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1:16:27Now PlayingTopic: "Accelerating or Decelerating? The Prospects for Technology and Economic Growth"
Peter Thiel, Co-founder of PayPal, Technology Entrepreneur, Investor, and Philanthropist
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George Gilder, Chairman, George Gilder Fund Management, and Senior Fellow, Discovery Institute
Peter Thiel's thesis that technological progress is decelerating has been featured prominently as of late in a number of opinion journals and popular magazines, while George Gilder holds to the supremely optimistic premise of his famous 'Microcosm: The Quantum Revolution in Economics and Technology'.
Moderator: William Davidow, High-technology Executive, Venture Investor, and Author of 'Overconnected: The Promise and Threat of the Internet'
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CHAPTERS
Introduction by ISI President Chris Long
Introductions by Moderator William Davidow
Peter Thiel Arguments
George Gilder Arguments
Rebuttals
Questions and Answers
Debate held at Stanford University
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