Learningshelter. Sean Parker: Agent Of Disruption. Peter Thiel’s Rise to Wealth and Libertarian Futurism. Peter Thiel pulled an iPhone out of his jeans pocket and held it up. “I don’t consider this to be a technological breakthrough,” he said. “Compare this with the Apollo space program.” Thiel, an entrepreneur who runs both a hedge fund and a venture-capital firm, was waiting for a table at Café Venetia, which is on University Avenue in downtown Palo Alto, California. The street is the launchpad of Silicon Valley.
All the café’s tables were occupied by healthy, downwardly dressed people using Apple devices while discussing idea creation and angel investments. Ten years ago, Thiel met his friend Elon Musk for coffee at the same spot, and decided that PayPal, the online-payments company they had helped found, should go public. Most of Thiel’s fortune was made within shouting distance of Café Venetia.
The information age has made Thiel rich, but it has also been a disappointment to him. Thiel rarely updates his Facebook page. Thiel’s friends value his openness to intellectual weirdness. Sean Parker and Peter Thiel Discuss Higher Education With Michael Ellsberg | Michael Ellsberg, Author of Books and Manifestos. Quand l'Internet Fait des Bulles - 1ère partie
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