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The Contrarian Peter Thiel and Silicon Valley's Pursuit of Power

Max Chafkin

A Since the days of the dot-com bubble in the late 1990s, no industry has made a greater impact on the world than Silicon Valley. And few individuals have done more to shape Silicon Valley than Peter Thiel. The billionaire venture capitalist and entrepreneur has been a behind-the-scenes operator in...

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The Ezra Klein Show

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The Ezra Klein Show

The book was mentioned as a good biography of Peter Thiel that portrayed him as more conservative and religious than libertarian. It was cited while discussing Thiel's profile in the guest's research.

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There's a good book by, I think, Max Chafkin was the journalist, or Chafkin, I don't know how you say his last name, about Peter Thiel called The Contrarian, which is convincing that Thiel is actually...

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The book was mentioned as a good biography of Peter Thiel that portrayed him as more conservative and religious than libertarian. It was cited while discussing Thiel's profile in the guest's research.

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There's a good book by, I think, Max Chafkin was the journalist, or Chafkin, I don't know how you say his last name, about Peter Thiel called The Contrarian, which is convincing that Thiel is actually quite conservative, more than libertarian and probably quite religious.

Pivot

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Pivot

The book discusses Peter Thiel and his role in Silicon Valley, focusing on his pursuit of power and his relationships with figures like Mark Zuckerberg and the Trump administration. A deal between Zuckerberg and the White House to avoid fact-checking political speech was discussed.

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Thiel told a confidant that basically Zuckerberg had cut a deal.

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The book discusses Peter Thiel and his role in Silicon Valley, focusing on his pursuit of power and his relationships with figures like Mark Zuckerberg and the Trump administration. A deal between Zuckerberg and the White House to avoid fact-checking political speech was discussed.

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Thiel told a confidant that basically Zuckerberg had cut a deal.

I don't know again it could have been maybe this is a tacit deal or maybe this is just a wink-wink or something like that.

I think Thiel has had a big influence on Zuckerberg's ideology, his worldview.

I mean, I think he's interesting cause look he's as you say, one of the most important not the most important sort of venture capitalist.

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