You haven't seen much from Thiel it seems. He addresses the lage growth of economies such as China extensively, and identifies that much of their growth is not

You haven't seen much from Thiel it seems. He addresses the lage growth of economies such as China extensively, and identifies that much of their growth is not adding new science or technology to collective knowledge but simply "catching up" to the U.S., others, with much "copying" of technological process. This, he says, implies that eventually once they reach parity, there will be inevitable slowdown and in addition does not solve the overall situation of slowdown in worldwide technological and scientific innovation. 2008 http://www.charlierose.com/view/interview/9302 http://www.charlierose.com/view/interview/9302 2010 http://lockerz.com/u/20643924/decalz/7182285/charlie_rose_peter_thiel_interview http://lockerz.com/u/20643924/decalz/7182285/charlie_rose_pe... EDIT: From summer 2012, very good: http://tech.fortune.cnn.com/2012/07/17/transcript-schmidt-thiel/ http://tech.fortune.cnn.com/2012/07/17/transcript-schmidt-th...