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Peter Thiel Hates a Copycat
- ggm 5y agoI'm not normally in agreement with "the Atlantic" which tends to a middle-right perspective to me. I thought this review was spot-on: The biography is flawed, makes critically wrong assumptions, about Thiel and his relative power, but in the end confirms (to me) what we think about Thiel: he's pretty a-social, and doesn't care. He's a product of his situation, master of his own fate, and not remotely interested in social equity. Obviously I don't like this or agree with his world view. I would hate to have a biography about me, which drew conclusions from such false premises, but I still find enough meat in this biography to confirm what I think we see: Thiel is not here to make other people happy. Thiel is here to make Thiel happy. Perhaps the rest of us are fools (I am confident Thiel mostly thinks so) If the quote about womens right to vote is correct, Thiel has alienated 50% of his market. Perhaps the quote is wrong, or he fails to appreciate how dependent his wealth is, on the economic power of women? I doubt the latter: he's not that stupid. (this assumes Thiel did not liquidate his share holdings, which are in enterprises which target women, or reflect the reality: Women make many significant purchasing decisions) Palentir would lose contracts from many governments, which demand certain social obligations from their providers. Even the US army is required to respect these obligations.