A Conversation with Peter Thiel and Niall Ferguson - Institute of Politics

Why HN readers recommended it

HN commenters recommend it as one of the best single introductions to Thiel's worldview on technology and stagnation.

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Video & recommendation details

Creator / channel

Harvard University

Topic

technological stagnation

Format

interview

Level

general

HN recommenders in dataset

2

HN mentions in dataset

4

Recommendation years in dataset

2013–2018

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From the original HN conversations

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• If you mean Gene Wolfe's masterwork, then yes, there are interpretations/commentary available online. If you meant the 'Wolfian World', I came up with that 2 days ago, so no. I did clean up the essay, added some material, made it a bit more accessible to …