Peter Thiel
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Freedom and democracy are not compatible -- a conclusion reached after two decades of changing his mind about how freedom is achieved.
13 Apr 2009
On changing their mindBut I must confess that over the last two decades, I have changed radically on the question of how to achieve these goals. Most importantly, I no longer believe that freedom and democracy are compatible.
- We are in a deadly race between politics and technology; the future will be much better or much worse, and it is still open. 13 Apr 2009
- Technological utopianism is a temptation to resist: technology has no momentum or will of its own and guarantees nothing. 13 Apr 2009
- With no truly free places left in the world, freedom now depends on new technology creating new space, not on political change. 13 Apr 2009
- The great task for libertarians is to escape politics in all its forms, rather than to win within it. 13 Apr 2009