Peter Thiel on René Girard

A Compendium of His Comments on Mimetic Theory

As part of my research for Wanting, I compiled a list of anything Peter Thiel, Girard’s most famous student, had said publicly about his Stanford professor’s ideas. Now I’m sharing a partial list with you.

The list is not exhaustive. Thiels’ book, Zero to One, is shot through with mimetic theory from start to finish. This list also doesn’t include the ma…