Peter Thiel, Leader of the Rebel Alliance

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  • Recorded in Florence, Italy, on October 19, 2022
    With his many varied interests in technology, politics, and culture, Peter Thiel has often been described as a Renaissance man. So perhaps it was only fitting that we traveled to Florence, Italy-where the Renaissance originated and thrived for hundreds of years-to speak with him. In this wide-ranging interview, we cover several topics, including his support for candidates across the country who are running as outsiders, why technology has not fulfilled many of its early promises, and why California is still America’s incubator for ideas and growth.
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  • @starwreck
    @starwreck ปีที่แล้ว +328

    It has been a while. Glad to see Peter again.

  • @Kane123
    @Kane123 ปีที่แล้ว +449

    How on earth is this content free. Brilliant interview.

  • @briantwardy2809
    @briantwardy2809 ปีที่แล้ว +378

    These interviews by Peter Robinson are the #1 reason for me to have a computer and an internet connection. Thoughtful and deep interviews are tremendously interesting , and Mr Robinson's interviews are the best of the best. Thank you from the bottom of my heart!!!

  • @craigb4913
    @craigb4913 ปีที่แล้ว +49

    We didn't get flying cars, but at least we got information & great content like this with one click.

  • @RAM-py6zp
    @RAM-py6zp ปีที่แล้ว +424

    Peter Robinson is a fantastic interviewer

  • @TimothyOReilly
    @TimothyOReilly ปีที่แล้ว +259

    I always enjoy Peter’s insights and alternative takes. He really challenges us all to think. Thanks for interviewing him and sharing.

  • @sampotter4455
    @sampotter4455 ปีที่แล้ว +57

    Great interview! Thanks Peter and Peter.

  • @martinjohnson5498
    @martinjohnson5498 ปีที่แล้ว +53

    14:30- the thing about China is that they are… Culturally and historically Chinese. They are not Europeans who are communists, they are China, a very different culture and history.

  • @lannyfaulkner6697
    @lannyfaulkner6697 ปีที่แล้ว +104

    One of the most enlightening and mentally stirring conversations ever. If only a voting public would think these things through. Thank you for this.

  • @romancandlefight1144
    @romancandlefight1144 ปีที่แล้ว +73

    My opinion on why the West stagnated:
    - Lost industry to foreign nations, which had hitherto fed off and nourished scientific and engineering advances, and provided a real reward for studying engineering and working blue collar jobs.
    - Overabundance of artificially cheap goods, care of zero wage foreign offshored industry, turning people into consumers rather than creators.
    - Government growing in size and influence, with regulation growing endlessly blocking technological advancement by default.
    - Socialist government policies, to offset the downtrodden former blue collar demographic, creating a permanent underclass and unaccountable elite, creating vast imbalances and giving the government more excuses to expand and crush entrepreneurship in the process.

  • @douglasgarrett4521
    @douglasgarrett4521 ปีที่แล้ว +65

    Uncommon Knowledge one of the very few programs worth watching on the internet. Thought provoking and intellectually stimulatiing discussions with an array of fascinating guests and profound interviewing skills.Thank you.

  • @joan3891
    @joan3891 ปีที่แล้ว +39

    Peter hasn’t been around for a while and I’m thrilled to be able to listen to his current thought! Thank you both.

  • @ivorgrubisic90
    @ivorgrubisic90 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    As a civilization, our weakest point is our spiritual level of development, not lack of technology.

  • @matthewjnyman
    @matthewjnyman ปีที่แล้ว +51

    Can we start asking Thiel new questions, please?

  • @RobertMJohnson
    @RobertMJohnson ปีที่แล้ว +22

    these are great, Peter, they are just too short! would love to have them go 90-120 minutes if possible.

  • @cwfilli
    @cwfilli ปีที่แล้ว +85

    An intelligent and captivating discussion. Thank you, Peter and Peter.

  • @TheNordicKnight
    @TheNordicKnight ปีที่แล้ว +23

    Peter is unbiased as far as I can tell. Most reporters and interviewers lack this trait.

  • @cybnblau
    @cybnblau ปีที่แล้ว +35

    Seriously fascinating interview. Thiel has a formidable intellect, with absolutely no pretence.

  • @esterhudson5104
    @esterhudson5104 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    Hi Peters. Good to see you two again.😘

  • @LaddDentalGroup
    @LaddDentalGroup ปีที่แล้ว +25

    One of the most famous members of ole "PayPal mafia".. Absolutely brilliant guy

  • @okby8600
    @okby8600 ปีที่แล้ว +133

    A poem…
    Peter Thiel brings to light,
    things that hide in plain sight

  • @nathanfry8465
    @nathanfry8465 ปีที่แล้ว +29

    Thank you SO MUCH for this dialogue. This is therapy that money can not buy and I am SO grateful to you for this equal opportunity to learn from some of the greatest minds in our world. You are making waves Peter Robinson, as well as many of the great divergent thinkers you interview.

  • @MarkPetree
    @MarkPetree ปีที่แล้ว +142

    It’s sort of sad that someone like Peter Thiel would never be elected to office. And he wouldn’t want to be. The guy is just so damn prescient.

  • @rofafofo7057
    @rofafofo7057 ปีที่แล้ว +18

    he gives me hope

  • @christopherrobbins9985
    @christopherrobbins9985 ปีที่แล้ว +44

    Another brilliant interview....why I love TH-cam.

    • @tulipsontheorgan
      @tulipsontheorgan ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Thank The Hoover Institute and Peter Robinson….YT censors🤮

  • @pltowers3491
    @pltowers3491 ปีที่แล้ว +124

    Great to hear Carroll Quigley quoted at 22:45 by none other than Peter Theil, on the Hoover Institutes podcast! I can see the quote caught our good old presidential speech writer Peter Robinson by surprise when tied into the discussion of the California partisan divide. Quigleys sober look at American history, is of great concern to the foundational beliefs of modern American history as it is taught in public schools. If you want to further your knowledge in regards to American history, Hoover Institute actually produced a great fellow by the name of Antony Sutton, who wrote incredible works, greatly quoting Quigley throughout, that I suggest reading as soon as possible. He is a more condensed understanding of Quigley's 1000 page books such as Tragedy and Hope, focusing more on our foundational understanding of the architects who designed and profited from the second world war.

  • @deirdreberger1363
    @deirdreberger1363 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Peter Robinson always has very thought-out, in-depth interviews.

  • @daltonalbertin137
    @daltonalbertin137 ปีที่แล้ว +13

    Another banger!! Thanks so much for the content!!

  • @JR-gc5ef
    @JR-gc5ef ปีที่แล้ว +31

    I'm sure its misspeak but Nuclear power plants are not "dual use". Bombs have pure fissile material (over 90%) while plants only have around 4%.

  • @jakubjodlowski8416
    @jakubjodlowski8416 ปีที่แล้ว +76

    Was really looking forward to Peter Thiel coming on the show again.

  • @BB-cf9gx
    @BB-cf9gx ปีที่แล้ว +34

    Peter I always enjoy your interviews. Another great one.

  • @bliglum
    @bliglum ปีที่แล้ว +8

    Thank you so much for this!

  • @44yyBBaakk
    @44yyBBaakk ปีที่แล้ว +33

    new Peter Thiel video - like from the first second. The man literally lives in the future

  • @josephglaeser9674
    @josephglaeser9674 ปีที่แล้ว +14

    I love Theil his insights are always worth hearing. Thank you Hoover!

  • @Sarcasmses
    @Sarcasmses ปีที่แล้ว +19

    Hoover getting more hip with Star Wars references in its titles.

  • @jjforcebreaker
    @jjforcebreaker ปีที่แล้ว +19

    Fantastic talk. Thank you!

  • @WebsInYourHead
    @WebsInYourHead ปีที่แล้ว +23

    OK, but when Peter Thiel talks about policing keystrokes, that is mass surveillance.

  • @SidekickSam24
    @SidekickSam24 ปีที่แล้ว +79

    It's an interesting idea I haven't heard before that everyone lived under the fear of nuclear annihilation for so long that now we are afraid to create new technologies. I suppose one counter argument to that, that just occurred to me would be the biolabs that are still creating new diseases. That's a pretty obvious technology that can easily be used as a weapon that we are still progressing.

  • @JG-qt3pn
    @JG-qt3pn ปีที่แล้ว +9

    "Greetings Earthlings", Peter Thiel

  • @avo2855
    @avo2855 ปีที่แล้ว +14

    Thank you for your great interviews Peter

  • @koroglurustem1722
    @koroglurustem1722 ปีที่แล้ว +24

    "We were promised flying cars and all we got was a 140 characters" 🤣

  • @aliviablount
    @aliviablount ปีที่แล้ว +17

    I appreciate his views on college

  • @J-SH06
    @J-SH06 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    That was great. Thanks.

  • @user-oc8zg2ym3d
    @user-oc8zg2ym3d ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Thank you, great interview

  • @mottgirl13
    @mottgirl13 ปีที่แล้ว +40

    What an interesting and intelligent conversation. I feel 1% smarter..

  • @nathanngumi8467
    @nathanngumi8467 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Very interesting interview!

  • @charliezha9066
    @charliezha9066 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    I could not have agreed with Peter more.

  • @PatrickFerryCoach
    @PatrickFerryCoach ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Yes yes yes, thank you

  • @lucapiron393
    @lucapiron393 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Thank you gentlemen!

  • @marshallalbritton9521
    @marshallalbritton9521 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Excellent thank you

  • @ViaraLazarova
    @ViaraLazarova ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Brilliant⭐️

  • @williamthackeray1440
    @williamthackeray1440 ปีที่แล้ว +13

    What is the paper mentioned at 38:14?

  • @joshuap9580
    @joshuap9580 ปีที่แล้ว +17

    one interesting thing to me is its hard to tell exactly the limits of the application of a technology, and which ones will sort of run into a physical limitation versus which techs are poised for a leap in sophistication. batterys are a recent example, they have enabled smaller and smaller tech devices, which enabled entirely new products, etc. The generational impact issue is completely related to high housing prices in desirable locations. of course if young generation cant afford property, they cant/wont build the same wealth as their parents (unless they inherit it).

  • @titancloud
    @titancloud ปีที่แล้ว +8

    Thought provoking, well done.

  • @darkmythos4457
    @darkmythos4457 ปีที่แล้ว +19

    Sorry, but maybe ask him something new, this is a replica of his old interview(s)

  • @laurenglass4514
    @laurenglass4514 ปีที่แล้ว +60

    God Bless Peter Thiel.

  • @sammyhagger12
    @sammyhagger12 ปีที่แล้ว +30

    More Thiel videos please

  • @muskduh
    @muskduh 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

    thanks for the video

  • @mickqld3003
    @mickqld3003 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Great to see this vid get so many views and deserves many more likes.
    Those (Like Henry Rowen) who decided that somehow China will become a Democracy (by 2015 :):)
    are either feeling a bit daft or pleased their bs lasted another 25 years.
    Personally, I feel it's the latter. I don't think they were that thick.
    I don't remember seeing reports that China said anything like that would happen.
    We thought this would happen and maybe that that too.. I don't think so.
    It was a fifty year plan, since Nixon & Co.

  • @Artcore103
    @Artcore103 ปีที่แล้ว +17

    Lol "by the time this airs we'll know (if Blake masters has won)"... it's two days after the election and we still don't know and may not for some time!

  • @turqoiseturkey7824
    @turqoiseturkey7824 ปีที่แล้ว

    Thiel is absolutely of “The Machine”

  • @alisonadams9057
    @alisonadams9057 ปีที่แล้ว

    Excellent discussion

  • @hernan.guerrero8362
    @hernan.guerrero8362 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    TL:DR Sugestion. Place some Bookmarks to make it more appealing

  • @Political.Commentary
    @Political.Commentary ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Peter is incredibly smart - an obvious statement. I really like him !

  • @dougg1075
    @dougg1075 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    Glad this power is used for good

  • @jgv1
    @jgv1 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Hi Hoover Institution- how come you guys drop new videos and youtube does not immediately alert me. I get junk notification, but your brilliant work?

  • @DirkSorensby
    @DirkSorensby ปีที่แล้ว

    Mr. Thiel, good thoughts. I'll make anything you wish to build, fast. look me up. Thank you for the reason and ideas.

  • @saattlebrutaz
    @saattlebrutaz ปีที่แล้ว +48

    We were promised flying cars, what we got were ultra cheap ultra safe flights from NY to LA that literally anyone could afford. We got open heart surgery on an out-patient basis. We got bigger, quieter, safer, cleaner homes. We got the internet, infinite information the ability to communicate with anyone anytime anywhere. Flying cars exist, they are called helicoptors, and the are very expensive to maintain because when you put something in the air, the oversight requirements go up 100x. And what is the advantage of being in the air?

  • @shaneyeestudio
    @shaneyeestudio ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Nice dialogue

  • @johnfisher2495
    @johnfisher2495 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Peter Thiel and Steven Pinker seem to be on opposite sides as to wether we are making progress. I get the feeling Thiel is starting from how he wants things to be and builds a philosophy from there.

  • @Anthrofuturism
    @Anthrofuturism ปีที่แล้ว +2

    He emerges

  • @davidsilbermann8903
    @davidsilbermann8903 ปีที่แล้ว

    decided:subscribed

  • @Jarede56
    @Jarede56 ปีที่แล้ว

    Peter is an elite thinker

  • @bruceli9094
    @bruceli9094 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    America needs to be MORE than California.

  • @brycesaling5453
    @brycesaling5453 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Peter is the man

  • @jakenovak2556
    @jakenovak2556 ปีที่แล้ว +31

    Peter Thiel needs to educate the republican leadership

  • @MrJoel9679
    @MrJoel9679 ปีที่แล้ว +15

    If capitalism is an expression of free will and the ability to navigate between Armageddon and the Antichrist, then which systems of financial expression are going to lead one way or another? If all companies become public and are owned by one corporation you get one anticompetitive regime. If all companies are private and ownership is diverse you have the risk of a rogue innovator. That said, I know which one has more counterbalances.

  • @bethlemmon
    @bethlemmon ปีที่แล้ว +7

    I love the analogy of the Republican party, the Star Wars rag tag group, you got Princess Leah, CHewbacca, Hans Solo, and C3PO's types, that are a rebel alliance, but are diverse.... love that and it's so true! Gonna steal that one.

  • @MrDantyson
    @MrDantyson ปีที่แล้ว +32

    Thiel is the closest thing to a real live vampire, don’t insult the rebels like that.

  • @goodfortunedj
    @goodfortunedj ปีที่แล้ว +3

    I feel Thiel

  • @ivankissiov
    @ivankissiov ปีที่แล้ว +1

  • @laurenglass4514
    @laurenglass4514 ปีที่แล้ว +13

    He is one of my favorite “thinkers” and has invested his money in Blake Masters in Arizona election. I guess this was taped before any of this happened.

  • @JohnFredericks-hc7nj
    @JohnFredericks-hc7nj ปีที่แล้ว

    This is reason.

  • @EdHardy-ou7oo
    @EdHardy-ou7oo ปีที่แล้ว +2

    You need to talk with Perer Zeihan

  • @dorianphilotheates3769
    @dorianphilotheates3769 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    What happened? The private sector became emperor - that’s what happened.

  • @caliboosted
    @caliboosted ปีที่แล้ว +12

    He looks younger… again.

  • @vandergruff
    @vandergruff ปีที่แล้ว +14

    Can Peter Thiel save Germany from the people trying to destroy it?

  • @CasperLCat
    @CasperLCat ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Who says we have to “beat” China or they’ll “beat” us ? The current and future success of everyone now depends on interdependent relationships that benefit all parties. My iPhone is designed here but made there; we need them to buy our T bonds and they need the US dollar, AND our economy which backs it, to stay viable.
    Robinson’s whole premise here is obsolete and zero-sum thinking that can only end in failure given the globalized tech-empowered world we have NOW, which isn’t going away, no matter what your political attitude.

  • @aaron1983
    @aaron1983 ปีที่แล้ว

    The future of governance ideology is won by that which harnesses technology most astutely. Will the wanton use of technology of one country, Machiavellian in history, allow them to come to ascendancy but eventually become their downfall, at the expense of humanity?

  • @listener523
    @listener523 ปีที่แล้ว +14

    By the time this airs we'll know the outcome in Arizona.....
    Oh my sweet summer child....

  • @thematador6377
    @thematador6377 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Advanced technologies are being withheld from the people.

  • @johndoez6481
    @johndoez6481 ปีที่แล้ว

    🇺🇸

  • @trackdusty
    @trackdusty ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Maybe China saw what was happening in the western Democracies and saw that against their national interest.

  • @rey82rey82
    @rey82rey82 ปีที่แล้ว

    21:10

  • @nicobruin8618
    @nicobruin8618 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    "Agenté provacuteur"

  • @laurenglass4514
    @laurenglass4514 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    We dont know the answer because of the way the voting is run in Arizona , the republicans were not in charge of correcting the voting irregularities

  • @blueeyedgenghis7365
    @blueeyedgenghis7365 ปีที่แล้ว +15

    Pete needs to go the Bezos route, get on TRT and start a space program

  • @anonymousAJ
    @anonymousAJ ปีที่แล้ว +11

    33:30 "True liberalism has never been tried"
    In fact true liberalism has been tried and worked quite well. We stopped enforcing the law due to the advent of mass psychology (propaganda), which is now disintegrating as we face a larger world where information is radically more free and porous

  • @mikelis106
    @mikelis106 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    the greatest americans i see weren't born in america. peter is one of them.

  • @amram86
    @amram86 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    First.