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Peter Thiel

Founder, VC

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I study floating cities. I’m convinced offshore living is the future

Often criticized as playthings of Silicon Valley billionaires, floating cities have the potential to help coastal regions adapt to climate change, writes researcher Nathalie Mezza-Garcia.

I study floating cities. I’m convinced offshore living is the future

Peter Thiel’s Founders Fund just invested in a women’s fashion brand

Elon Musk allegedly silenced an online critic with Peter Thiel’s playbook

Is Silicon Valley doomed to become the next Detroit?

The moral and economic decline of Detroit’s elite offers an important cautionary tale for Silicon Valley.

Is Silicon Valley doomed to become the next Detroit?

Report: Peter Thiel will not try to buy Gawker’s assets

Here’s The Brain Trust Of Advisers Steering Mark Zuckerberg Through This Crisis

A look at the Facebook insiders helping guide the embattled CEO as the company moves forward and tries to regain the trust of users.

Here’s The Brain Trust Of Advisers Steering Mark Zuckerberg Through This Crisis

The Gawker/Peter Thiel legal battle is being turned into two movies

Peter Thiel thinks the mainstream media is praying for Trump’s reelection

Secret Palantir deal revealed as New Orleans mulls sweeping surveillance

Here are all the illegal ways that Peter Thiel reportedly sought to destroy Gawker, before the lawsuit

Peter Thiel reportedly abandoning tech industry over its views on conservatism

People are tweeting #DeleteHQ after Peter Thiel’s fund was named as an investor

With press freedom under threat, this group wants to archive endangered clips

As Charles Harder Threatens Michael Wolff, Gawker.com’s Kickstarter Looks Bleak

Former Gawker editors had hoped to revise the brand. Their efforts are coming up short, even as those who led the anti-Gawker brigade continue to thrive.

As Charles Harder Threatens Michael Wolff, Gawker.com’s Kickstarter Looks Bleak

Former Gawker employees are crowdfunding to save Gawker.com from an uncertain fate

Peter Thiel is finally embracing gay stuff. Too bad it’s the gay Bodega

Peter Thiel might not be done with Gawker after all

Gawker’s legacy: 5 more chilling lawsuits meant to silence the media

Meet The Next 20 Genius Kids Getting $100,000 From Peter Thiel To Ditch College

An inventor behind a bionic glove for amputees. A kid who has a real idea to cure cancer. Not everyone should skip college, but for these teenagers, it could be to everyone’s benefit if they jump right into working on their passions.

Meet The Next 20 Genius Kids Getting $100,000 From Peter Thiel To Ditch College

Oscar Is A Health Insurance Startup For Digital Natives

A post-Obamacare health insurer in New York has big-name backers, a tech pedigree, and an eye for data.

Oscar Is A Health Insurance Startup For Digital Natives

Impact

10 minutes reflecting on who helped you succeed can transform your idea of the meritocracy

This company will turn your garage into an apartment for free—and help you rent it out

The Ocean Cleanup device has returned from the Pacific Garbage Patch with its first load of plastic

Creativity

The Billboard 200 chart will now include video plays from YouTube, Apple, and Spotify

Burger King offers free Whoppers if you can stomach ‘Star Wars’ spoilers

Clint Eastwood’s ‘Richard Jewell’ uses national hostility toward media (and women) to its advantage

Co.Design

Pink for girls and blue for boys? What toymakers get wrong about gender

This corporate holiday card is a lot cooler than yours

The London Underground’s logo gets an inspired redesign

Work Life

Here is why you should swear at work, according to science

These are the workplace trends that give us hope

Try these five tricks to do a day’s worth in just a couple of hours