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Peter Thiel and thinking for yourself | Dan Wang

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Thiel thinks that we live in a conformist society of constrained imagination. The key to being great is to uncover insights hidden from popular opinion.

Peter Thiel is asked the formula for starting great businesses at every talk he gives. His answer is every time the same: “There is no formula. You have to figure it out for yourself.” In his interview , Tyler offers a summary of Thiel’s thought. (Search for the paragraph that mentions Tocqueville.) I haven’t read enough Girard to follow the part about original sin, but Tyler describes Thiel as someone who is trying to get us to break free of socially-derived opinions and to see the world without distortions. I was still in Europe when I read this, and it prompted me to think about the social

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