My Favorite Quotes From People That I Know Peter Thiel Edition by Michael “MJ The Terrible” Johnson:
“People with illogical positions resort to name calling, crying, threats, and other similar tactics to deflect from the fact that their position is weak and they can’t win the debate.” Peter Thiel
“The future is limitless. Don’t let anyone tell you different.” Peter Thiel
“A conventional truth can be important. It’s essential to learn elementary mathematics, for example, but it won’t give you an edge. It’s not a secret.” Peter Thiel
“People are spending way too much time thinking about climate change, way too little thinking about artificial intelligence.” Peter Thiel
“Men and machines are good at different things. People form plans and make decisions in complicated situations. We are less good at making sense of enormous amounts of data. Computers are exactly the opposite: they excel at efficient data processing but struggle to make basic judgments that would be simple for any human.” Peter Thiel
“The most successful businesses have an idea for the future that’s very different from the present – and that’s not fully valued.” Peter Thiel
“AI now is similar to where the internet was around 1999. AI may be in a short-term bubble but in 10 years it will run the world. Be smart about it and position yourself so that not only are you not left out, but you actually benefit from it.” Peter Thiel
“Talk is often a substitute for action.” Peter Thiel
“I believe, basically, that individual freedom is very important.” Peter Thiel
“You become a great writer by writing.” Peter Thiel
“The core problem in our society is political correctness.” Peter Thiel
“If you borrowed money and went to a college where the education didn’t create any value, that is potentially a really big mistake.” Peter Thiel
“How to teach people to do what hasn’t been done is a great riddle.” Peter Thiel
“We live in a world in which courage is in less supply than genius.” Peter Thiel
“Investors are always biased to invest in things they themselves understand. So, venture capitalists like Uber because they like driving in black town cars. They don’t like Airbnb because they like staying in 5-star hotels, not sleeping on people’s couches.” Peter Thiel
“There’s no single right place to be an entrepreneur, but certainly there’s something about Silicon Valley.” Peter Thiel
“Unsolved problems are where you’ll find opportunity. Energy is one sector with extremely urgent unsolved problems.” Peter Thiel
“How do I get a lot done? From the moment I get up I start producing.” Peter Thiel
“Good luck doesn’t suck.” Peter Thiel
“Capital combined with best and brightest talent, ambition, vision, and a little luck and good timing, can absolutely change the world. I’ve seen it. I’ve been a part of it.” Peter Thiel
“My hope is that we’re going to end up with a far more tolerant society, where the erosion of privacy, to the extent it erodes, will be offset by increased tolerance.” Peter Thiel
“Technologies like PayPal foster competition because they enable people to shift their funds from one jurisdiction to another, and I think that ultimately will lead to a world in which there’s less government power and therefore more individual control.” Peter Thiel
“People always say you should live your life as if it were your last day. I think you should live your life as though it will go on forever; that every day is so good that you don’t want it to end.” Peter Thiel
“The next Bill Gates will not start an operating system. The next Larry Page won’t start a search engine. The next Mark Zuckerberg won’t start a social network company. If you are copying these people, you are not learning from them.” Peter Thiel
“Most of “big data” is a fraud because it is really “dumb data”.” Peter Thiel
“The technological revolution going on in this country and around the world is constantly changing the way we live and work. I would say for anyone looking to make a lot of money, they become a part of the technological revolution in a serious way. Entrepreneurs, inventors, investors, early employees, career seekers, vendors, suppliers, influencers, and opportunity seekers alike, can make a lot of money if they are smart.” Peter Thiel
“Ideally, I want us to be working on things where if we’re not working on them, they won’t happen; companies where if we don’t fund them they will not receive funding.” Peter Thiel
“Wall Street is always too biased toward short-term profitability and biased against long-term growth.” Peter Thiel
“I think it’s always good for gay people to come out, but it’s also understandable why people might choose not to do so.” Peter Thiel
“An entrepreneur must deal with more uncertainty than a professional with a more well-defined role.” Peter Thiel
“In Silicon Valley, I point out that many of the more successful entrepreneurs seem to be suffering from a mild form of Asperger’s where it’s like you’re missing the imitation, socialization gene.” Peter Thiel
“Credentials are critical if you want to do something professional. If you want to become a doctor or lawyer or teacher or professor, there is a credentialing process. But there are a lot of other things where it’s not clear they’re that important.” Peter Thiel
“Morality has been known to fluctuate in times of desperation.” Peter Thiel
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