Peter Thiel: evaluation

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…So, you think now, the stakes are too high for the cyclical version of history to work because, at some point, it’s just not possible to come back? Well, it’s just that the science and tech has a progressive character. Yes, there are elements I think that are probably quite apocalyptic about our time, but I would just start by saying they’re very different. We’re in a very different world than we were in 1900. I don’t know how you unlearn all the knowledge we’ve gained, even since 1900. Do you think we’re entering a new age of millenarian thought somewhat akin to the English 17th century, where everything was very fertile? There’s a scientific revolution. Tech, you could say, is revitalized again. A lot of people went crazy, highly diverse theologies. They execute a king. Many strange things happen. In many ways, we’re living in the world of the English 17th century, right? With constitutions, political parties, central banks. Is this the new millenarian age?…

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