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Peter Thiel

Peter Thiel

The contrarian billionaire and PayPal co-founder who teaches how to build the future.

Things Hidden Since the Foundation of the World

Peter Thiel
Peter Thiel
Eric Weinstein
Eric Weinstein

Read by Peter Thiel, Eric Weinstein

byRené Girard, Jean-Michel Oughourlian, Guy Lefort
1987480 Pages

He’s the one writer who has influenced me the most. ... I think the magisterial one is probably Things Hidden Since the Foundation of the World.

Peter Thiel

Source: Interviews / The Portal

Chaos: Charles Manson, the CIA, and the Secret History of the Sixties

Peter Thiel
Peter Thiel
Quentin Tarantino
Quentin Tarantino
Joe Rogan
Joe Rogan

Read by Peter Thiel, Quentin Tarantino, Joe Rogan and 1 others

Chaos: Charles Manson, the CIA, and the Secret History of the Sixties

Charles Manson, the CIA, and the Secret History of the Sixties

byTom O'Neill, Dan Piepenbring
2019528 Pages

A fantastic book... shows you what they were trying to do to demonize these hippies.

Peter Thiel

Source: Joe Rogan Experience #2190, Aug 2024

The Sovereign Individual

Peter Thiel
Peter Thiel
Naval Ravikant
Naval Ravikant
Marc Andreessen
Marc Andreessen

Read by Peter Thiel, Naval Ravikant, Marc Andreessen and 4 others

The Sovereign Individual

Mastering the Transition to the Information Age

byJames Dale Davidson, William Rees-Mogg
1999448 Pages

One of the books that tremendously influenced me when I started PayPal.

Peter Thiel

Source: Zero to One Notes / Interviews

The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test

Peter Thiel
Peter Thiel

Read by Peter Thiel

byTom Wolfe
1968416 Pages

I still think his greatest novel was the Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test, which is sort of this history of the LSD counterculture movement.

Peter Thiel

Source: Joe Rogan Experience #2190, Aug 2024

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