Peter Thiel's Stanford course

[Anonymous No.12387381]

https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/5677718-Thiel-German-270-Syllabus.html

This is the syllabus of Peter Thiel's course at Stanford. What do you guys think?

[Anonymous No.12387442]

It's not exactly bad, but it's very one-sided in terms of its implicit support for capitalism and Western cultural imperialism.

[Anonymous No.12387467]

>>12387442
What would you add to make it more balanced?

[Anonymous No.12387475]

always makes me laugh when reactionaries try to redefine capitalism as "the market"

[Anonymous No.12387538]

>>12387475
Where does he do that? Off course capitalism refers to a certain relation of state power to "market forces".

[Anonymous No.12387556]

>>12387381
>ctrl+f "The Shield of Achilles: War, Peace, and the Course of History"
>not found
meh

Doesn't even deal with the anti-globalization movement of the 90s. Opposition to globalization isn't new and it hasn't accomplished anything much. I would say Trump is more of an internationalist than Bush was and points towards a trend towards liberalism. I'm willing to bet the 2020s will probably see nations states become less relevant and markets will become more free.

[Anonymous No.12387693]

>>12387556
>Doesn't even deal with the anti-globalization movement of the 90s

any good material on that?

[Anonymous No.12387709]

>>12387381
I found this in his syllabus

https://www.edge.org/conversation/john_horgan-why-i-think-science-is-ending

I agreed with the premise but vehemently disagree with his reasoning that science reached it's end because we have hit the limits what science can do - it's because of the professionalization of science and just the growing weakness of the mental faculties in our scientists today compared to 100 years ago

[Anonymous No.12387713]

>>12387693
Pat Buchanan's work anon

[Anonymous No.12387716]

Judging from the syllabus the professor seams like a whining crybaby bitch. When I went to school people talked about how great the future would be with automation and technology. Computers would do everything for us.

[Anonymous No.12387726]

>>12387381
wtf over 200 pages a week for reading for a single course.

[Anonymous No.12387736]

>>12387716
ok boomer

[Anonymous No.12387809]

>>12387538
no it has nothing to do with the relation of state power. post keynesianism is capitalism just as much as neoliberalism is.

[Anonymous No.12387832]

>>12387809
How would you imagine a "market" that doesn't fall within your definition of capitalism?

[Anonymous No.12387865]

That fifth section looks pretty interesting. It’s too long and in depth for a single week’s class reading but I’d happily recommend the book “The Rise and Fall of American Growth” for any anons here interested in the stagnation of tangible progress.

[Anonymous No.12387866]

>>12387381
>schmitt
>girard

B&R

[Anonymous No.12387974]

>>12387866
Alain de Benoist too. That really surprised me

[Anonymous No.12387988]

Thiel has always been an intelligent man with uncanny prescience. I get a kick out of his old TV show appearances. He's always ahead of his time. It's fascinating.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g_OPJYDLyyM

[Anonymous No.12388044]

>>12387866
>>girard

People forget that Girard was one of Thiel's teachers.

[Anonymous No.12388049]

tewrsdfdfd

[Anonymous No.12388057]

>>12387988
In what way was/is he ahead of his time?

[Anonymous No.12388076]

>>12388057

The obvious example is his book 'The Diversity Myth: Multiculturalism and Political Intolerance on Campus' which he wrote almost 25 years ago. More than most, he saw where things were going in Academia and sought to warn people, and his every dreaded prediction has come to pass.

More could be said here. What he was trying to do with Paypal seems to have anticipated elements of Bitcoin for example, but I had his social concerns in mind more than anything.

[Anonymous No.12388108]

>>12388044
Thiel is definately the most /lit/ of the prominent Silicon Valley fags.

[Anonymous No.12388233]

>>12388044
Definitely the reason he could see the potential of Facebook so early. The motor of social media is mimetic desire.

[Anonymous No.12388644]

Why is it called German 270

[Anonymous No.12388655]

>>12387381
Damn the requirements look pretty sweet, writing and discussing every week? That's what college should be like.

>>12387556
>I would say Trump is more of an internationalist than Bush was and points towards a trend towards liberalism.
Fucking lol you're retarded

[Anonymous No.12388664]

>>12387556
>. I would say Trump is more of an internationalist than Bush was
how is this board real

[Anonymous No.12388683]

>>12387693
>>12387713
I didn't mean paleoconservatism (which wasn't really that relevant), I meant more e.g. 1999 Seattle WTO protests and such which died down after 911.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anti-globalization_movement

>>12388655
Am I really? We shall see in the end.

[Anonymous No.12388714]

>>12388683
wow a fucking tweet about H1-B visas, guess all that talk about nationalism was just hot air, damn I should have voted for Hillary -_-

[Anonymous No.12388754]

>>12388664
Let me explicate what I meant a little more. Trump's popular globally in a sense Bush never was. Most of his policies are more internationalist in so far as they are nationalist (you need to understand the dialectic). He's using pressure to force foreign nations to liberalize their economies and open to more American trade. Anyhow it'll all probably lead to potential countermeasures in the next Democratic administration not intended by him.

>>12388714
Hillary would have been a disaster for reasons you don't understand.

[Anonymous No.12388760]

>>12387988
Always gets me depressed to watch these and see how rapidly we're heading for the sewer. Only 20 years to push the whole discussion toward the estate of a moral simpleton clownshow.

[Anonymous No.12388772]

>>12388754
lol it's another retard who read to much philosophy

[Anonymous No.12388773]

>>12388664
Did Bush sign a gigantic international agreement that was just like NAFTA in Size and Scope, and every detail except the name except a few sentences?

No? Trump did.

[Anonymous No.12388787]

>>12388772
no he’s right trump is a shill for international finance and the apolitical military-industrial hegemonic powers in America. he’s done nothing to improve our lot, nor has he solved the demographic and racial issues slowly corroding the soul of the white american working class.

[Anonymous No.12388820]

>>12388787
and you're a retard who's read too much wignat lit. Trump's been president for little over two years, do you really expect him to singlehandedly "solve" the demographic and racial issues slowly corroding the soul of the white American working class? There's much more to the corrosion than demographics considering my 95% white town is experiencing the same soul corroding conditions as more diverse areas. As for the military industrial complex, he's been drawing down actions in various middle eastern countries, which is a good sign. You expect far too much from one man. The maneuvering required to pass legislation and navigate an establishment clearly opposed to him will remain unknown to most laymen.

[Anonymous No.12388888]

>>12388754
>Hillary would have been a disaster for reasons you don't understand.
please oh wise sage, help us understand.

[Anonymous No.12388914]

>>12388888
Checked, enlighten us auguricious one!

[Anonymous No.12388928]

>>12387381
Really good, I'm pretty well versed on the topic and couldn't have done better. Happy to see kids getting exposed to Schmitt, Benoist, Lasch, and Girard. And Hazony makes a good normie-friendly case for nationalism made palatable by his Jewishness.

HH

[Anonymous No.12388955]

>>12388928

>HH

is.. is it you?

[Anonymous No.12388963]

>>12388754
Man, the mental gymnastics people put themselves through just to avoid accepting that it's the Jews...

[Anonymous No.12388968]

>>12388955
Only an acolyte, sorry.

HH

[Anonymous No.12388977]

>>12388888
Never got quads before, not gonna get better than this. Thanks 4channel its been a good 13 years but I'm leaving now forever.

[Anonymous No.12389010]

>>12388977
dubs of truth, good bye anon, have a safe voyage to Valinor and good luck in your life!

[Anonymous No.12389164]

>>12388888
the right-wing counterreaction would have probably produced an actual competent leader who would have been more disastrous, instead you get a couple years of cheeto hitler bumbling around the white house

[Anonymous No.12389280]

>>12387832
any barter economy

[Anonymous No.12389407]

>>12389164
Lmao , america wont elect a right wing president for at least 30 years, its demographically inpossible, not enough whites. Untill it get's brazil tier violent americans will have a de facto one party state.

[Anonymous No.12389525]

>>12389010
Wow, I can't wait for Kek to deliver my freedom from this digital hell. Godspeed to that lucky bastard.

[Anonymous No.12389542]

>>12387381
>Löwith, Schmitt, Benoist, Kojève, Strauss, Bachmann, Ratzinger, Rees-Mogg, Girard, Solovyov
based

[Anonymous No.12389800]

>>12389542
Seriously a great list.

[Anonymous No.12390213]

>>12387716
Ok computer

[Anonymous No.12390396]

>>12388754
You're an idiot

Bush kickstarted imperialism in the form of a false flag, 15++ year occupation in the Mideast.
Trump is pulling troops out of Syria. Pulling us out of foreign agreements (the talk in places like the World Economic Forum, Milken Instute, think tanks etc is how the US is taking a step back from a leadership role - particularly in light of a rising Asia.

His supporters are populist, nationalists etc.
The H1B thing is what I'd consider treason by the way. Trump is doing it because he does not give a shit about anything and was lobbied by tech companies.

He's a false populist / nationalist leader.


>Most of his policies are more internationalist in so far as they are nationalist
So you're calling him a nationalist

>you need to understand the dialectic
What the fuck are you saying? You're a fucking moron

[Anonymous No.12390753]

Imagine how much fun taking that course would be.

[Anonymous No.12391407]

>>12387381
Does anyone know if video lectures will be available online? If anyone can leak these that would be awesome. I would try to just follow the syllabus on my own time, seeing as I haven't read most of these books.

[Anonymous No.12391426]

>>12391407
Have you read Zero to One?

I doubt there will be videos and I doubt these elitists / future elites will leak anything.
The best we'll get is him doing a talking tour on the subject and maybe turning his lectures into a book again.

[Anonymous No.12391452]

>>12387381

you'd be better served by a course in exploitation by PT Barnum, and Ponzi.

[Anonymous No.12392075]

>>12387381

>Requiring students to make presentations on the reading

ayyyyyyy lmao what a fucking joke. Carl Schmidt is based though to find in an actual uni course. How long before the class gets protested for over MUH NAZI!!!!!!!

[Anonymous No.12392085]

>>12392075
>>Requiring students to make presentations on the reading

oldest lazy professor trick in the book to avoid lecturing, not surprising a shyster king like thiel would resort to it

[Anonymous No.12392959]

>>12388644
Somehow the course falls within the German studies department. I could imagine this is one of Thiel's 'filters'

[Anonymous No.12392976]

>>12387556
>points towards a trend towards liberalism
the impending crash will show you otherwise

[Anonymous No.12392978]

>>12387716
Tells us about the 50's, gramps.

[Anonymous No.12393093]

>>12388057
In the video link from 1996 alone, before he was rich:

>1) "Islamist terrorism is going to be a problem for decades to come.
>2) False accusations of sexual assault are going to be a growing problem, and need to be challenged.
>3)Military Academy's need to be beyond political correctness.
>4)The Diversity Myth - Ideologically they are all different. Group identification only escalates.
>5) At 11 minutes, calls out the Hapa
>6)Get rid of all racial categories, what do you do about mixed race? When does it end?
>7)We are just electing the best Poll takers, public opinion followers.
>8) Federal policies don't work, Head Start Won't work, No child behind won't work. Needs to be bottom up.
>9)Arkansas is a Banana Republic
>10)GOP politicians have no message, no meaning.
>11)Free speech should be tolerated with the exception of saying you're going to kill somebody. Anything restricting will destroy the country,
>12)People use their victim status to get money from the government or beat others over the head with it.
>13)Presidents can't solve the US's problems, we need to understand globalizations effect.
>14)Media is rampant with Left wing/ Liberals and are biased, and conducting politics by other means.
>15)Pretty much predicts "Fake News" and lack of credibility.

I was surprised>>12387988
to be honest. I only know him as the investor, was interesting watch.

[Anonymous No.12393155]

>>12390396
Yes, Bush was was recklessly nationalistic in a bad way Trump hasn't been. The invasion of the middle east was specifically for unilateral (however wrongheaded) interests of America and Israel (which are believed to be the same by most Americans). You have lots of the same figures like John Bolton in this administration but they're not in control of events in the same way. I mean if you want to go just with rhetoric you'll get a different interpretation but you got to look at actions and consequences.
What you're seeing is the globalization and future Americanization of the global discourse. You got right wing movements in every country loving Trump. QAnon's an international phenomena. Many people want to be deeper integrated into America now.

[Anonymous No.12393907]

>>12392075
wait till they hear about Heidegger...

Alain de Benoist is also unusual to find in a university course, though very interesting.

[Anonymous No.12394357]

>>12388754
>>12393155
I swear philosophy makes people dumber

>The invasion of the middle east was specifically for unilateral (however wrongheaded) interests of America and Israel (which are believed to be the same by most Americans).
The average American has not seen a benefit from the disastrous foreign wars and large opposition to many of these wars proves you wrong.
>Bush was recklessly nationalistic
lol you're recklessly overeducated

[Anonymous No.12394933]

>>12388108
but he's still a fag.

[Anonymous No.12395574]

>>12394357
>intransigence