What Peter Thiel has said about If Anyone Builds It, Everyone Dies
1 quote · 1 episode · Oct 22, 2026
Peter Thiel, Investor and author of Zero to One, has been quoted on If Anyone Builds It, Everyone Dies 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 argues that because people focus on Armageddon rather than global tyranny, more worry about the Antichrist is warranted.
“And my contrarian intuition is that alone tells you you need to worry more about the Antichrist than Armageddon”
The Builders: Peter Thiel: “We Need to Hit the Accelerator as Hard as Possible” on AI (Oct 22, 2026) · Listen from 35:04
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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