Peter Thiel
A comprehensive compilation of Peter Thiel's writings, articles, interviews, and talks.
Books1995The Diversity Myth: Multiculturalism and Political Intolerance on Campus2014Zero to One: Notes on Startups, or How to Build the Future2014Zero to one: notes on startups, or how to build the future (borrowable scan)2020Foreword to The Sovereign Individual (2020 edition)PresentationsDecember 2008The U.S. Economy with Peter ThielDecember 2009TEDxSiliconValley - Peter Thiel - 12/12/09January 2011Peter Thiel on René GirardFebruary 2011Max Levchin and Peter Thiel: Smart Venture Capital in 20112012Eric Schmidt and Peter Thiel - DebateFebruary 2012A Conversation with Peter Thiel and Niall FergusonFebruary 2012Peter Thiel on Macroeconomics and SingularityMarch 2012Peter Thiel -- Back to the FutureJanuary 2013Peter Thiel and Charles Bolden on The World in 2050: What is the Next Big Idea?January 2013Campus Lecture by Peter Thiel | DLD13March 2013Peter Thiel - Developing the Developed WorldMay 2013In Tech We Trust? A Debate with Peter Thiel and Marc AndreessenSeptember 2013Peter Thiel and Andy Kessler on the state of technology and innovationMay 2014What is the Hope for Humanity? A discussion of technology, politics, and theologySeptember 2014Binary Truths with Peter Thiel | Disrupt SF 2014September 2014Peter Thiel on Innovation and StagnationSeptember 2014An Evening with Peter Thiel - Wired UK Event 25 September 2014October 2014Peter Thiel on markets, technology, and educationOctober 2014Peter Thiel Returns to Stanford to Share Business Tips from "Zero to One"October 2014A Reagan Forum with Peter Thiel — 10/1/14October 2014Peter Thiel in conversation with Peter Guber at Live Talks Los AngelesNovember 2014From Zero to One - Peter Thiel at the Innovation Center at Cockrell School of EngineeringDecember 2014e@nu Speaker Series with Peter Thiel: Developing The Developed WorldJanuary 2015Peter Thiel: Going from Zero to OneJanuary 2015Zero to One: Peter Thiel speaks at USC AnnenbergFebruary 2015Anderson Speaker Series: Peter ThielFebruary 2015Zero to One: A Discussion with Peter ThielMay 2015Peter Thiel: PayPal, politics & the importance of being individualJune 2015Imagining the Future, Innovation and God: N.T. Wright and Peter Thiel in San FranciscoJune 2015PAYPAL MAFIA: Reid Hoffman & Peter Thiel's Master Class at CEIBSJuly 2015Peter Thiel: We are in a Higher Education BubbleJuly 2015Peter Thiel @TheFreedomFest 2015October 2015Peter Thiel Presents: "Developing the Developed World"November 2015Peter Thiel Speaks at Center on Capitalism and Society's 2015 conferenceApril 2016Fintech Nexus USA 2016: Keynote Presentation by Peter ThielMay 2016Remarks by Commencement Speaker Peter ThielMay 2016Lunch Talk @ MIT Peter ThielMay 2016Peter Thiel being contrarian & right, AI, Elon, drug reform, overrated trends & wealth polarizationMay 2016Peter Thiel The Potential Role of Technology to Liberate People from State ControlOctober 2016American Dream Reconsidered 2016: A Conversation with Peter ThielOctober 2016Peter Thiel speech that might win Trump the presidencyFebruary 2017Peter Thiel - Interview 1996 [C-span]March 2017Competition is for Losers with Peter Thiel (How to Start a Startup 2014: 5)March 2017Peter Thiel How To Start A Startup 1April 2017Keynote with Peter Thiel @ CERAWeek [March 2017]April 2017Peter Thiel at Launch 2015October 2017In conversation - Peter Thiel interviewed by Maria Bartiromo [October 26, 2017 NEW]February 2018Cardinal Conversations - Reid Hoffman and Peter Thiel on Technology and Politics [NEW]July 2018Peter Thiel Speaks at Brain BarJuly 2019Peter Thiel: The Star Trek Computer Is Not Enough - National Conservatism ConferenceSeptember 2019Peter Thiel on "The Straussian Moment"November 20192019 Wriston Lecture: Peter ThielDecember 2019Billionaire Peter Thiel Talks : How To Build The Next Big ThingJanuary 2020The World According to ThielFebruary 2020Peter Thiel: Zero to OneOctober 2021A Conversation with Peter Thiel: Culture, Religion, and TechnologyNovember 2021Peter Thiel | Nationalism Breaks the Dogma MachineDecember 2021Make Ticker Tape Parades Great Again: A Conversation with Peter ThielJanuary 2022The 2021 Atlas Society Gala: Peter Thiel's SpeechApril 2022PayPal Co-Founder Peter Thiel - Bitcoin Keynote - Bitcoin 2022 ConferenceSeptember 2022Peter Thiel | The Tech Curse | NatCon 3 MiamiNovember 2022The End of the Future with Peter ThielFebruary 2023Peter Thiel, Palmer Luckey, and Alex Epstein discuss Fossil FutureDecember 2023Scruton Lectures 2023 - Peter Thiel on The Diversity MythJuly 2024Peter Thiel | Cambridge UnionSeptember 2024Peter Thiel: The Coming Collapse No One Is Prepared ForNovember 2024Apocalypse Now? Peter Thiel on Ancient Prophecies and Modern TechDecember 2024'Left-Wing Zombie Establishment' Billionaire Peter Thiel on Trump, Elon Musk, Technology And GodDecember 2024Peter ThielApril 2025Tariffs, DOGE & Fixing America: Peter Thiel's Skeptic SolutionsJanuary 2026Peter Thiel PandoMonthly, 2012Articles2007The Straussian MomentNovember 2007Spending the FutureJanuary 2008The Optimistic Thought Experiment: In the Long Run, There Are No Good Bets Against GlobalizationApril 2009The Education of a LibertarianMay 2009Your Suffrage Isn't in Danger. Your Other Rights Are.2011What Happened to the Future? (Founders Fund Manifesto)October 2011The End of the Future2012Notes Essays — Peter Thiel's CS183: Startup — Stanford, Spring 2012 (full lecture notes)June 2015Against EdenismNovember 2015The New Atomic Age We NeedAugust 2016The Online Privacy Debate Won't End With GawkerAugust 2019Good for Google, Bad for AmericaMarch 2020Back to the FutureJanuary 2025A Time for Truth and ReconciliationInterviewsApril 2012Big Think Interview With Peter ThielSeptember 2014PayPal co-founder Peter Thiel on the future of technologySeptember 2014Peter Thiel: Successful Businesses are Based on SecretsSeptember 2014Ep 28: Peter Thiel, Billionaire Investor and Company Creator on Investing, Business, and LifeOctober 2014A New Way to Think About Startup InnovationOctober 2014How To Build the Next Billion Dollar StartupMarch 2015Peter Thiel on being a contrarianApril 2015Peter Thiel on Stagnation, Innovation, and What Not To Name Your Company | Conversations with TylerJanuary 2019a16z Podcast | The (Definite) Optimism of Peter ThielJuly 20191: Peter ThielAugust 2020Peter Thiel's Keynote - Effective Altruism Summit 2013August 2020Peter Thiel: You Are Not a Lottery Ticket | Interactive 2013 | SXSWSeptember 2020Peter Thiel on Financial Markets and the SingularitySeptember 2020David Graeber vs Peter Thiel: Where Did the Future GoOctober 2020Peter Thiel on the Failures and “Self-Hatred" of Big-TechNovember 2020Venture Capitalist Peter Thiel Studio 1.0November 2020Keynote Interview: Peter Thiel / The Buttonwood GatheringDecember 2020Peter Thiel interview - How to Build the FutureJanuary 2021"Mozart of Chess": World Chess Champ Magnus Carlsen, in conversation with Peter ThielFebruary 2021Peter Thiel, Reid Hoffman & Xavier Niel speak together in ItalyFebruary 2021Peter Thiel Different Perspectives On Innovation, Risk and InvestingMarch 2021The Silver Lining | Peter Thiel In 2021April 2021Peter Thiel on the Global Economy, the State of Our Technology, and Artificial Intelligence with Bill KristolApril 2021(FULL RECORDING) Peter Thiel on US-China Relations at the Nixon Foundation April 6th, 2021May 2021Panel with Peter Thiel, Aubrey de Grey, Eliezer YudkowskyMay 2021Peter Thiel on the Bible - May 2021June 2021Peter Thiel at Libertopia 2010July 2021TSI Conference 2009 - Peter ThielOctober 2023Peter Thiel: The Stagnation of Science and the AI RevolutionNovember 2023Peter Thiel On The Diversity Myth, Corrupt Institutions, Woke Capital, Loss Of Religion, & ChinaAugust 2024Joe Rogan Experience #2190 - Peter ThielSeptember 2024Peter Thiel: AI: Intelligent, Conscious, or Merely Evil? (COSM, 2022)September 2024Peter Thiel: The Real Risk is Totalitarian World Government (Triggernometry, 2024)September 2024Peter Thiel: Keynote Address (The Conservative and Republican Student Conference, 2024)September 2024Peter Thiel: Political Theology (Conversations with Tyler, 2024)September 2024Peter Thiel: The Iconoclast (The Aspen Institute, 2024)November 2024Peter Thiel on the Triumph of the Counter-ElitesMarch 2025What the Trump Administration Must Do Instead of Revenge | Peter ThielApril 2025541. Why We Stopped Progressing | Peter ThielJune 2025A.I., Mars and Immortality: Are We Dreaming Big Enough?November 2025Where Is the Antichrist? (ft. Peter Thiel)