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Peter Thiel and George Gilder debate on "The Prospects for Technology and Economic Growth"

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Topic: "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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Introduction by ISI President Chris Long

Introductions by Moderator William Davidow

Peter Thiel Arguments

George Gilder Arguments

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Debate held at Stanford University

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Topic AcceleratingDecelerating The ProspectsPayPal Technology Entrepreneur InvestorGeorge GilderThe Quantum RevolutionThe PromiseInternet' InterestedCHAPTERS Introduction

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