Come on in, have a seat.

There we go.

If you're looking for a seat, it's just like church.

There's two more up here in front.

Former over here.

The closer you get to the stage,

more likely you go to heaven.

So for those of you don't know me,

my name is Charlie Rose Jr.

I will be interviewing Peter Thiel today.

Everybody here probably is aware of Peter by background.

I will quickly recap his professional accomplishments as follows.

Tech founder, CEO, venture capitalists, hedge fund manager, derivatives trader,

corporate attorney, chess champion, political activist, book author, public speaker.

We are thrilled to have him with us today. I'm really thrilled to be doing this.

Peter is one of the people, I'm going to run the risk of embarrassing him.

He's one of the people I respect the most in the world.

And there's really three reasons for that.

One is, Peter, is those of you who have followed him over the years or have known him or have

read his book, is a truly interdisciplinary thinker.

Like, he really draws threads together across fields.

Or you might describe lateral thinker,

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