Peter Thiel: Keynote Address (The Conservative and Republican Student Conference, 2024)

Peter Thiel's keynote address at the Conservative and Republican Student Conference; discussion with Harvard Law School Professor Adrian Vermeule.

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Outline:

(00:00) Introduction

(00:24) Opening Remarks

(03:39) "Diversity" as a distraction

(04:43) 3 themes that The Diversity Myth did not address

(07:38) Economic criticism of "diversity"

(15:10) "Diversity" in STEM and academia

(24:25) A religious or Christian's take on our woke religion

(31:34) Concluding remarks

(33:26) Discussion with Professor Vermeule

(37:22) Nature of the late liberal regime

(51:10) Puritanism's similarities to wokeness

(57:29) Is the State an enemy of conservatism?

(01:03:15) Is wokeness a distortion or fulfillment of post WWII liberalism?

(01:07:42) On conservatives in academia

(01:08:34) What policies might fix this problem?

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Source:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=euzxpbBOju8