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Peter Thiel on Stagnation, Innovation, and What Not To Name Your Company | Conversations with Tyler

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1 HN user recommended this interview1 month2017–2021 score 1
Years with an HN recommendation, 2007–2026

HN people point to it as a strong interview and as the source of Thiel's stagnation thesis.

Tyler Cowen interviews Peter Thiel about technological stagnation, innovation, and lessons from Zero to One. The conversation ranges over business, startups and how Thiel thinks about progress.

“it's an interview with Tyler Cowen who does a terrific job at interviewing Peter.” (HN, 2020)

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@emsy Jul 2020 Recommends
on HN thread List of Peter Thiel's Online Writings
This is the video I was referring to: [this video] As a sibling reply already mentioned, it's an interview with Tyler Cowen who does a terrific job at interviewing Peter. I don't have specific search phrases because I stumbled upon this interview by lucky accident.
Terrific Tyler Cowen interview with Peter Thiel.

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@simonsarris Jan 2017 Cites it
on HN thread 'Tooth repair drug' may replace fillings
Pessimistically, that name is "Stagnation Hypothesis" (edit, oops the term Peter Thiel/Tyler Cowen like is "Great Stagnation." See: [this video] )
Thiel and Cowen on the Great Stagnation.
@waterfowl May 2021 Cites it
on HN thread The Rise of the Thielists
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PT says interesting and thoughtful stuff. A thing I dislike about much of his coverage, including in this piece, is how much is surface level ad hom of various people who have talked to him, or supported him, or he has supported, e.g. in this article moldbug "far right blogger" or rubin "mainstay of intellectual dark web" etc, which don't really engage with what these people are saying, or with the fact that a 2 party electoral system tends to put everyone left/right of center on the same side. Even getting outed by a tabloid, which is viewed in the LGBT community as a deeply uncool thing, especially 20 years ago, is framed as unsympathetic for PT - he is a meanie for being motivated to stick up for a revenge porn victim based on this tabloid's later behavior. I liked zero to one and I enjoyed reading this pasted together google doc[1] of things he's said, which I think are largely from his Tyler Cowen mercatus center interview[2]. Given the current GOP, becoming a "thielist" progress oriented thoughtful party would certainly be an upgrade, right? Build the future, be less stagnant, etc? [1] [link] [2] [this video]
Source of Thiel's ideas quoted in a compiled document.

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