tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17916050496408443332024-03-07T22:43:44.539-08:00CreativeThinking101or202Kevin Andrew Woolseyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01268449682429697653noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1791605049640844333.post-63775904166014874492012-04-25T22:20:00.000-07:002012-04-25T22:20:29.509-07:00The Optimistic Thought Experiment by Peter A Thiel<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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In the long run, there are no good bets against globalization<br />
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And as it was in the days of Noah, so shall it be also in the days of the Son of man. They did eat, they drank, they married wives, they were given in marriage, until the day that Noah entered into the ark, and the flood came, and destroyed them all. <br />
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F<span class="smallcaps">or the judeo-western</span> inspiration, it is a mistake of the first magnitude to place too much value on the things of this world. Those who busy themselves with the meaningless ideologies of politics, or with the interminable drama of human soap operas, or with the limitless accumulation of wealth, are losing sight of the impending catastrophe that may unfold towards the end of history. The entire human order could unravel in a relentless escalation of violence — famine, disease, war, and death. The final book of the Bible, the Book of Revelation, even gives a name and a place: The Battle of Armageddon in the Middle East is the great conflagration that would end the world. Against this future, it is far better to save one ’s immortal soul and accumulate treasures in heaven, in the eternal City of God, than it is to amass a fleeting fortune in the transient and passing City of Man.</div>
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<tr><th scope="row" style="text-align: left;">Born</th><td><span style="display: none;">(<span class="bday">1967-10-11</span>)</span> October 11, 1967 <span class="noprint ForceAgeToShow">(age 44)</span><sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-born_0-0"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Thiel#cite_note-born-0"><span style="font-size: x-small;">[1]</span></a></sup><br />
<span class="birthplace"><a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frankfurt_am_Main" title="Frankfurt am Main">Frankfurt am Main</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Germany" title="Germany">Germany</a></span></td></tr>
<tr><th scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alma_mater" title="Alma mater">Alma mater</a></i></th><td><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stanford_University" title="Stanford University">Stanford University</a> (<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bachelor_of_Arts" title="Bachelor of Arts">B.A.</a>)<br />
<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stanford_Law_School" title="Stanford Law School">Stanford Law School</a> (<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Juris_Doctor" title="Juris Doctor">J.D.</a>)</td></tr>
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<li>Managing partner in <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Founders_Fund" title="The Founders Fund">The Founders Fund</a></li>
<li>President of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clarium_Capital" title="Clarium Capital">Clarium Capital</a></li>
<li>Former CEO and Co-founder of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PayPal" title="PayPal">PayPal</a></li>
<li>Financial backer in <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Facebook" title="Facebook">Facebook</a></li>
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<tr><th scope="row" style="text-align: left;">Net worth</th><td><img alt="increase" height="11" src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/11px-Increase2.svg.png" width="11" /> <b>$1.5 billion <small>(2011)</small></b><sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-forbes_1-0"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Thiel#cite_note-forbes-1"><span style="font-size: x-small;">[2]</span></a></sup><sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-G01_2-0"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Thiel#cite_note-G01-2"><span style="font-size: x-small;">[3]</span></a></sup></td></tr>
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<b>Peter Andreas Thiel</b> (born October 11, 1967)<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-born_0-1"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Thiel#cite_note-born-0"><span style="font-size: x-small;">[1]</span></a></sup> is a <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Germans" title="Germans">German</a>-born American <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Business_magnate" title="Business magnate">business magnate</a>, <a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Venture_capitalist" title="Venture capitalist">venture capitalist</a>, and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hedge_fund" title="Hedge fund">hedge fund</a> manager. With <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elon_Musk" title="Elon Musk">Elon Musk</a> and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Max_Levchin" title="Max Levchin">Max Levchin</a>, Thiel co-founded <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PayPal" title="PayPal">PayPal</a> and was its <a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CEO" title="CEO">CEO</a>. He currently serves as president of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clarium_Capital" title="Clarium Capital">Clarium Capital</a>, a <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Global_macro" title="Global macro">global macro</a> hedge fund with under $700 million in <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Assets_under_management" title="Assets under management">assets under management</a>, and a managing partner in <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Founders_Fund" title="The Founders Fund">The Founders Fund</a>, a $275M venture capital fund that he launched with <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ken_Howery" title="Ken Howery">Ken Howery</a> and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luke_Nosek" title="Luke Nosek">Luke Nosek</a> in 2005. He was an early investor in <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Facebook" title="Facebook">Facebook</a>, the popular social-networking site, and sits on the company’s board of directors. Thiel was ranked #365 on the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Forbes_400" title="Forbes 400">Forbes 400</a> in 2010, with a net worth of <a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/US$" title="US$">US$</a>1.5 billion.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-forbes_1-1"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Thiel#cite_note-forbes-1"><span style="font-size: x-small;">[2]</span></a></sup> However, this number now underestimates his wealth as his Facebook share alone, at a 2010 valuation, is worth <a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/US$" title="US$">US$</a>1.7bn.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-G01_2-1"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Thiel#cite_note-G01-2"><span style="font-size: x-small;">[3]</span></a></sup> Peter Thiel lives in <a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/San_Francisco,_California" title="San Francisco, California">San Francisco</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/California" title="California">California</a>.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-3"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Thiel#cite_note-3"><span style="font-size: x-small;">[4]</span></a></sup><br />
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Born to <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Germans" title="Germans">German</a> parents in <a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frankfurt_am_Main" title="Frankfurt am Main">Frankfurt am Main</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/West_Germany" title="West Germany">West Germany</a>, and raised in <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foster_City,_California" title="Foster City, California">Foster City, California</a>, Thiel was a US-rated <a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chess_Master" title="Chess Master">Chess Master</a> and one of the highest ranked under-21 players in the country. He studied <a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/20th_century_philosophy" title="20th century philosophy">20th century philosophy</a> as an undergraduate at <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stanford_University" title="Stanford University">Stanford University</a>. An avowed <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Libertarianism" title="Libertarianism">libertarian</a>, he founded <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Stanford_Review" title="The Stanford Review">The Stanford Review</a>, now the university's main conservative/libertarian newspaper. He received his <a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/B.A." title="B.A.">B.A.</a> in Philosophy from Stanford in 1989 and acquired a <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Juris_Doctor" title="Juris Doctor">J.D.</a> from <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stanford_Law_School" title="Stanford Law School">Stanford Law School</a> in 1992.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-4"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Thiel#cite_note-4"><span style="font-size: x-small;">[5]</span></a></sup><br />
Thiel clerked for Judge <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Larry_Edmondson" title="James Larry Edmondson">J.L. Edmondson</a> of the <a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Court_of_Appeals_for_the_11th_Circuit" title="United States Court of Appeals for the 11th Circuit">United States Court of Appeals for the 11th Circuit</a>.<sup class="Template-Fact" style="white-space: nowrap;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">[<i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources from January 2011">citation needed</span></a></i>]</span></sup> From 1993 to 1996, he traded <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Derivative_(finance)" title="Derivative (finance)">derivatives</a> for <a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Credit_Suisse_Group" title="Credit Suisse Group">Credit Suisse Group</a>.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-BW01_5-0"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Thiel#cite_note-BW01-5"><span style="font-size: x-small;">[6]</span></a></sup> He founded Thiel Capital Management, a multistrategy fund, in 1996. After co-founding PayPal, Thiel took the company public on February 15, 2002, and sold it to <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/EBay" title="EBay">eBay</a> for $1.5bn later that year.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-6"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Thiel#cite_note-6"><span style="font-size: x-small;">[7]</span></a></sup> His 3.7 percent stake in PayPal was worth approximately $55M at the time of the acquisition.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-7"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Thiel#cite_note-7"><span style="font-size: x-small;">[8]</span></a></sup> Immediately after the sale, Thiel launched a global macro hedge fund, Clarium, pursuing a global macro strategy. In 2005, Clarium was honored as global macro fund of the year by both <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MarHedge" title="MarHedge">MarHedge</a> and <a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Absolute_Return" title="Absolute Return">Absolute Return</a>, two trade magazines. Thiel’s approach to investing became the subject of a chapter in Steve Drobny’s book, <i>Inside the House of Money</i>. Thiel successfully bet that the US dollar would weaken in 2003, and gained significant returns betting that the dollar and energy would rally in 2005. After significant losses starting in 2009, Clarium dropped from $7bn dollars in assets in 2008 to around $350M in 2011.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-8"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Thiel#cite_note-8"><span style="font-size: x-small;">[9]</span></a></sup><br />
In 2004, well before the <a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Financial_crisis_of_2007%E2%80%932010" title="Financial crisis of 2007–2010">financial crisis of 2007–2010</a> bore him out in general terms, Thiel spoke of the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dot-com_bubble" title="Dot-com bubble">dot-com bubble</a> of 2000 having migrated, in effect, into a growing bubble in the financial sector. He specified <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/General_Electric" title="General Electric">General Electric</a>, with its large financing arm, and <a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WalMart" title="WalMart">WalMart</a> as vulnerable. At the same time, he was "always talking about a real estate bubble." To illustrate, in 2004, he reported having backed away from buying <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martha_Stewart" title="Martha Stewart">Martha Stewart</a>'s <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manhattan" title="Manhattan">Manhattan</a> duplex for $7M in the winter of 2003-2004.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-BW01_5-1"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Thiel#cite_note-BW01-5"><span style="font-size: x-small;">[6]</span></a></sup> While the apartment did sell in 2004 for $6.65M to another buyer, it was on the market but unsold in early 2010 at $15.9M,<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-9"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Thiel#cite_note-9"><span style="font-size: x-small;">[10]</span></a></sup> and later at the reduced price of $13.9M.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-10"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Thiel#cite_note-10"><span style="font-size: x-small;">[11]</span></a></sup><br />
In late 2004, Thiel made a $500,000 <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Angel_investor" title="Angel investor">angel investment</a> in <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Facebook" title="Facebook">Facebook</a> for 10.2% of the company.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-11"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Thiel#cite_note-11"><span style="font-size: x-small;">[12]</span></a></sup><sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-G01_2-2"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Thiel#cite_note-G01-2"><span style="font-size: x-small;">[3]</span></a></sup> In addition to Facebook, Thiel has made early-stage investments in numerous startups (personally or through his venture capital fund), including <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Booktrack" title="Booktrack">Booktrack</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slide.com" title="Slide.com">Slide</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LinkedIn" title="LinkedIn">LinkedIn</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Friendster" title="Friendster">Friendster</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rapleaf" title="Rapleaf">Rapleaf</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geni.com" title="Geni.com">Geni.com</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yammer" title="Yammer">Yammer</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yelp,_Inc." title="Yelp, Inc.">Yelp, Inc.</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Powerset_(company)" title="Powerset (company)">Powerset</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Practice_Fusion" title="Practice Fusion">Practice Fusion</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vator" title="Vator">Vator</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palantir_Technologies" title="Palantir Technologies">Palantir Technologies</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IronPort" title="IronPort">IronPort</a>, and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Votizen" title="Votizen">Votizen</a>. Slide, LinkedIn, Yelp, Geni.com, and Yammer were founded by Thiel's former colleagues at PayPal: Slide by Levchin, Linkedin by <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reid_Hoffman" title="Reid Hoffman">Reid Hoffman</a>, Yelp by Jeremy Stoppelman, Geni.com, Yammer by David Sacks and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xero_(software)" title="Xero (software)">Xero</a> by <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rod_Drury" title="Rod Drury">Rod Drury</a>. Fortune magazine reports that PayPal alumni have founded or invested in dozens of startups with an aggregate value of around $30bn. In Silicon Valley circles, Thiel is colloquially referred to as the "Don of the PayPal Mafia", as noted in the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fortune_(magazine)" title="Fortune (magazine)">Fortune magazine</a> article.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-12"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Thiel#cite_note-12"><span style="font-size: x-small;">[13]</span></a></sup> Thiel's views on management are highly regarded, especially his famous observation that start-up success is highly correlated with low CEO pay.<br />
Thiel is an occasional commentator on <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CNBC" title="CNBC">CNBC</a>, having appeared numerous times on both <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Closing_Bell" title="Closing Bell">Closing Bell</a> with <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maria_Bartiromo" title="Maria Bartiromo">Maria Bartiromo</a>, and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Squawk_Box" title="Squawk Box">Squawk Box</a> with <a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Becky_Quick" title="Becky Quick">Becky Quick</a>.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-13"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Thiel#cite_note-13"><span style="font-size: x-small;">[14]</span></a></sup> He has been interviewed twice by <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charlie_Rose" title="Charlie Rose">Charlie Rose</a> on <a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PBS" title="PBS">PBS</a>.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-14"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Thiel#cite_note-14"><span style="font-size: x-small;">[15]</span></a></sup> In 2006, he won the Herman Lay Award for Entrepreneurship.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-15"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Thiel#cite_note-15"><span style="font-size: x-small;">[16]</span></a></sup> In 2007, he was honored as a Young Global leader by the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Economic_Forum" title="World Economic Forum">World Economic Forum</a> as one of the 250 most distinguished leaders age 40 and under.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-16"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Thiel#cite_note-16"><span style="font-size: x-small;">[17]</span></a></sup> On November 7, 2009, Thiel was awarded an honorary degree from <a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Universidad_Francisco_Marroquin" title="Universidad Francisco Marroquin">Universidad Francisco Marroquin</a><sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-17"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Thiel#cite_note-17"><span style="font-size: x-small;">[18]</span></a></sup><br />
Thiel's cultural pursuits have included executive production of “<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thank_You_for_Smoking_(film)" title="Thank You for Smoking (film)">Thank You for Smoking</a>”, a 2005 feature film based on <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christopher_Buckley_(novelist)" title="Christopher Buckley (novelist)">Christopher Buckley</a>'s 1994 novel of the same name. Thiel is the co-author (with <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_O._Sacks" title="David O. Sacks">David O. Sacks</a>, who produced <i>TYFS</i>) of the 1995 book <i>The Diversity Myth: 'Multiculturalism' and the Politics of Intolerance at Stanford</i>, which "drew a sharp rebuttal from then-Stanford Provost (and later President <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_W._Bush" title="George W. Bush">George W. Bush</a>'s <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Security_Advisor" title="National Security Advisor">National Security Advisor</a>) <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Condoleezza_Rice" title="Condoleezza Rice">Condoleezza Rice</a>."<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-G01_2-3"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Thiel#cite_note-G01-2"><span style="font-size: x-small;">[3]</span></a></sup> He has contributed articles to <i>The Wall Street Journal</i>, <i>First Things</i>, <i>Forbes</i>, and <i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Policy_Review" title="Policy Review">Policy Review</a></i>, the journal published by the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hoover_Institution" title="Hoover Institution">Hoover Institution</a>, on whose board he sits.<br />
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In February 2006, Thiel provided $100,000 of matching funds to back the Singularity Challenge donation drive of the <a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Singularity_Institute_for_Artificial_Intelligence" title="Singularity Institute for Artificial Intelligence">Singularity Institute for Artificial Intelligence</a>. Additionally, he joined the Institute's advisory board and participated in the May 2006 Singularity Summit at Stanford as well as at the 2011 Summit held in New York City.<br />
In September 2006, Thiel announced that he would donate $3.5M to foster anti-aging research through the <a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Methuselah_Mouse_Prize" title="Methuselah Mouse Prize">Methuselah Mouse Prize</a> foundation.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-18"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Thiel#cite_note-18"><span style="font-size: x-small;">[19]</span></a></sup> He gave the following reasons for his pledge: "Rapid advances in biological science foretell of a treasure trove of discoveries this century, including dramatically improved health and longevity for all. I’m backing <a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dr._de_Grey" title="Dr. de Grey">Dr. de Grey</a>, because I believe that his revolutionary approach to aging research will accelerate this process, allowing many people alive today to enjoy radically longer and healthier lives for themselves and their loved ones."<br />
In May 2007, Thiel provided half of the $400,000 matching funds for the annual Singularity Challenge donation drive.<br />
On April 15, 2008, Thiel pledged $500,000 to the new <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seasteading" title="Seasteading">Seasteading</a> Institute, directed by <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patri_Friedman" title="Patri Friedman">Patri Friedman</a>, whose mission is "to establish permanent, autonomous ocean communities to enable experimentation and innovation with diverse social, political, and legal systems".<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-tsi20080415_19-0"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Thiel#cite_note-tsi20080415-19"><span style="font-size: x-small;">[20]</span></a></sup> This was followed in February 2010 by a subsequent grant of $250,000, and an additional $100,000 in matching funds.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-20"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Thiel#cite_note-20"><span style="font-size: x-small;">[21]</span></a></sup><br />
On September 29, 2010, Thiel said he had created a new fellowship called the <a class="external text" href="http://www.thielfoundation.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=15&Itemid=19" rel="nofollow">Thiel Fellowship</a>, which will award $100,000 each to 20 people under 20 years old,<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-21"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Thiel#cite_note-21"><span style="font-size: x-small;">[22]</span></a></sup> in order to spur them to quit college and create their own ventures.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-22"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Thiel#cite_note-22"><span style="font-size: x-small;">[23]</span></a></sup><br />
Thiel is a supporter of the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Committee_to_Protect_Journalists" title="Committee to Protect Journalists">Committee to Protect Journalists</a>, which promotes the right of journalists to report the news freely without fear of reprisal.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-23"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Thiel#cite_note-23"><span style="font-size: x-small;">[24]</span></a></sup><br />
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Thiel is listed as a member of the Steering Committee of The <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bilderberg_Group" title="Bilderberg Group">Bilderberg Group</a>, a controversial group of influential business and government leaders who meet annually behind closed doors under a media blackout to discuss world issues.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-24"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Thiel#cite_note-24"><span style="font-size: x-small;">[25]</span></a></sup><br />
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In 2004, it was reported that Thiel, "a libertarian, advise[d] several <a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Free-market" title="Free-market">free-market</a> <a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Think_tanks" title="Think tanks">think tanks</a>, including the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pacific_Research_Institute" title="Pacific Research Institute">Pacific Research Institute</a> in San Francisco. 'He believes in open markets and that self-interest can be harnessed in useful and productive ways,' sa[id] Sonia Arrison, the institute's director of technology studies."<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-G01_2-4"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Thiel#cite_note-G01-2"><span style="font-size: x-small;">[3]</span></a></sup><br />
When asked about his political beliefs in a 2006 <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Press_International" title="United Press International">United Press International</a> interview, Thiel stated, "Well, I was pretty <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Libertarianism" title="Libertarianism">libertarian</a> when I started [in business]. I'm <i>way</i> libertarian now."<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-25"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Thiel#cite_note-25"><span style="font-size: x-small;">[26]</span></a></sup><sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-26"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Thiel#cite_note-26"><span style="font-size: x-small;">[27]</span></a></sup> In December 2007, he endorsed <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ron_Paul" title="Ron Paul">Ron Paul</a> for <a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Republican_Party_(United_States)_presidential_primaries,_2008" title="Republican Party (United States) presidential primaries, 2008">President</a>.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-27"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Thiel#cite_note-27"><span style="font-size: x-small;">[28]</span></a></sup><br />
In a two-part article for the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cato_Institute" title="Cato Institute">Cato Institute</a>, Thiel wrote: "I no longer believe that freedom and democracy are compatible."<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-28"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Thiel#cite_note-28"><span style="font-size: x-small;">[29]</span></a></sup> Thiel later clarified several of his initial statements in a follow-up essay, stating that, "While I don’t think any class of people should be disenfranchised, I have little hope that voting will make things better."<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-29"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Thiel#cite_note-29"><span style="font-size: x-small;">[30]</span></a></sup><br />
Thiel founded <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palantir_Technologies" title="Palantir Technologies">Palantir Technologies</a> funded by the CIA's venture capital arm <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/In-Q-Tel" title="In-Q-Tel">In-Q-Tel</a>.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-30"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Thiel#cite_note-30"><span style="font-size: x-small;">[31]</span></a></sup><br />
Peter Thiel professes that he is unable to engage in what he terms “unacceptable compromise politics," further spelling out his views in a piece for the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oslo_Freedom_Forum" title="Oslo Freedom Forum">Oslo Freedom Forum</a>: "We tend to like a government very much when we believe we’re among its net winners. That makes it very hard to think clearly about whether any of its laws are just or unjust. And because power corrupts, any state unchecked by vigorous public scrutiny and a free press will attempt to become the judge in its own cause and the intermediary of all human interaction."<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-31"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Thiel#cite_note-31"><span style="font-size: x-small;">[32]</span></a></sup><br />
Thiel met <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ren%C3%A9_Girard" title="René Girard">René Girard</a> at Stanford and embraces <a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Memetic_theory" title="Memetic theory">memetic theory</a>. In an interview, Thiel said that his first impression of Girard memetics was that it "is crazy... that it can't be true that imitation is this important and drives this many different things."<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-32"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Thiel#cite_note-32"><span style="font-size: x-small;">[33]</span></a></sup><br />
In 2009, it was reported that Thiel helped fund college student <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_O%27Keefe" title="James O'Keefe">James O'Keefe</a>'s "Taxpayers Clearing House" video - a satirical look at the politics behind the Wall Street bailout.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-33"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Thiel#cite_note-33"><span style="font-size: x-small;">[34]</span></a></sup> O'Keefe went on to produce the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ACORN_2009_undercover_videos_controversy" title="ACORN 2009 undercover videos controversy">ACORN undercover sting videos</a>.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-34"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Thiel#cite_note-34"><span style="font-size: x-small;">[35]</span></a></sup><br />
Thiel, who is <a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Openly_gay" title="Openly gay">openly gay</a>, has also supported gay-rights causes such as the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Foundation_for_Equal_Rights" title="American Foundation for Equal Rights">American Foundation for Equal Rights</a> and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GOProud" title="GOProud">GOProud</a>.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-35"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Thiel#cite_note-35"><span style="font-size: x-small;">[36]</span></a></sup><br />
In 2009, Thiel wrote that "since 1920... the extension of the [socioeconomic] franchise to women... have rendered the notion of 'capitalist democracy' into an oxymoron."<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-36"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Thiel#cite_note-36"><span style="font-size: x-small;">[37]</span></a></sup><br />
In 2010, Thiel supported <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meg_Whitman" title="Meg Whitman">Meg Whitman</a>, who as CEO of eBay had purchased PayPal from Thiel and his co-founders and investors, in her unsuccessful bid for the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/California_gubernatorial_election,_2010" title="California gubernatorial election, 2010">governorship of California</a>. He contributed the maximum allowable $25,900 to the Whitman campaign.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-37"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Thiel#cite_note-37"><span style="font-size: x-small;">[38]</span></a></sup><br />
In 2011, Thiel was reported as having given $1.25M to the Seasteading Institute, a group seeking to build sovereign nations on artificial islands in international waters ("<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seasteading" title="Seasteading">seasteading</a>"). He previously gained attention when he gave the group $500,000 in 2008.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-38"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Thiel#cite_note-38"><span style="font-size: x-small;">[39]</span></a></sup><br />
In a December 2011 interview Thiel encouraged his '20 under 20' applicants to consider the list of "biotech, genomics, synthetic biology; robotics; information & communication technology; aerospace; artificial intelligence; neurotech; nanotech; and medical devices" despite having made his entire fortune in internet finance and social media.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-39"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Thiel#cite_note-39"><span style="font-size: x-small;">[40]</span></a></sup><br />
In 2012, Thiel, along with PayPal co-founder Luke Nosek and Scott Banister, an early adviser and board member, put their support behind the Endorse Liberty Super PAC, alongside Internet advertising veteran Stephen Oskoui and entrepreneur Jeffrey Harmon, who founded Endorse Liberty in November 2011. Collectively Thiel et al gave $3.9 million to Endorse Liberty, whose purpose was to promote Texas congressman Ron Paul for president in 2012. As of January 31, 2012<span style="display: none;"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated">2012 -01-31</span>)</span><sup class="plainlinks noprint asof-tag update" style="display: none;"><a class="external text" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Peter_Thiel&action=edit"><span style="font-size: x-small;">[update]</span></a></sup>, Endorse Liberty reported spending about $3.3 million promoting Paul by setting up two YouTube channels, buying ads from Google and Facebook and StumbleUpon, and building a presence on the Web.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-Reuters_40-0"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Thiel#cite_note-Reuters-40"><span style="font-size: x-small;">[41]</span></a></sup><br />
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In the film <i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Social_Network" title="The Social Network">The Social Network</a></i>, Peter Thiel is played by actor <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wallace_Langham" title="Wallace Langham">Wallace Langham</a>. The film depicts him making the $500,000 <a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Angel_investment" title="Angel investment">angel investment</a> in <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Facebook" title="Facebook">Facebook</a>.<br />
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<li id="cite_note-forbes-1">^ <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Thiel#cite_ref-forbes_1-0"><sup><i><b><span style="font-size: x-small;">a</span></b></i></sup></a> <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Thiel#cite_ref-forbes_1-1"><sup><i><b><span style="font-size: x-small;">b</span></b></i></sup></a> <span class="reference-text"><span class="citation web"><a class="external text" href="http://www.forbes.com/profile/peter-thiel" rel="nofollow">"Peter Thiel - Forbes"</a>. Forbes.com<span class="printonly">. <a class="external free" href="http://www.forbes.com/profile/peter-thiel" rel="nofollow">http://www.forbes.com/profile/peter-thiel</a></span><span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved 2011-04-27</span>.</span><span class="Z3988" title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=bookitem&rft.btitle=Peter+Thiel+-+Forbes&rft.atitle=&rft.pub=Forbes.com&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.forbes.com%2Fprofile%2Fpeter-thiel&rfr_id=info:sid/en.wikipedia.org:Peter_Thiel"><span style="display: none;"> </span></span></span></li>
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<li id="cite_note-26"><b><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Thiel#cite_ref-26">^</a></b> <span class="reference-text"><span class="citation" id="CITEREFLonsdaleLonsdale2003">Lonsdale, Joe; Lonsdale, Joseph (March 6), <a class="external text" href="http://www.upi.com/Business_News/2003/03/06/Valley-View-Ace-2-Peter-Thiel/UPI-29231046975366/" rel="nofollow">"Valley View: Ace #2, Peter Thiel"</a>, <i>UPI.com</i><span class="printonly">, <a class="external free" href="http://www.upi.com/Business_News/2003/03/06/Valley-View-Ace-2-Peter-Thiel/UPI-29231046975366/" rel="nofollow">http://www.upi.com/Business_News/2003/03/06/Valley-View-Ace-2-Peter-Thiel/UPI-29231046975366/</a></span><span class="reference-accessdate">, retrieved 2010-10-25</span></span><span class="Z3988" title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.atitle=Valley+View%3A+Ace+%232%2C+Peter+Thiel&rft.jtitle=UPI.com&rft.aulast=Lonsdale&rft.aufirst=Joe&rft.au=Lonsdale%2C%26%2332%3BJoe&rft.au=Lonsdale%2C%26%2332%3BJoseph&rft.date=March+6&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.upi.com%2FBusiness_News%2F2003%2F03%2F06%2FValley-View-Ace-2-Peter-Thiel%2FUPI-29231046975366%2F&rfr_id=info:sid/en.wikipedia.org:Peter_Thiel"><span style="display: none;"> </span></span></span></li>
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<li id="cite_note-28"><b><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Thiel#cite_ref-28">^</a></b> <span class="reference-text"><span class="citation web"><a class="external text" href="http://www.newsweek.com/2010/10/18/what-s-wrong-with-silicon-valley-libertarianism.html" rel="nofollow">"What's Wrong with Silicon Valley Libertarianism"</a>. Newsweek<span class="printonly">. <a class="external free" href="http://www.newsweek.com/2010/10/18/what-s-wrong-with-silicon-valley-libertarianism.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.newsweek.com/2010/10/18/what-s-wrong-with-silicon-valley-libertarianism.html</a></span><span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved 2010-10-19</span>.</span><span class="Z3988" title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=bookitem&rft.btitle=What%27s+Wrong+with+Silicon+Valley+Libertarianism&rft.atitle=&rft.pub=Newsweek&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.newsweek.com%2F2010%2F10%2F18%2Fwhat-s-wrong-with-silicon-valley-libertarianism.html&rfr_id=info:sid/en.wikipedia.org:Peter_Thiel"><span style="display: none;"> </span></span></span></li>
<li id="cite_note-29"><b><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Thiel#cite_ref-29">^</a></b> <span class="reference-text"><span class="citation web">Peter Thiel (May 1, 2009). <a class="external text" href="http://www.cato-unbound.org/2009/05/01/peter-thiel/your-suffrage-isnt-in-danger-your-other-rights-are/" rel="nofollow">"Your Suffrage Isn't In Danger. Your Other Rights Are"</a>. <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cato_Institute" title="Cato Institute">Cato Institute</a><span class="printonly">. <a class="external free" href="http://www.cato-unbound.org/2009/05/01/peter-thiel/your-suffrage-isnt-in-danger-your-other-rights-are/" rel="nofollow">http://www.cato-unbound.org/2009/05/01/peter-thiel/your-suffrage-isnt-in-danger-your-other-rights-are/</a></span>.</span><span class="Z3988" title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=bookitem&rft.btitle=Your+Suffrage+Isn%27t+In+Danger.+Your+Other+Rights+Are&rft.atitle=&rft.aulast=Peter+Thiel&rft.au=Peter+Thiel&rft.date=May+1%2C+2009&rft.pub=%5B%5BCato+Institute%5D%5D&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.cato-unbound.org%2F2009%2F05%2F01%2Fpeter-thiel%2Fyour-suffrage-isnt-in-danger-your-other-rights-are%2F&rfr_id=info:sid/en.wikipedia.org:Peter_Thiel"><span style="display: none;"> </span></span></span></li>
<li id="cite_note-30"><b><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Thiel#cite_ref-30">^</a></b> <span class="reference-text"><span class="citation web"><a class="external text" href="http://www.businessweek.com/magazine/palantir-the-vanguard-of-cyberterror-security-11222011.html" rel="nofollow">"Palantir, the War on Terror's Secret Weapon"</a><span class="printonly">. <a class="external free" href="http://www.businessweek.com/magazine/palantir-the-vanguard-of-cyberterror-security-11222011.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.businessweek.com/magazine/palantir-the-vanguard-of-cyberterror-security-11222011.html</a></span>.</span><span class="Z3988" title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=bookitem&rft.btitle=Palantir%2C+the+War+on+Terror%27s+Secret+Weapon&rft.atitle=&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.businessweek.com%2Fmagazine%2Fpalantir-the-vanguard-of-cyberterror-security-11222011.html&rfr_id=info:sid/en.wikipedia.org:Peter_Thiel"><span style="display: none;"> </span></span></span></li>
<li id="cite_note-31"><b><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Thiel#cite_ref-31">^</a></b> <span class="reference-text"><span class="citation web">Peter Thiel (15 May 2009). <a class="external text" href="http://www.thielfoundation.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=9:the-contrarian-hero&catid=1&Itemid=16" rel="nofollow">"The Contrarian Hero"</a>. Thiel Foundation<span class="printonly">. <a class="external free" href="http://www.thielfoundation.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=9:the-contrarian-hero&catid=1&Itemid=16" rel="nofollow">http://www.thielfoundation.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=9:the-contrarian-hero&catid=1&Itemid=16</a></span>.</span><span class="Z3988" title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=bookitem&rft.btitle=The+Contrarian+Hero&rft.atitle=&rft.aulast=Peter+Thiel&rft.au=Peter+Thiel&rft.date=15+May+2009&rft.pub=Thiel+Foundation&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.thielfoundation.org%2Findex.php%3Foption%3Dcom_content%26view%3Darticle%26id%3D9%3Athe-contrarian-hero%26catid%3D1%26Itemid%3D16&rfr_id=info:sid/en.wikipedia.org:Peter_Thiel"><span style="display: none;"> </span></span></span></li>
<li id="cite_note-32"><b><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Thiel#cite_ref-32">^</a></b> <span class="reference-text"><span class="citation web"><a class="external text" href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=esk7W9Jowtc" rel="nofollow">"Peter Thiel on René Girard"</a><span class="printonly">. <a class="external free" href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=esk7W9Jowtc" rel="nofollow">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=esk7W9Jowtc</a></span>.</span><span class="Z3988" title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=bookitem&rft.btitle=Peter+Thiel+on+Ren%C3%A9+Girard&rft.atitle=&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv%3Desk7W9Jowtc&rfr_id=info:sid/en.wikipedia.org:Peter_Thiel"><span style="display: none;"> </span></span></span></li>
<li id="cite_note-33"><b><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Thiel#cite_ref-33">^</a></b> <span class="reference-text"><span class="citation news">Steven Thrasher (September 22, 2009). <a class="external text" href="http://blogs.villagevoice.com/runninscared/archives/2009/09/acorn_videomake.php" rel="nofollow">"The Money Trail - Conservative Facebook Investor Funded Anti-ACORN Videographer"</a>. Village Voice<span class="printonly">. <a class="external free" href="http://blogs.villagevoice.com/runninscared/archives/2009/09/acorn_videomake.php" rel="nofollow">http://blogs.villagevoice.com/runninscared/archives/2009/09/acorn_videomake.php</a></span>.</span><span class="Z3988" title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=bookitem&rft.btitle=The+Money+Trail+-+Conservative+Facebook+Investor+Funded+Anti-ACORN+Videographer&rft.atitle=&rft.aulast=Steven+Thrasher&rft.au=Steven+Thrasher&rft.date=September+22%2C+2009&rft.pub=Village+Voice&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fblogs.villagevoice.com%2Frunninscared%2Farchives%2F2009%2F09%2Facorn_videomake.php&rfr_id=info:sid/en.wikipedia.org:Peter_Thiel"><span style="display: none;"> </span></span></span></li>
<li id="cite_note-34"><b><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Thiel#cite_ref-34">^</a></b> <span class="reference-text"><span class="citation web">Nick Saint (September 22, 2009). <a class="external text" href="http://www.businessinsider.com/paypals-peter-thiel-funded-acorn-sting-2009-9" rel="nofollow">"Facebook Investor Peter Thiel Funded ACORN Sting"</a>. Business Insider<span class="printonly">. <a class="external free" href="http://www.businessinsider.com/paypals-peter-thiel-funded-acorn-sting-2009-9" rel="nofollow">http://www.businessinsider.com/paypals-peter-thiel-funded-acorn-sting-2009-9</a></span>.</span><span class="Z3988" title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=bookitem&rft.btitle=Facebook+Investor+Peter+Thiel+Funded+ACORN+Sting&rft.atitle=&rft.aulast=Nick+Saint&rft.au=Nick+Saint&rft.date=September+22%2C+2009&rft.pub=Business+Insider&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.businessinsider.com%2Fpaypals-peter-thiel-funded-acorn-sting-2009-9&rfr_id=info:sid/en.wikipedia.org:Peter_Thiel"><span style="display: none;"> </span></span></span></li>
<li id="cite_note-35"><b><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Thiel#cite_ref-35">^</a></b> <span class="reference-text">Weisberg, Jacob. <a class="external text" href="http://www.slate.com/articles/news_and_politics/politics/2010/10/turn_on_start_up_drop_out.html" rel="nofollow">"Hyper-libertarian Facebook billionaire Peter Thiel's appalling plan to pay students to quit college."</a> Slate, Oct. 16, 2010.</span></li>
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<li id="cite_note-37"><b><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Thiel#cite_ref-37">^</a></b> <span class="reference-text">Fost, Dan, <a class="external text" href="http://blogs.forbes.com/danfost/2010/09/17/old-paypals-peter-thiel-backs-meg-whitman/" rel="nofollow">"Old (Pay)Pals: Peter Thiel backs Meg Whitman"</a>, <i>Forbes</i> blog, Sep. 17, 2010 7:08 pm ET. Retrieved 2011-01-11.</span></li>
<li id="cite_note-38"><b><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Thiel#cite_ref-38">^</a></b> <span class="reference-text"><span class="citation web">Liz Goodwin (August 16, 2011). <a class="external text" href="http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/lookout/silicon-valley-billionaire-funding-creation-artificial-libertarian-islands-140840896.html" rel="nofollow">"Silicon Valley billionaire funding creation of artificial libertarian islands"</a>. The Lookout Blog<span class="printonly">. <a class="external free" href="http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/lookout/silicon-valley-billionaire-funding-creation-artificial-libertarian-islands-140840896.html" rel="nofollow">http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/lookout/silicon-valley-billionaire-funding-creation-artificial-libertarian-islands-140840896.html</a></span>.</span><span class="Z3988" title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=bookitem&rft.btitle=Silicon+Valley+billionaire+funding+creation+of+artificial+libertarian+islands&rft.atitle=&rft.aulast=Liz+Goodwin&rft.au=Liz+Goodwin&rft.date=August+16%2C+2011&rft.pub=The+Lookout+Blog&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fnews.yahoo.com%2Fblogs%2Flookout%2Fsilicon-valley-billionaire-funding-creation-artificial-libertarian-islands-140840896.html&rfr_id=info:sid/en.wikipedia.org:Peter_Thiel"><span style="display: none;"> </span></span></span></li>
<li id="cite_note-39"><b><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Thiel#cite_ref-39">^</a></b> <span class="reference-text"><span class="citation web"><a class="external text" href="http://www.cnbc.com/id/15840232/video/3000062655/play/1/" rel="nofollow">"Peter Thiel's 20 Under 20"</a>. December 15, 2011 1:33 pm ET<span class="printonly">. <a class="external free" href="http://www.cnbc.com/id/15840232/video/3000062655/play/1/" rel="nofollow">http://www.cnbc.com/id/15840232/video/3000062655/play/1/</a></span>.</span><span class="Z3988" title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=bookitem&rft.btitle=Peter+Thiel%27s+20+Under+20&rft.atitle=&rft.date=December+15%2C+2011+1%3A33+pm+ET&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.cnbc.com%2Fid%2F15840232%2Fvideo%2F3000062655%2Fplay%2F1%2F&rfr_id=info:sid/en.wikipedia.org:Peter_Thiel"><span style="display: none;"> </span></span></span></li>
<li id="cite_note-Reuters-40"><b><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Thiel#cite_ref-Reuters_40-0">^</a></b> <span class="reference-text"><span class="citation news">Selyukh, Alina (1/31/2012). <a class="external text" href="http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/01/31/us-usa-campaign-spending-paul-idUSTRE80U1OF20120131" rel="nofollow">"PayPal co-founders fund pro-Paul Super PAC"</a>. <i>Reuters</i><span class="printonly">. <a class="external free" href="http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/01/31/us-usa-campaign-spending-paul-idUSTRE80U1OF20120131" rel="nofollow">http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/01/31/us-usa-campaign-spending-paul-idUSTRE80U1OF20120131</a></span><span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved 1/31/2012</span>.</span><span class="Z3988" title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.atitle=PayPal+co-founders+fund+pro-Paul+Super+PAC&rft.jtitle=Reuters&rft.aulast=Selyukh&rft.aufirst=Alina&rft.au=Selyukh%2C%26%2332%3BAlina&rft.date=1%2F31%2F2012&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.reuters.com%2Farticle%2F2012%2F01%2F31%2Fus-usa-campaign-spending-paul-idUSTRE80U1OF20120131&rfr_id=info:sid/en.wikipedia.org:Peter_Thiel"><span style="display: none;"> </span></span></span></li>
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<li><span class="citation book">Drobny, Steven (2006). <a class="external text" href="http://www.amazon.com/dp/0471794473" rel="nofollow"><i>Inside the House of Money</i></a>. <i>The Dot-Commer</i>: Wiley. <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Standard_Book_Number" title="International Standard Book Number">ISBN</a> <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-471-79447-3" title="Special:BookSources/0-471-79447-3">0-471-79447-3</a><span class="printonly">. <a class="external free" href="http://www.amazon.com/dp/0471794473" rel="nofollow">http://www.amazon.com/dp/0471794473</a></span>.</span><span class="Z3988" title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Inside+the+House+of+Money&rft.aulast=Drobny&rft.aufirst=Steven&rft.au=Drobny%2C%26%2332%3BSteven&rft.date=2006&rft.place=%27%27The+Dot-Commer%27%27&rft.pub=Wiley&rft.isbn=0-471-79447-3&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.amazon.com%2Fdp%2F0471794473&rfr_id=info:sid/en.wikipedia.org:Peter_Thiel"><span style="display: none;"> </span></span></li>
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<li><a class="external text" href="http://www.thielfoundation.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=5&Itemid=10" rel="nofollow">Thiel Foundation profile</a></li>
<li><a class="external text" href="https://www.ufm.edu/cms/es/honorary-doctoral-degrees" rel="nofollow">Honorary Doctoral Degrees,</a> <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Universidad_Francisco_Marroqu%C3%ADn" title="Universidad Francisco Marroquín">Universidad Francisco Marroquín</a></li>
<li><a class="external text" href="http://valleywag.gawker.com/5259805/peter-thiel-valleywag-is-the-silicon-valley-equivalent-of-al-qaeda" rel="nofollow">Peter Thiel compares Silicon Valley bloggers to Al Qaeda</a></li>
<li><a class="external text" href="http://www.itconversations.com/shows/detail380.html" rel="nofollow">Virtual Money</a> on ITConversations.com - November 2004</li>
<li><a class="external text" href="http://www.hoover.org/publications/policyreview/14801241.html" rel="nofollow">The Optimistic Thought Experiment</a> essay by Peter Thiel published in Policy Review</li>
<li><a class="external text" href="http://www.bloomberg.com/news/marketsmag/thiel.pdf" rel="nofollow">Bloomberg Markets profile of Thiel</a></li>
<li><a class="external text" href="http://newmedia.ufm.edu/gsm/index.php/Listados:Peter_Thiel" rel="nofollow">Audiovisual Media, NewMedia</a> <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Universidad_Francisco_Marroqu%C3%ADn" title="Universidad Francisco Marroquín">Universidad Francisco Marroquín</a></li>
<li><a class="external text" href="http://newmedia.ufm.edu/gsm/index.php?title=Can_Entrepreneurs_Change_the_World%3F" rel="nofollow">Can Entrepreneurs change the world?</a>: Peter Thiel interviewed <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guatemala#cite_note-58" title="Guatemala">Luis Figueroa</a></li>
<li><a class="external text" href="http://www.crunchbase.com/person/peter-thiel" rel="nofollow">Crunchbase profile of Peter Thiel</a></li>
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<li><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chris_Hughes" title="Chris Hughes">Chris Hughes</a> (1%)</li>
<li><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dustin_Moskovitz" title="Dustin Moskovitz">Dustin Moskovitz</a> (6%)</li>
<li class="hlist-last-child"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eduardo_Saverin" title="Eduardo Saverin">Eduardo Saverin</a> (5%)</li>
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<li><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marc_Andreessen" title="Marc Andreessen">Marc Andreessen</a></li>
<li><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Breyer" title="Jim Breyer">Jim Breyer</a></li>
<li><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_E._Graham" title="Donald E. Graham">Don Graham</a></li>
<li><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reed_Hastings" title="Reed Hastings">Reed Hastings</a></li>
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<li><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chris_Cox_(Facebook)" title="Chris Cox (Facebook)">Chris Cox</a> (VP of Product)</li>
<li><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sheryl_Sandberg" title="Sheryl Sandberg">Sheryl Sandberg</a> (COO)</li>
<li><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elliot_Schrage" title="Elliot Schrage">Elliot Schrage</a> (VP of Global Communications, Marketing and Public Policy)</li>
<li><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mike_Schroepfer" title="Mike Schroepfer">Mike Schroepfer</a> (VP of Engineering)</li>
<li><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bret_Taylor" title="Bret Taylor">Bret Taylor</a> (CTO)</li>
<li class="hlist-last-child"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ted_Ullyot" title="Ted Ullyot">Ted Ullyot</a> (VP and General Counsel)</li>
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<li><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Owen_Van_Natta" title="Owen Van Natta">Owen Van Natta</a> (COO)</li>
<li><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gideon_Yu" title="Gideon Yu">Gideon Yu</a> (CFO)</li>
<li><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adam_D%27Angelo" title="Adam D'Angelo">Adam D'Angelo</a> (CTO)</li>
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<li><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reid_Hoffman" title="Reid Hoffman">Reid Hoffman</a></li>
<li><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Max_Levchin" title="Max Levchin">Max Levchin</a></li>
<li><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ken_Howery" title="Ken Howery">Ken Howery</a></li>
<li><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luke_Nosek" title="Luke Nosek">Luke Nosek</a></li>
<li><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elon_Musk" title="Elon Musk">Elon Musk</a></li>
<li><a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Chen_(YouTube)" title="Steve Chen (YouTube)">Steve Chen</a></li>
<li><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Keith_Rabois" title="Keith Rabois">Keith Rabois</a></li>
<li><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chad_Hurley" title="Chad Hurley">Chad Hurley</a></li>
<li><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roelof_Botha" title="Roelof Botha">Roelof Botha</a></li>
<li><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jawed_Karim" title="Jawed Karim">Jawed Karim</a></li>
<li><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eric_M._Jackson" title="Eric M. Jackson">Eric M. Jackson</a></li>
<li><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_O._Sacks" title="David O. Sacks">David O. Sacks</a></li>
<li class="hlist-last-child"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Premal_Shah" title="Premal Shah">Premal Shah</a></li>
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<li><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slide.com" title="Slide.com">Slide.com</a></li>
<li><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yelp,_Inc." title="Yelp, Inc.">Yelp, Inc.</a></li>
<li><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geni.com" title="Geni.com">Geni.com</a></li>
<li><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yammer" title="Yammer">Yammer</a></li>
<li><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SpaceX" title="SpaceX">SpaceX</a></li>
<li><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tesla_Motors" title="Tesla Motors">Tesla Motors</a></li>
<li class="hlist-last-child"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kiva_(organization)" title="Kiva (organization)">Kiva.org</a></li>
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<li><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zynga" title="Zynga">Zynga</a></li>
<li><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IronPort" title="IronPort">IronPort</a></li>
<li><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flickr" title="Flickr">Flickr</a></li>
<li><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digg" title="Digg">Digg</a></li>
<li><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grockit" title="Grockit">Grockit</a></li>
<li><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ooma" title="Ooma">Ooma</a></li>
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<li><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rapleaf" title="Rapleaf">Rapleaf</a></li>
<li><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SmartDrive_Systems" title="SmartDrive Systems">SmartDrive Systems</a></li>
<li><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ping.fm" title="Ping.fm">Ping.fm</a></li>
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</div>Kevin Andrew Woolseyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01268449682429697653noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1791605049640844333.post-73055633832381120082012-04-25T22:07:00.000-07:002012-04-25T22:07:26.961-07:00The Creative Monopoly by David Brooks Op-ed NYT<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
Super nice article. Isn't creativity superior and a proiri to comptetition. Yet, as Americans we are programed to compete, compete, compete. Full-Text Here: <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2012/04/24/opinion/brooks-the-creative-monopoly.html">http://www.nytimes.com/2012/04/24/opinion/brooks-the-creative-monopoly.html</a><br />
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