First, after I paid Rev.com to give me a basic transcript, I edited it a fair bit for readability, removing crosstalk and numerous false starts. Example: a quick check shows that Peter Thiel used the phrase “you know” 208 times, and I removed 48 of them.
Second, even as an avid reader and podcast listener, I’ve never read a whole podcast transcript before making this thing and I think most people haven’t either, so I’ve given it lots of section headings and split it into five posts for guidance. I think this will make discussion around it easier and increase the affordance to link to a more specific section rather than a single 30,000 word document.
I wrote an answer to your question, but I actually feel hesitant to write my take on it before it’s published, so as to let it stand for itself first. Happy to answer the same question under the last post. Though I will say I think the discussion is very much one where the whole is more than the sum of its parts, and no individual point was more useful to me than getting a sense of the underlying / overarching worldview.
Unimportant Editing Notes
First, after I paid Rev.com to give me a basic transcript, I edited it a fair bit for readability, removing crosstalk and numerous false starts. Example: a quick check shows that Peter Thiel used the phrase “you know” 208 times, and I removed 48 of them.
Second, even as an avid reader and podcast listener, I’ve never read a whole podcast transcript before making this thing and I think most people haven’t either, so I’ve given it lots of section headings and split it into five posts for guidance. I think this will make discussion around it easier and increase the affordance to link to a more specific section rather than a single 30,000 word document.
I’ve transcribed a few things. This must have taken, like, a really long time.
Thank you. Both Thiel and Weinstein are terrific thinkers.
You already listed some highlights, but did you have a part that you felt was particularly insightful to you personally?
Note that I didn’t write out the whole thing, just edited it. It took me 5-8 hours of work total. Have changed the above comment to clarify that :)
I wrote an answer to your question, but I actually feel hesitant to write my take on it before it’s published, so as to let it stand for itself first. Happy to answer the same question under the last post. Though I will say I think the discussion is very much one where the whole is more than the sum of its parts, and no individual point was more useful to me than getting a sense of the underlying / overarching worldview.
I’ve replied here :-)
How did the quality of the rev.com draft compare to the one produced by youtube?