THE VIDEO SHELF · technological progress
Eric Schmidt and Peter Thiel - Fortune Debate, 2012
A 2012 Fortune dinner debate between Peter Thiel and Eric Schmidt over whether technological progress is healthy or stalling and whether Google can still innovate.
Why HN readers recommended it
HN recalls it as one of the most interesting debates between two contrasting worldviews on progress.
This is a summary from the source dataset, not an endorsement by Hacker News or the video creator.
Video & recommendation details
- Creator / channel
- kykeon
- Topic
- technological progress
- Format
- talk
- Level
- general
- HN recommenders in dataset
- 2
- HN mentions in dataset
- 5
- Recommendation years in dataset
- 2016–2020
These counts and years describe the included Hacker News records; they are not YouTube views or the video’s publication date.
From the original HN conversations
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I used to watch some of these IQ debates in college, they can be really good. The longer format and strong moderation really lend themselves to interesting discussions, and you can learn a lot. One of my favourite debates of this format (though not IQ) …
SoylentOrange on Hacker News · 2020-05
In Show HN: Python package to collect normalized news from almost any websiteOne of the most interesting debates was between Eric Schmidt and Peter Thiel back in 2012, especially in the positions that Eric staked out: [VIDEO]
jamiesonbecker on Hacker News · 2017-12
In Eric Schmidt to become technical advisor to Alphabet
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