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Episode · The Jordan B. Peterson Podcast · 2025-04-24

Books mentioned on 541. Why We Stopped Progressing | Peter Thiel

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Billionaire investor and PayPal co-founder Peter Thiel sits down with Jordan Peterson for a powerful conversation about why real progress has stalled. Thiel argues that the last truly groundbreaking achievement may have been landing on the moon—and since then, we've slowed down.

Books mentioned, in the order they came up

  1. Atlas Shrugged

    Ayn Rand · at 49:19

    Atlas Shrugged is a dystopian novel by Ayn Rand that explores a society where leading innovators and industrialists mysteriously disappear.

    Discussed
    “where in um you know Atlas shrugged the the bad people are all the people who imitate they're the secondhanders”
    Peter Thiel 541. Why We Stopped Progressing | Peter Thiel 2025-04-24 Listen at 49:19
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Jordan B. Peterson 541. Why We Stopped Progressing | Peter Thiel 2025-04-24 Listen at 42:56