For anyone else unfamiliar with the term, I just found this blog post that explains Zak Slayback's understanding of Thiel's indefinite pessimism: http://zakslay

For anyone else unfamiliar with the term, I just found this blog post that explains Zak Slayback's understanding of Thiel's indefinite pessimism: http://zakslayback.com/2014/10/07/pessimism-optimism-definite-indefinite-societies-according-to-peter-thiel/ http://zakslayback.com/2014/10/07/pessimism-optimism-definit... It's a pretty good read. The relevant section regarding Italy: "Thiel’s identification of the indefinite pessimists: modern-day Europeans. 'The world is going to hell in a hand basket, so we might as well as drink and be merry,'"