Zero To One

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Zero To One is a recurring book in the Astral Codex Ten archive, appearing 2 times across 2 issues between August 25, 2021 and February 14, 2023. The archive places it in contexts such as “The rest of us should keep re-reading Zero To One until it penetrates our thick skulls”; “In Zero To One, Peter Thiel talks about a chicken-and-egg problem for social startups”; “In Zero To One , Peter Thiel talks about a chicken-and-egg problem for social startups”. It most often appears alongside Peter Thiel, 2003 recall election, Aella.

Metadata

• Category: Books
• Mention count: 2
• Issue count: 2
• First seen: August 25, 2021
• Last seen: February 14, 2023

Appears In

• If You’re So Smart, Why Aren’t You Governor Of California?
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Related Pages

• • Peter Thiel (2 shared issues)
• • 2003 recall election (1 shared issues)
• • Aella (1 shared issues)
• • Arnold Schwarzenegger (1 shared issues)
• • Austin (1 shared issues)
• • Barbara Fried (1 shared issues)
• • California (1 shared issues)
• • California Democratic Party (1 shared issues)
• • California Democrats (1 shared issues)
• • California Republicans (1 shared issues)
• • California state Democratic Party (1 shared issues)
• • clown dating site (1 shared issues)

External Links

• • https://slatestarcodex.com/2019/01/31/book-review-zero-to-one/
• • https://slatestarcodex.com/2019/06/10/book-review-the-prices-are-too-dmn-high/
• • https://www.amazon.com/Closing-American-Mind-Education-Impoverished/dp/1451683200/ref=sr_1_1?crid=SAPRLAFUD8ML&keywords=Closing+of+the+American+Mind&qid=1680632698&s=books&sprefix=closing+of+the+american+mind%2Cstripbooks%2C221&sr=1-1
• • https://www.astralcodexten.com/p/details-that-you-should-include-in/comment/61387082
• • https://www.astralcodexten.com/p/the-claude-bliss-attractor/comment/125388637
• • https://www.cell.com/servlet/linkout?suffix=e_1_5_1_2_56_2&dbid=8&doi=10.1016/j.cell.2021.01.034&key=8369643&cf=
• • https://www.lesswrong.com/posts/KnQs55tjxWopCzKsk/the-ai-timelines-scam
• • https://x.com/RichardHanania/status/1867335298491068769

Source Context

Recovered passages from the original issue text. When the raw archive preserved outbound links inside the source passage, they are listed directly under the quote.

If You're So Smart, Why Aren't You Governor Of California?

August 25, 2021 · Original source

3. Californians are lucky Peter Thiel isn't a Democrat, because his mind is minmaxed for spotting opportunities like this, and you can bet he would have gotten involved here if he could have. The rest of us should keep re-reading Zero To One until it penetrates our thick skulls.

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February 14, 2023 · Original source

In Zero To One, Peter Thiel talks about a chicken-and-egg problem for social startups. Many people would like to use a social network like Facebook to talk to their friends. But when Facebook first starts, none of your friends are on it, which means you won’t join it, which means your friends won’t join it, and so on. Any new social startup has to find a way to grow quickly at exactly the time when the site is least useful.

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