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The dinner that destroyed Gawker
- rubbingalcohol 8y agoCool writing but ended like the author had to get up to go get lunch and never came back, and the editor was just like "fuck it, publish as is, yolo" I also don't understand TechCrunch's angle on this. Are they trying to say this is bad or good, or just write a novella about Peter Thiel. It was gripping as long as it lasted.
- bergoid 8y agoIt's a book excerpt, not a regular article.
- xienze 8y agoAre people still going on about how Thiel taking down Gawker is some chilling story about the elite silencing journalists? First they published a story of debatable newsworthiness: Hulk Hogan having sex on tape. When they were ordered by a judge to take down the story, they stood defiant (the famous "A judge told us to take down our Hulk Hogan sex tape post. We won't." post: https://twitter.com/gawker/status/327537977922318337?lang=en https://twitter.com/gawker/status/327537977922318337?lang=en). Then someone came along who actually had the resources to see the whole thing play out in court (a funny reversal of the old "this giant corporation has the money to outlast any court case, don't bother Mr. Little Guy"), they rightfully lost, and STILL the bitching continues over something that could have been prevented entirely if Gawker had simply listened to that judge's orders. They're not martyrs, they're idiots.
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- mixmastamyk 8y agoYep, good riddance. Can imagine it spooks the press to be held accountable.
- tardo99 8y agoFrom the article: "... the same model he has idling outside with a driver, twenty-four hours a day, seven days a week, wherever he is in the world." What? He has someone sitting outside in a running car while he sleeps? If true, that's remarkably stupid.
- psychometry 8y agoIf it's to Peter Thiel's benefit and his benefit alone to do something, he will assuredly do it. What's best for other people, society, the environment, etc., doesn't ever factor into his calculus.
- noir_lord 8y agoHe does certainly give that impression, nothing I've ever read about him has given me another.
- sifoobar 8y agoThe guy supposedly buys blood from healthy 20-somethings and injects it in an attempt to steal some of their youth. Where do you go from there? He clearly doesn't give a shit about anything except me, me, me and me.
- meowface 8y agoIf I had a ton of money and I thought the procedure were safe and effective, I'd do the same. The 20-somethings get some money, the billionaire gets to live a potentially longer and healthier life. Seems like a win-win to me.
- sifoobar 8y agoThe same "logic" could just as well be applied to prostitution. What is it about your life that's worth more than theirs? A pile of money? And wouldn't that blood do more good in a blood bank where it could help people who actually need help? I'm pretty sure that if they had enough money, they rather wouldn't go through with this. Doesn't taking advantage of less fortunate humans bother you at all?
- ozten 8y agoThis is an interesting documentary on this subject. Nobody Speak: Trials of the free press https://www.imdb.com/title/tt6333064/ https://www.imdb.com/title/tt6333064/