Peter Thiel, Comic Book Hero https://stratechery.com/2016/peter-thiel-comic-book-hero/ … What Gawker did was inexcusable, but Peter Thiel's response is far more dangerous.
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Replying to @stratechery
I think you're in denial and not mounting an argument that would be effective at convincing Thiel to follow your instructions.
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Replying to @benthompson
That this is not how things have always been. If it wasn't Thiel it would eventually be somebody else.
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Replying to @nouswaves @benthompson
Repeatedly breaking the law because you don't think others will have enough capital to win legal battles against you is naive.
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Replying to @nouswaves @benthompson
Tech companies should consider this, too. It will work until you annoy somebody more powerful than you.
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Replying to @nouswaves @benthompson
Actually, not just more powerful; also, shrewd, political and slighted. Opining that they shouldn't touch you is not defence.
5:28 AM - 26 May 2016
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