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151. The Black Horse: Peter Thiel, a Surprisingly Deep Thinker
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151. The Black Horse: Peter Thiel, a Surprisingly Deep Thinker

Friend of the show, The Black Horse, encouraged me to read some Peter Thiel essays. He was right. Thiel is a deep thinker who is asking the right questions about our time.

The Black Horse and I get together to talk about the writing and thought of Peter Thiel. We look at several essays written between 1995 and 2010 dealing with the question of diversity, technological progress, the Malthusian problem, the neutral, open society and the question of Athens or Jerusalem, and the return of the “strong gods” and much more. It ended up being one of our more productive and better conversations and that is saying something.

Links

https://www.nationalreview.com/magazine/2011/10/03/swift-blind-horseman/

https://newcriterion.com/article/the-diversity-myth/

https://www.scribd.com/document/431359952/Peter-Thiel-The-Straussian-Moment

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