Peter Thiel on Innovation and Stagnation

On Facebook, PayPal, Palantir, and technological progress with the Silicon Valley investor. Click "Show more" to view all chapters. For more conversations, visit www.conversatio...
Chapter 1 (00:15 - 18:11): PayPal
Chapter 2 (18:11 - 36:30): Against Conventional Wisdom
Chapter 3 (36:30 - 43:07): Facebook
Chapter 4 (43:07 - 1:04:28): An Innovation Slowdown?
Chapter 5 (1:04:28 - 1:13:57): The Need for Growth
Chapter 6 (1:13:57 - 1:36:39): The Higher Education Bubble
Peter Thiel co-founded PayPal and Palantir Technologies, was the first outside investor in Facebook, and is the author of Zero to One, Notes on StartUps, or How to Build the Future. The conversation focuses on Thiel's experiences founding companies, the state of technology and innovation, and the crisis in American higher education.