Regardless of any personal opinions I might have, that was the tragic and absurd message of this book. We live in a world where only people like Peter Thiel can pull something so intentional and long-term off—and it’s not because, as Gawker has tried to make it seem, he’s rich. It’s because he’s one of the few who believes it can be done. To borrow a line from Zero to One, to believe in conspiracies is an effective truth. To dismiss anything as impossible is as well.
