Is Democracy the Source of Stagnation?

Peter Thiel: “We wanted flying cars, instead we got 140 characters.”

There’s a creeping sense that something isn’t right with our world. Sure, technology is everywhere, and we’re more connected than ever, but where’s the bold progress? Where are the flying cars and revolutionary energy solutions we dreamed of? Instead, as Peter Thiel famously put it, “We wanted flying cars, instead we got 140 characters.” In that one lin…