Peter Thiel

I was introduced to Peter Thiel and his ideas by David Perell, and thought I’d collect his talks, writings and books for those who want to go deeper. Enjoy!

Talks

Podcasts

The Tim Ferriss Show: Interview with Peter Thiel, Billionaire Investor and Company Creator (#28)

Writings by Peter Thiel

https://www.nationalreview.com/2011/10/end-future-peter-thiel/

https://www.hoover.org/research/optimistic-thought-experiment

https://www.wsj.com/articles/peter-thiel-competition-is-for-losers-1410535536

https://www.hoover.org/research/optimistic-thought-experiment

https://www.firstthings.com/article/2020/03/back-to-the-future

Write Ups / Essays

Blake Master Notes from Peter Thiel’s Class, turned into Zero to One

https://blakemasters.com/peter-thiels-cs183-startup

David Perell’s Notes on Peter Thiel Talk on Uncommon Knowledge

https://www.perell.com/blog/Peter-Thiel-Interview

Peter Thiel’s Religion

https://www.perell.com/blog/peter-thiel

Books

Talk Summaries

https://www.businessinsider.com/peter-thiel-talk-in-london-on-business-and-politics-2015-4

Peter Thiel on Asperger’s Syndrome

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/innovations/wp/2015/04/03/why-shades-of-aspergers-syndrome-are-the-secret-to-building-a-great-tech-company/

Peter Thiel And The Cathedral

https://taxprof.typepad.com/taxprof_blog/2016/05/peter-thiels-advice-to-graduates-my-ambition-to-be-a-lawyer-was-less-a-plan-for-the-future-than-an-a.html