Peter Thiel: The Diversity Myth, A Retrospective

my interview with peter thiel, and reflections on ‘the diversity myth’ thirty years later; stagnation, from science and economics to faith and politics; and back to the future

Good morning, special delivery: my interview with Peter Thiel.

Fifteen years ago, in the earliest days of our friendship, I’d grab coffee with Peter every now and then when he was in New York, and we would talk about everything: politics, philosophy, what exactly it would take to build a fleet of independent micro-nations in the middle of the ocean (for…