“The Trump campaign slogan, ‘Make America Great Again,’ was perhaps the single most offensive thing you could say to Silicon Valley. Silicon Valley says the future is going to be better than the past. That is the propaganda, if you will.”— Peter Thiel, foxbusiness.comTagged: Donald Trump, Make America Great Again, Offensive, Silicon Valley, Propaganda
“Network effects are very positive things, but there’s a tipping point where they fall over into the madness of crowds.”— Peter Thiel, foxbusiness.comTagged: Networking, Conformity, peer pressure
“Having some ambition that transcends just making money is a critical thing for a company. But there is some point where it gets crazy and self-delusional.”— Peter Thiel, foxbusiness.comTagged: Ambition, Greed, Delusion
“When people are unanimously on one side, that tells me not that they’ve all figured out the truth but that they are in sort of a totalitarian place, that they are in a one-party state where they are not allowed to have dissenting views.”— Peter Thiel, foxbusiness.comTagged: Conformity, Totalitarianism, Oppressive, Silicon Valley