Competition forces companies into undifferentiated sameness; starting multiple companies in identical spaces (fourth online pet food company, tenth solar panel company, 10,000th Manhattan restaurant) is Darwinian competition that destroys value rather than creating it.

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Peter Thiel

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don't want to be starting the fourth online pet food company or the 10th...solar panel company...10,000th restaurant...if you want Darwinian competition...open a restaurant...if you want to make money...do something very different

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The Failure of Modern Technology | Peter ThielIntercollegiate Studies Institute
Created: 8/11/2026, 1:43:36 AM

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