Episode · The Rubin Report · 2018-09-12
Books mentioned on Peter Thiel on Trump, Gawker, and Leaving Silicon Valley
Peter Thiel (entrepreneur) joins Dave Rubin to discuss creating PayPal, why he moved his company out of SIlicon Valley, political correctness, the changing media landscape, his company 'Palantir,' libertarianism, his views on Trump, his take down of Gawker, and much more. Learn more about your ad choices.
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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The Diversity Myth
The Diversity Myth is a provocative political and cultural critique by David O.
Discussed“and I think there's a direct connection to the diversity myth which we'll also talk about what you wrote you know twenty years there”
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Atlas Shrugged
Atlas Shrugged is a dystopian novel by Ayn Rand that explores a society where leading innovators and industrialists mysteriously disappear.
Discussed“and then the last decade it's it's in many ways felt you know much more correct it was you know there's a in an Atlas Shrugged there's a the trying to find who you know who is John Galt”
Other mentions in this episode (1) — ad reads, self-promotion and passing references, never counted
Own book Zero to One
“my zero to one book the so the main motif is always on the shouldn't compete you should try to have a monopoly should try to do something that you do so well that you have no competition”