Peter Thiel on "The Portal", Episode #001: "An Era of Stagnation & Universal Institutional Failure."

I recommend that people listen to that episode even if it's not interesting to you. Very good food for thought. Video: [VIDEO] Audio: [LINK]

[VIDEO] Lots of relevant conversation within. There's a quote in there somewhere along the lines of: "we've built the computer from the starship enterprise, but we possess little other tech from Star Trek"

The first episode of "the portal" was great. In that episode Eric Weinstein and Peter Thiel deeply discussed a variety of topics. [VIDEO]

This is also discussed on the very first episode [0] of The Portal where Eric Weinstein talks with Peter Thiel. It's been a while since I listened to it but I remember I found it to be an interesting discussion and an unusual viewpoint. [0] [VIDEO]

I enjoyed this podcast[0] with Peter Thiel and Eric Weinstein, where one of their central discussion points is the current stagnation of technological innovation, beginning in the mid 1970s, with the sole exception of computer software. [0] [VIDEO]

I think one can learn quite a bit from Thiel even if one is not ideologically aligned with him. Here is a much more lengthy discussion: [VIDEO]

I've studied Thiel, he's just not mainstream left. If you want to listen to him with good faith, I enjoyed this interview: [VIDEO] Doesn't come across evil to me unless by evil you mean just not mainstream left, which might be the correct in the valley.

There was a lengthy interview with Peter Thiel a few years back: [VIDEO] It's interesting and worth watching, but it becomes apparent that Thiel is a financier, and science takes place on a different timescale. Better seek advice from someone who was active when US science was still functional, let's say Roy Vagelos.