It’s worth noting here, because Thiel comes up so much in the piece, that he works with Nadia’s husband Delian Asparouhov at Founder’s Fund. Also worth noting

It’s worth noting here, because Thiel comes up so much in the piece, that he works with Nadia’s husband Delian Asparouhov at Founder’s Fund. Also worth noting that group chats lends themselves to conspiracies. Real conspiracies that end up changing politics, and conspiracy theories fomented in the group and about the group. This is because they are a means of small-group coordination and concealment. There is something antimemetic about this article in general, and in a bad way. As Cheever said, “you can write about boredome, but you can’t make it boring.” Gideon is translating the world into an excellent undergrad English essay, but he is not telling a compelling story, as many memes do.