{"id":31553,"date":"2025-07-11T11:00:08","date_gmt":"2025-07-11T11:00:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/medexperts.pro\/?p=31553"},"modified":"2025-07-11T11:24:49","modified_gmt":"2025-07-11T11:24:49","slug":"interesting-times-a-mind-bending-conversation-with-peter-thiel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/?p=31553","title":{"rendered":"Interesting Times: A Mind-Bending Conversation with Peter Thiel"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"css-s99gbd StoryBodyCompanionColumn\" data-testid=\"companionColumn-0\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<hr class=\"css-7ad88g e1mu4ftr0\" \/>\n<h3 class=\"css-1vs5pxi e1gnsphs0\" id=\"link-7681bcfa\"><span><em class=\"css-2fg4z9 e1gzwzxm0\">Listen to and follow \u2018Hard Fork\u2019<\/em><br \/><a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/podcasts.apple.com\/us\/podcast\/hard-fork\/id1528594034\" title rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Apple<\/a> | <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/show\/44fllCS2FTFr2x2kjP9xeT?si=qjkPYGgXR9qT8_BcBTIZ5A\" title rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Spotify<\/a> | <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/music.amazon.com\/podcasts\/7c7fe198-e6a8-41a8-b0fe-1d46b976dcd8\/hard-fork?ref=dm_sh_rI25zBnsOcFhAUBuIYwkhtVBU\" title rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Amazon<\/a> | <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/hardfork\" title rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">YouTube<\/a> | <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.iheart.com\/podcast\/326-hard-fork-71510947\/\" title rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">iHeartRadio<\/a><\/span><\/h3>\n<div class=\"css-ms3zov\">\n<div class=\"css-14jae4t\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">This week, we\u2019re bringing you a recent interview from \u201cInteresting Times with Ross Douthat,\u201d one of The New York Times\u2019s newest podcasts. In this episode, Ross sits down with Peter Thiel, the co-founder of PayPal and Palantir and one of the most contrarian thinkers in tech. Together, they unpack Thiel\u2019s theory that we\u2019re living through an era of technological stagnation, and debate whether President Trump\u2019s populism and the development of artificial intelligence will help us unlock new progress.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\"><strong class=\"css-8qgvsz ebyp5n10\">Guest:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul class=\"css-1le37cb ez3869y0\">\n<li class=\"css-1i3ul0c eoqvrfo0\">\n<p class=\"css-1il0jfh evys1bk0\"><strong class=\"css-8qgvsz ebyp5n10\">Peter Thiel,<\/strong> co-founder of Paypal and Palantir.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\"><strong class=\"css-8qgvsz ebyp5n10\">Additional Reading:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul class=\"css-1le37cb ez3869y0\">\n<li class=\"css-1i3ul0c eoqvrfo0\">\n<p class=\"css-1il0jfh evys1bk0\"><strong class=\"css-8qgvsz ebyp5n10\"><a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2025\/06\/26\/opinion\/peter-thiel-antichrist-ross-douthat.html\" title>Peter Thiel and the Antichrist<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"ImageBlock-1\">\n<div data-testid=\"imageblock-wrapper\">\n<figure class=\"img-sz-medium css-mqw7kw e1g7ppur0\" aria-label=\"media\" role=\"group\">\n<div class=\"css-1xdhyk6 erfvjey0\" data-testid=\"photoviewer-children-figure\"><\/div><figcaption data-testid=\"photoviewer-children-caption\" class=\"css-gbc9ki ewdxa0s0\"><span class=\"css-14fe1uy e1z0qqy90\"><span><span aria-hidden=\"false\">The New York Times<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"css-s99gbd StoryBodyCompanionColumn\" data-testid=\"companionColumn-1\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<hr class=\"css-7ad88g e1mu4ftr0\" \/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"RelatedLinksBlock-3\">\n<div data-testid=\"lazy-loader\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"Dropzone-4\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"css-s99gbd StoryBodyCompanionColumn\" data-testid=\"companionColumn-2\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<h3 class=\"css-15h6bi9 e1gnsphs0\" id=\"link-37b93589\"><span><strong class=\"css-8qgvsz ebyp5n10\">Credits<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n<p class=\"css-798hid etfikam0\">\u201cHard Fork\u201d is hosted by <!-- -->Kevin Roose<!-- --> and <!-- -->Casey Newton<!-- --> and produced by <!-- -->Whitney Jones<!-- --> and <!-- -->Rachel Cohn<!-- -->. The show is edited by <!-- -->Jen Poyant<!-- -->. Engineering by <!-- -->Alyssa Moxley<!-- --> and original music by <!-- -->Dan Powell<!-- -->, <!-- -->Elisheba Ittoop<!-- -->, <!-- -->Marion Lozano<!-- -->, <!-- -->Sophia Lanman<!-- --> and <!-- -->Rowan Niemisto<!-- -->.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-798hid etfikam0\">Special thanks to <!-- -->Paula Szuchman<!-- -->, <!-- -->Pui-Wing Tam<!-- -->, Dahlia Haddad and <!-- -->Jeffrey Miranda<!-- -->.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Listen to and follow \u2018Hard Fork\u2019Apple | Spotify | Amazon | YouTube | iHeartRadioThis week, we\u2019re bringing you a recent interview from \u201cInteresting Times with Ross Douthat,\u201d one of The New York Times\u2019s newest podcasts. In this episode, Ross sits down with Peter Thiel, the co-founder of PayPal and Palantir and one of the most contrarian thinkers in tech. Together, they unpack Thiel\u2019s theory that we\u2019re living through an era of technological stagnation, and debate whether President Trump\u2019s populism and the development of artificial intelligence will help us unlock new progress.Guest:Peter Thiel, co-founder of Paypal and Palantir.Additional Reading:Peter Thiel and the AntichristThe New York TimesCredits\u201cHard Fork\u201d is hosted by<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":31555,"comment_status":"close","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-31553","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-technology"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31553","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=31553"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31553\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":31556,"href":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31553\/revisions\/31556"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/31555"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=31553"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=31553"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=31553"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}