Peter Thiel

focus on reaching a much larger audience for you to do all these things. And I think those were good decisions. You didn't let let's say the moralizing left-wing people in academia get to you, you didn't let their value system control you. Their value system is that, you know, there's nothing more important than academia. This is the world that really matters.

focus on reaching a much larger audience for you to do all these things. And I think those were good decisions. You didn't let let's say the moralizing left-wing people in academia get to you, you didn't let their value system control you. Their value system is that, you know, there's nothing more important than academia. This is the world that really matters.

This is where you have to fight the battles. He said, no, you didn't let that morality control you. So I would, yeah, I would describe it as, Christian or maybe Nietzschean, but anti-sacrificial, what you did, in a very good way.

This is where you have to fight the battles. He said, no, you didn't let that morality control you. So I would, yeah, I would describe it as, Christian or maybe Nietzschean, but anti-sacrificial, what you did, in a very good way.

This is where you have to fight the battles. He said, no, you didn't let that morality control you. So I would, yeah, I would describe it as, Christian or maybe Nietzschean, but anti-sacrificial, what you did, in a very good way.

But then the meta layer would be, this is where maybe just the language of sacrifice is often more confusing than helpful.

But then the meta layer would be, this is where maybe just the language of sacrifice is often more confusing than helpful.

But then the meta layer would be, this is where maybe just the language of sacrifice is often more confusing than helpful.

I want to push back on all of these things. Yes, I will confess to being an unreconstructed Girardian, and there were probably ways Girard modified his views more than I have. And so he probably, towards the end of his life, was more open to sacrifice. And I stick with the Girard of the 70s and 80s, who was more categorically... You know, I think, let me do an alternate cut on one story.

I want to push back on all of these things. Yes, I will confess to being an unreconstructed Girardian, and there were probably ways Girard modified his views more than I have. And so he probably, towards the end of his life, was more open to sacrifice. And I stick with the Girard of the 70s and 80s, who was more categorically... You know, I think, let me do an alternate cut on one story.

I want to push back on all of these things. Yes, I will confess to being an unreconstructed Girardian, and there were probably ways Girard modified his views more than I have. And so he probably, towards the end of his life, was more open to sacrifice. And I stick with the Girard of the 70s and 80s, who was more categorically... You know, I think, let me do an alternate cut on one story.

And there's one of these Bible stories. And I always think one needs to interpret the Old Testament through the New Testament. This is sort of, again, a Christian bias I have that it doesn't fully make sense on its own. You need to interpret it in the light of the new.

And there's one of these Bible stories. And I always think one needs to interpret the Old Testament through the New Testament. This is sort of, again, a Christian bias I have that it doesn't fully make sense on its own. You need to interpret it in the light of the new.

And there's one of these Bible stories. And I always think one needs to interpret the Old Testament through the New Testament. This is sort of, again, a Christian bias I have that it doesn't fully make sense on its own. You need to interpret it in the light of the new.

And so there's a passage in the New Testament, I don't have the verse memorized, but it's basically where Christ says one must have faith like a child. Mm-hmm. And then there's, it's again, you can think it's like an abstract thing, but maybe it's again, we should always think more concretely.

And so there's a passage in the New Testament, I don't have the verse memorized, but it's basically where Christ says one must have faith like a child. Mm-hmm. And then there's, it's again, you can think it's like an abstract thing, but maybe it's again, we should always think more concretely.

And so there's a passage in the New Testament, I don't have the verse memorized, but it's basically where Christ says one must have faith like a child. Mm-hmm. And then there's, it's again, you can think it's like an abstract thing, but maybe it's again, we should always think more concretely.

And the concrete question I would have is, is there a faith of a child that's being highlighted as especially noteworthy and worthy of attention? of emulation. And I think there is, in fact, one child whose faith gets described in the Old Testament, and we never seem to talk about it, and it's Isaac.

And the concrete question I would have is, is there a faith of a child that's being highlighted as especially noteworthy and worthy of attention? of emulation. And I think there is, in fact, one child whose faith gets described in the Old Testament, and we never seem to talk about it, and it's Isaac.

And the concrete question I would have is, is there a faith of a child that's being highlighted as especially noteworthy and worthy of attention? of emulation. And I think there is, in fact, one child whose faith gets described in the Old Testament, and we never seem to talk about it, and it's Isaac.