Tyler Cowen actually dedicated his book the Great Stagnation to Thiel. It&#x27;s silly to claim that Thiel&#x27;shis ideas are <i>sui generis</i>, but Cowen seems to treat him as a peer at least. See also:<p><a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;medium.com&#x2F;conversations-with-tyler&#x2F;peter-thiel-on-the-future-of-innovation-77628a43c0dd#.cqz7itfif" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;medium.com&#x2F;conversations-with-tyler&#x2F;peter-thiel-on-t...</a>