Episode · Conversations with Tyler · 2024-04-17
Tyler Cowen & Peter Thiel: books mentioned on Conversations with Tyler
Peter Thiel on Political Theology
In this conversation recorded live in Miami, Tyler and Peter Thiel dive deep into the complexities of political theology, including why it's a concept we still need today, why Peter's against Calvinis
Peter Thiel discussed Lord of the World by Robert Hugh Benson and others and War, progress, and the end of history, including a short story of the Anti-Christ by Vladimir Sergeyevich Solovyov. Also mentioned: The Sovereign Individual by James Dale Davidson and others.
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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Lord of the World
Discussed“There was a 1908 Robert Hugh Benson, sort of a Catholic book, Lord of the World.”
Where to get it
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War, progress, and the end of history, including a short story of the Anti-Christ
Discussed“There was a 1900 one by Solovyev, War Progress and the End of History.”
Where to get it
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The Sovereign Individual
Discussed“A big part of the thesis of The Sovereign Individual is that the defenders will be able to have an advantage over offense”
Where to get it
Other mentions in this episode (2) — ad reads, self-promotion and passing references, never counted
Plugged Zero to One
“It's one of my chapters in in the zero to one book was was you know, you're not a lottery ticket”
Plugged The Diversity Myth
“I wrote a book as an in my undergraduate years entitled The Diversity Myth and it was sort of focusing on a lot of the crampsiveness the campus wars, culture wars that were taking place at Stanford in the late '80s, early '90s.”