His style as a CEO had been deftly adapted to this quirk. At PayPal, as the CEO, Peter was once required to make the unpleasant decision about whether the company should conduct transactions on behalf of porn companies. As a normal human being, as a Christian, he can see one point of view. As a libertarian, he can just as easily articulate the other, as Nick Denton did when he started Fleshbot: give the people what they want. Thiel’s solution to this standoff was simple. He called a staff meeting to let the employees decide. In deference to their feedback, it was decided: PayPal would take the
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