In our time, the great task for libertarians is to find an escape from politics in all its formsโfrom the totalitarian and fundamentalist catastrophes to the unthinking demos that guides so-called โsocial democracy.โ . . . We are in a deadly race between politics and technology. . . . The fate of our world may depend on the effort of a single person who builds or propagates the machinery of freedom that makes the world safe for capitalism.
Peter ThielFor Hamlet, greatness means willingness to fight for reasons as thin as an eggshell: anyone would fight for things that matter; true heroes take their personal honor so seriously they will fight for things that donโt matter.
Peter ThielBig part of the challenge to innovation is that people too easily resign themselves to dying.
Peter ThielSince 1920, the vast increase in welfare beneficiaries and the extension of the franchise to women - two constituencies that are notoriously tough for libertarians - have rendered the notion of "capitalist democracy" into an oxymoron.
Peter Thiel