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