Peter Thiel on Innovation and Stagnation
September 14, 2014
105,714
Search the Record
IndexedEvery word spoken in this episode is indexed. Type any phrase to jump straight to the moment it was said.
Type any word or phrase that may have been spoken. Click a result to seek the player to that exact moment.
Try a name, a topic, or a quoted line
Bill Kristol Episodes Around September 14, 2014
See what was published immediately before and after this episode.
1:36:40Now PlayingPeter Thiel on Innovation and Stagnation
YouTube Description
as posted by the channelOn Facebook, PayPal, Palantir, and technological progress with the Silicon Valley investor. Click "Show more" to view all chapters. For more conversations, visit
Chapter 1 (00:15 - 18:11): PayPal
Chapter 2 (18:11 - 36:30): Against Conventional Wisdom
Chapter 3 (36:30 - 43:07): Facebook
Chapter 4 (43:07 - 1:04:28): An Innovation Slowdown?
Chapter 5 (1:04:28 - 1:13:57): The Need for Growth
Chapter 6 (1:13:57 - 1:36:39): The Higher Education Bubble
Peter Thiel co-founded PayPal and Palantir Technologies, was the first outside investor in Facebook, and is the author of Zero to One, Notes on StartUps, or How to Build the Future. The conversation focuses on Thiel's experiences founding companies, the state of technology and innovation, and the crisis in American higher education.
Links & Promotions
Guests & Subjects Covered
Sentinel Indexing in Progress
Metadata and chapters are available. Claim extraction for this episode is pending.
All video content is delivered via YouTube embedded players in accordance with the YouTube Terms of Service. Sentinel provides research tools that promote discovery and accountability across political media.









