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Peter Thiel (Funder) - Footnote 36

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Found: His funding approach emphasizes contrarian bets on "hard tech" (aerospace, AI, biotech) while avoiding crowded trends, a strategy influenced by René Girard's mimetic desire theory, which warns against…

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