![]() ![]() ![]() In his opinion, diversification, incrementalism, MVPs, are all signs of an indecisiveness attitude towards the future. ![]() He openly disparages the current propensity to deem future as unknowable and any attempt at making great plans as hubris. In the first book, Peter Thiel looks back towards the early parts of the 19th century and compares the positive, ambitious attitudes of those times to the more humdrum, incremental worldview that the current society, philosophy, politics, and companies hold most dear. I felt that reading Zero to One was like reading two different books. Zero to One presents at once an optimistic view of the future of progress in America and a new way of thinking about innovation: it starts by learning to ask the questions that lead you to find value in unexpected places. It comes from the most important skill that every leader must master: learning to think for yourself… ![]() Progress can be achieved in any industry or area of business. Information technology has improved rapidly, but there is no reason why progress should be limited to computers or Silicon Valley. Thiel begins with the contrarian premise that we live in an age of technological stagnation, even if we’re too distracted by shiny mobile devices to notice. In Zero to One, legendary entrepreneur and investor Peter Thiel shows how we can find singular ways to create those new things. The great secret of our time is that there are still uncharted frontiers to explore and new inventions to create. If you want to build a better future, you must believe in secrets. ![]()
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