Peter Thiel

Elon Is Coming for PayPal. The Banks Are Next.

X Money could make PayPal expendable — and force banks to compete for the cash they’ve been taking for granted.

Oct 8 • Rod D. Martin

The Future Is Underpriced: Innovation, Opportunity, and the 1492 Premium

A golden age is upon us, one of vastly expanding human civilization, prosperity, and opportunity for everyone. Unless we blow it.

Oct 2 • Rod D. Martin

Can Generation X Save the West?

The barbarian hordes can be repulsed. And we're just the people to do it.

Jul 7 • Guest Author

The SpaceX IPO Isn’t Overpriced. The Future Is Underpriced.

Facebook looked expensive after its IPO because the market could not value the network it had created. SpaceX looks expensive because the market can't…

Jun 11 • Rod D. Martin

The Standard Oil of Nuclear

Rockefeller built the world's greatest fortune not by drilling for oil but by turning crude into fuel. Standard Nuclear means to do likewise, with a…

Jun 9 • Guest Author

Palantir Has Lots of Enemies. Do They Even Know What It Does?

It’s hard to explain something that can put chicken nuggets in Walmart and kill Osama bin Laden. Palantir can do both.

Mar 13 • Guest Author

Deep Dive: America's Nuclear Renaissance

How Trump and Big Tech broke Democrats’ 50-year war on nuclear power, and what that means for America's future.

Jan 15 • Rod D. Martin

Can Generation X Save the West?

The barbarian hordes can be repulsed. And we're just the people to do it.

Jan 14 • Guest Author

My 10 Favorite Books of 2025

Run don't walk to buy all of these.

Dec 22, 2025 • Rod D. Martin

The America Party Is A Bad Idea...For Elon

Musk's entry into American civic life has been highly positive. But the legalities surrounding his new political party could derail his plans, and his…

Jul 10, 2025 • Rod D. Martin

My 10 Favorite Books of 2024

Run don't walk to buy all of these.

Dec 18, 2024 • Rod D. Martin

The Myth That Billionaires "Hoard" Wealth

Whether it's through investment, consumption, or philanthropy, the vast majority of wealth billionaires hold is anything but stagnant.

Mar 15, 2019 • Guest Author

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