institution1987–present

The Stanford Review

Disciplines:

Summary

Conservative student newspaper at Stanford University co-founded by Peter Thiel in 1987 — which has served as a pipeline for Silicon Valley libertarian and conservative intellectuals.

Core Contribution

Functions as the institutional origin point of Peter Thiel's intellectual and network trajectory — co-founding the Review was Thiel's first organizational act and the platform through which he built the Stanford relationships that became the PayPal network.

Historical Influences

Peter Thiel

Intellectual Lineage

Stanford University Conservative Student Press Peter Thiel Network Origin

Contemporaries & Peers

Yale Political Union Harvard Salient Campus conservative press

Minds Influenced

Silicon Valley libertarian-conservative intellectual tradition

Intellectual Posterity

Peter Thiel intellectual origin Silicon Valley conservative network origin

Discussing

The Stanford Review

Ask anything about The Stanford Review — their ideas, influences, contradictions, legacy.

institution1987–present

The Stanford Review

Disciplines:

conservation/conservative commentary

journalism/student journalism

political commentary/political opinion

Summary

Conservative student newspaper at Stanford University co-founded by Peter Thiel in 1987 — which has served as a pipeline for Silicon Valley libertarian and conservative intellectuals.

Core Contribution

Historical Influences

Peter Thiel

Intellectual Lineage

Stanford University Conservative Student Press Peter Thiel Network Origin

Contemporaries & Peers

Yale Political Union Harvard Salient Campus conservative press

Minds Influenced

Silicon Valley libertarian-conservative intellectual tradition

Intellectual Posterity

Peter Thiel intellectual origin Silicon Valley conservative network origin

Discussing

The Stanford Review

Ask anything about The Stanford Review — their ideas, influences, contradictions, legacy.