table. Humans who think they are in control are deluding themselves.
@DanHowardMtl
@DanHowardMtl 4 роки тому
Thiel is a great out-of-the-box thinker.
@ORACLEofRADICALWISDOM
@ORACLEofRADICALWISDOM 3 роки тому
What a wonderful conversation! This might just have altered the course of history. 🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🔱🔱🔱🔱🇺🇸🇮🇳🇺🇸🇮🇳🇺🇸🇷🇺🇷🇺🇭🇰🇭🇰🤙🇹🇼✝️✝️✝️
@adagal13
@adagal13 4 роки тому
Great mind this man has.
@preethams1643
@preethams1643 3 роки тому
This man is pure Brilliance, he gives a perspective which is not talked about a lot.
@julesnzietchueng6671
@julesnzietchueng6671 4 роки тому
He is really smart
@stud6414
@stud6414 3 роки тому
25:00 the future of Europe seems bright 🥺
@poloyu1818
@poloyu1818 4 роки тому
its amazing Thiel never fall for simplification for China US situation
@MrJameschance
@MrJameschance 4 роки тому
remarkable mind thank you
@Louis.R
@Louis.R 4 роки тому
Student of René Girard
@wunder1385
@wunder1385 4 роки тому
good stuff but nothing new if you know Thiel
@akp167
@akp167 4 роки тому
24:40 People voting against their own self interest. How stupid are the people working at Google?
@neovxr
@neovxr Рік тому
Mr. Thiel at that time left out that war would be the fourth option. That's why it was not avoided in the first place! It was an unrecoginzed part of this equation. (26:30)
@brianbob7514
@brianbob7514 4 роки тому
Peter is great
@mikekaris4229
@mikekaris4229 3 роки тому
that michelle obama story is just hilarous and disturbing at the same time 16:35
@Wanamaker1946
@Wanamaker1946 4 роки тому
We too change like the tides, earth quakes and floods. Even the hardest concrete can be picked away back into gravel. Is Earth just a clearing house for the next existence? This existence would all seem to be just a lottery. Love is the immeasurable through it all. Family, Country, neighbor, self, and good luck. We are on our own out here “in this dark corner of the universe”. justwalkaway2020
@LuciFeric137
@LuciFeric137 4 роки тому
Mr. Theil, I want to see the corporation I work for destroyed. Evil, rapacious, arrogant criminals..
@passerbyp8531
@passerbyp8531 4 роки тому
I don’t understand why question about Putin’s regime in Russia have been asked? Specially, when China’ regime discussed...
@cmciis
@cmciis 3 роки тому
You fail to discuss the real elephant in the room - The Federal Reserve System. Because of it we do not have capitalism and haven't had it since 1913. It has created Central Planning and price fixing of money.
@janethughes2775
@janethughes2775 4 роки тому
Peter is my idol
@IBACb
@IBACb 2 роки тому
Door #3 actually looks pretty good.
@Patrickmwai87
@Patrickmwai87 4 роки тому
first disciple
@pacowong1603
@pacowong1603 3 роки тому
The 4th door is that human becomes a cross planet species.
@barsctak5429
@barsctak5429 4 роки тому
Smartest man alive
@markbluth9090
@markbluth9090 4 роки тому
Not bad
@jannesjunne
@jannesjunne 4 роки тому
Very interesting
@Magnulus76
@Magnulus76 3 роки тому
"Japan is on the side of the US"... a simplistic analysis.
@500iq6foot8
@500iq6foot8 4 роки тому
GET HYPEED PETER FUCKING THIEL!!! NEW VIDEO!! WHOOOO
@AznDudeIsOn
@AznDudeIsOn 3 роки тому
This is the guy pumping PLTR to ATH
@sandeepvk
@sandeepvk 3 роки тому
Reform ( Political or economic ) come out of a failed economy not a prosperous one
@LittleRedSlipper
@LittleRedSlipper 4 роки тому
Paypal is great! Thank you!
@AnarchyEnsues
@AnarchyEnsues 4 роки тому
In china, you cant critise the government, in the west, you cant critise anything.
@kirkbowyer3249
@kirkbowyer3249 4 роки тому
communism: 1. A theoretical economic system characterized by the collective ownership of property and by the organization of labor for the common advantage of all members. 2. Communism. a. A system of government in which the state plans and controls the economy and a single, often authoritarian party holds power, claiming to make progress toward a higher social order in which all goods are equally shared by the people. b. The Marxist-Leninist version of Communist doctrine that advocates the overthrow of capitalism by the revolution of the proletariat. (p.383; American Heritage Dictionary, Third Edition; Houghton & Mifflin; 1992)
@pauldi7268
@pauldi7268 3 роки тому
The Overton window has shifted to the right not the left
@udonloews1301
@udonloews1301 3 роки тому
AI and human will play out among all.
@yoyobrother2922
@yoyobrother2922 4 роки тому
He look like jhon cena
@tamayozgokmen9596
@tamayozgokmen9596 3 роки тому
I very much like Thiel, because he is a such deep thinker and always says fascinating things. Nevertheless, the reactions of the audience and the interviewer in particular are always uneasy because he seems to have problems with every contrarian statement Peter makes. This is unfortunate, it injects a bad taste to the whole session and one can see that Peter is struggling with this atmosphere. If you are calling an original thinker just to make a showcase about how crazy he is, then just invite an ordinary person and listen to their boring ideas. I remember the interviewer from his great sessions with Friedman.
@mickywes3733
@mickywes3733 4 роки тому
Great mind. Needs a better interviewer who isn’t just reading a list of questions, but rather engages in more depth with some of the insights presented. Anyway, still good and appreciated.
@saruchey
@saruchey 3 роки тому
This interview did not shine an iota of light on anything. A bright mind like Peter Thiel should focus on entrepreneurship instead of rambling his way into irrelevance. He talks more like a victim rather than a confident genius that I used to think he was.
@alfredlane6681
@alfredlane6681 3 роки тому
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@AnarchyEnsues
@AnarchyEnsues 4 роки тому
Hey thiel, how about a little help with freedom of speech on the internet & with payment processing. Lefftest billionaires are killing us, just give us a liitle help to help ourselves.
@julianjdogg
@julianjdogg 4 роки тому
You help yourself
@waxcomb
@waxcomb 4 роки тому
Theil seems not to be on favour of free speech. His priority was inflicting damage on gawker via hulk hogan in retribution for outing him as a homosexual over upholding constitutional rights to free speech. I'm a big fan of Theil though
@HermanWillems
@HermanWillems 4 роки тому
Isn't 4chan's /pol/ not enough for you? :) lol
@davidanderson9664
@davidanderson9664 4 роки тому
I'm a lawyer who worked in venture capital in NYC. Thiel is a weird chap (occasionally deranged, politically) , a true contrarian - something which comprises of a lot of his identity. He's certainly a smart guy, though not tens of billions ($) of times smarter than his peers. In the VC world the random chance of opportunity is beyond our control. Like a lot of life. No disrespect, but he might not be quite the genius he feels himself to be. And his choice of presidents is crappy. :-) D.A., J.D., NYC
@cernejr
@cernejr 4 роки тому
Super interesting. But even Peter is afraid to talk about what really matters - it is biology what drives history/culture. Average Western person in 1950 was way smarter, had healthier sexual/parental instincts, was overall more vital than an average Westener in 2020. We need to focus on reproduction and on immigration. Encourage healthy smart people to have kids at the optimal biological age (early twenties), and encourage parents to take good care of their kids, not dump them into state institutions at 6 weeks.
@adama7752
@adama7752 4 роки тому
13:53 the way Socialism really works is 'uhm' different (ignores 100 Million deaths)
@SUPERMOTOJAK
@SUPERMOTOJAK 4 роки тому
27:20 Wonder why he picked that country? And to enlist? Lol wtf
@donaldharlan3981
@donaldharlan3981 2 роки тому
A complete liar. 🤑🤥
@Josh-pe5pl
@Josh-pe5pl 3 роки тому
Malia Obama's name is pronounced Mah-Lee'-uh. I'm no fan of her parents, but your pronunciations make my Hawaii ears smart! 😖. MALIA translates loosely to peaceful or calm, rooted from Mary. Mahalo plenty. 🤙🏽 🌈
@davesmith5656
@davesmith5656 4 роки тому
Just a suggestion ... your audience is not in the mood for the "polites" of social cocktail chatter about introductions, resumes, and how much the guest may or may not have enjoyed his cub scout little league baseball, how he learned to write and decided to publish a book which was #XX on the Book Club ... blah, blah ... I clicked to hear the guy say what he has to say, not to hob-nob vicariously with "society" and discuss backgrounds. In short: cut to the chase, and don't make us FFWD in the hopes of finding it. P.S. edit: you should know you have maybe 30 seconds in which to interest the viewer with real content, if that.
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