What Peter Thiel has said about Faust
1 quote · 1 episode · Oct 22, 2026
Peter Thiel, Investor and author of Zero to One, has been quoted on Faust once in 1 episode of The Builders, most recently on October 22, 2026. Each quote below is verbatim and links to the moment it was said.
In their words
Thiel ranks good above evil but competent evil above incompetence.
“I'm ranking these. I'm good over evil. But evil is better than bad”
The Builders: Peter Thiel: “We Need to Hit the Accelerator as Hard as Possible” on AI (Oct 22, 2026) · Listen from 56:52
Episodes
Peter Thiel: “We Need to Hit the Accelerator as Hard as Possible” on AIThe Builders · Oct 22, 2026 · 58 min
Walter Isaacson interviews Peter Thiel on the AI backlash, existential risk, his Antichrist lectures, founder-led companies, René Girard, and why he prefers evil to incompetence.
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