Peter Thiel Audio

The future of technology; economic and cultural issues; AI and digital currencies; the state of America; the 2024 U.S. presidential election. ---

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B3ZXrTzskw0

Political theology; Calvinism and rationalism; Old Testament interpretation; Carl Schmitt's resurgence; millenarian thought; existential risks; the role of the katechon; political vision in Shakespeare; AI's impact on wordcels; Straussian messages in the Bible; concerns about Miami. ---

Source:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vfbndRTlsg4

Source:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fQ4rc7npiXQ

Peter Thiel's keynote address at the Conservative and Republican Student Conference; discussion with Harvard Law School Professor Adrian Vermeule.
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Outline:
(00:00) Introduction
(00:24) Opening Remarks
(03:39) "Diversity" as a distraction
(04:43) 3 themes that The Diversity Myth did not address
(07:38) Economic criticism of "diversity"
(15:10) "Diversity" in STEM and academia
(24:25) A religious or Christian's take on our woke religion
(31:34) Concluding remarks
(33:26) Discussion with Professor Vermeule
(37:22) Nature of the late liberal regime
(51:10) Puritanism's similarities to wokeness
(57:29) Is the State an enemy of conservatism?
(01:03:15) Is wokeness a distortion or fulfillment of post WWII liberalism?
(01:07:42) On conservatives in academia
(01:08:34) What policies might fix this problem?
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Source:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=euzxpbBOju8

Progress has stagnated; the future of technology; the impact of AI; existential threats; global government; polarization and growth; social media critique; wokeness and religion; geopolitical challenges. ---
Outline:
(00:00) Trailer
(00:40) Progress has stagnated
(04:25) We need courage more than genius
(10:50) What will the future look like?
(15:03) The impact of AI
(17:46) The main existential threats
(18:44) Totalitarian one world government
(23:27) What a global government would look like
(27:00) 'Optimism and pessimism' - the wrong framing
(30:12) What I'd change about the States
(32:25) Polarisation is bad for growth
(36:08) The global stagnation crisis
(38:40) Is AI the solution?
(40:43) Critiquing social media
(43:02) Wokeness is a warped form of Christianity
(45:48) The flaws of New Atheism
(49:40) Two threats: Islam and China
(52:38) China's thirst for dominance
(58:23) We must focus on Iran
(01:00:41) Thoughts on Russia
(01:02:33) The Taiwan crisis
(01:04:47) What's the one thing we're not talking about?
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Source:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=42iVcEg5SOM