ClaimsPeter Thiel

“The assumption was that there will always be enough people who try things, so you, as an individual, don’t actually have to do anything and you can just wait for things to happen.”

Peter Thiel 15 June 2012 Peter Thiel's CS183: Startup - Class 19 Notes Essay (Stagnation or Singularity?) (Blake Masters Tumblr) archived copy

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The assumption was that there will always be enough people who try things, so you, as an individual, don’t actually have to do anything and…

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Peter Thiel, “The assumption was that there will always be enough people who try things, so you, as an individual, don’t actually have to do anything and…” (said 15 June 2012). Verdict: not checkable. Reliability API, claim c_b95f92d71b5d, method 0.1.0+3e03e2df, dataset release v1.1.2. https://epistacklabs.com/claims/c_b95f92d71b5d

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