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Playing Chess with Peter Thiel

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Peter Thiel's been in the news lately [1] so I thought it'd be a good time to write about the time I played him in chess. It was back in the summer of 2015, July. I was interning at Palantir. In the middle they had a intern week with fun events like a puzzle hunt, a boat ride and some talks by various tech people. On Thursday there was an event at Thiel's house. At least that's how it was billed. I'm sure he owned the house but I don't know if he ever lived at that one. The shuttles left Palo Alto at 4ish and arrive at the house in San Francisco. The house is of course massive and beautiful. There's a lot of marble. There's an open bar and refreshments. I find the foosball table with my roommate Jeremy and some other interns. We crowd around, one person per pole. Foosball was one of my principle distractions for the summer. I never could get an edge on Jeremy. I had thought I'd acquired mastery of this all important tech skill at my previous internship but it was no match for his Singa

Playing Chess with Peter Thiel Blog Short Form Podcast Experiments Me Chess Com icon by Icons8 Playing Chess with Peter Thiel Published: 2/11/2022 x Subscribe to Ja3k That's right this blog is now a newsletter. Subscribe Thanks for subscribing! Subscribe for Free Subscribe Premium $10/month Checkout with Stripe Peter Thiel's been in the news lately [1] so I thought it'd be a good time to write about the time I played him in chess. It was back in the summer of 2015, July. I was interning at Palantir. In the middle they had a intern week with fun events like a puzzle hunt, a boat ride and some t

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