Peter Thiel on "The Portal", Episode #001: "An Era of Stagnation & Universal Institutional Failure."

Caption notes

In the 2019 debut of The Portal, Eric Weinstein and Peter Thiel use their hypothesis of slowing technological progress to examine universities and research institutions. Weinstein asks whether the discoveries easiest to turn into applications have already been made. He also uses doctoral training to discuss institutions’ expectations of continued expansion. Thiel weighs two explanations: have the research problems become harder, or has the way research is organized limited the opportunities? He uses disciplinary specialization to discuss why judging progress across fields can become harder.