I do think Bitcoin is the first [encrypted money] that has the potential to do something like change the world.
Peter ThielDarwinism may be a fine theory in other contexts, but in startups, intelligent design works best.
Peter ThielIf you can identify a delusional popular belief, you can find what lies hidden behind it: the contrarian truth.
Peter ThielAmerican government is not dominated by engineers, it is dominated by lawyers. Engineers are interested in substance and building things; lawyers are interested in process and rights and getting the ideology correctly blended. And so there is sort of no really concrete plan for the future.
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