Zero to One: Notes on Startups, or How to Build the Future by Peter Thiel

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In this episode we discuss "Zero to One: Notes on Startups, or How to Build the Future" by Peter Thiel.

Chapters

1. Intro: A little bit about Peter Thiel (00:00:00)

2. THE Question teaser (00:15:00)

3. From Zero to one? (00:16:53)

4. Chapter 1: The Challenge of the future (00:20:00)

5. Chapter 2: Party like it's 1999 (00:31:30)

6. 4 big lessons - UNLEARNT (00:34:49)

7. Chapter 3: All happy companies are different (00:43:30)

8. The importance of monopolies (00:48:43)

9. Chapter 4: The ideology of competition (00:59:34)

10. Chapter 5: Last mover's advantage (01:14:35)

11. Focusing on future benefits (in all areas of life) (01:14:40)

12. Try to be the last (01:19:11)

13. Chapter 6: You're not a lottery ticket (01:21:18)

14. Definite vs indefinite (01:21:25)

15. Optimism vs pessimism (01:27:29)

16. Chapter 7: Follow the money (01:48:25)

17. Chapter 8: Secrets (01:53:53)

18. The story of the unabomber (01:54:34)

19. The new flatness of the earth (02:01:00)

20. Chapter 9: Foundations (02:08:10)

21. Chapter 10: The mechanics of mafia (02:12:42)

22. Of Cults and Covid-19 (02:25:00)

23. Chapter 11: If you build it, will they come? (02:45:42)

24. Different kinds of salespeople (02:51:23)

25. Chapter 12: Man and machine (02:59:00)

26. (What) will AI desire? (03:03:30)

27. Complement not competition (03:07:20)

28. Chapter 13: Seeing green (03:13:20)

29. 7 elementary questions in business (03:14:10)

30. Chapter 14: The Founder's paradox (03:27:23)

31. Eurodisc story (03:33:50)

32. The extraordinarity of founders (03:35:18)

33. Conclusion: Stagnation or Singularity? (03:37:00)

34. WRAP UP: Relation to "Scout mindset" and "Wanting" (03:42:48)

35. WRAP UP: Our takeaways for life (03:48:02)

36. THE Question: our answers (03:53:29)

37. Is it RAD or is it WHACK? (04:15:39)