How to Build the Future with Peter Thiel

When:
September 26, 2014 @ 6:00 pm – 7:30 pm
2014-09-26T18:00:00+01:00
2014-09-26T19:30:00+01:00
Where:
Old Theatre, Old Building
London School of Economics and Political Science
Houghton Street, London WC2A 2AE
UK
Cost:
Free
Contact:
0207 955 6043

Peter ThielIt’s easier to copy a model than to make something new. Adding more of something familiar takes the world from 1 to n. But every time we create something new, we go from 0 to 1. Today our challenge is to imagine and create new technologies to make the future more peaceful and prosperous.

Peter Thiel (@peterthiel), an entrepreneur and investor, co-founded PayPal and the data analytics firm Palantir Technologies. He made the first outside investment in Facebook, funded companies like SpaceX and LinkedIn, and started the Thiel Foundation, which nurtures tomorrow’s tech visionaries through programs such as the Thiel Fellowship and Breakout Labs.

This event marks the publication of Peter’s new book Zero to One: Notes on Start Ups, or How to Build the Future (@zerotoonebook).

Members of the public, LSE alumni, LSE students and LSE staff can request one ticket via the online ticket request form which will be live here from around 6pm on Thursday 18 September until at least 12noon on Friday 19 September. If at 12noon we have received more requests than there are tickets available, the line will be closed, and tickets will be allocated on a random basis to those requests received. If we have received fewer requests than tickets available, the ticket line will stay open until all tickets have been allocated.