In elite university systems like Yale, there is simultaneous external prestige (everyone wants to get in) and internal misery (everyone wants to leave), creating a trap where the institution's external appeal masks internal dysfunction.

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Speaker

Peter Thiel

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from the outside it was um it was a it was a place from the outside where everyone wanted to get in on the inside it was a place where everybody wanted to leave

Source

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

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