The Contrarian: Peter Thiel and Silicon Valley’s Pursuit of Power - Max Chafkin Audiobook

This post has 11 comments with rating of 4.7/511

• 
  fritzreg
  January 28th, 2022
  

  

  Many thanks!

  The Contrarian: Peter Thiel and Silicon Valley's Pursuit of Power - Max Chafkin
• 
  edbroadway
  January 29th, 2022
  

  

  I must say the author was mostly on target in his synthesis, of an elusive figure and impressive in his diligence of fact-finding-uncoverings, ranging from childhood-formative-years anecdotes to his Roth IRA and other legally questionable practices up to his rarely known connection/relationships with a bevy of unsavory characters.

  Some Mainstream blurbs… But Yours matters MORE:

  “A brisk, well-researched life of an enigmatic billionaire.” - Kirkus

  “The Contrarian” is chilling — literally chilling. As I read it, I grew colder and colder, until I found myself curled up under a blanket icy and anxious. Scared people are Scary…Chafkin’s masterly evocation of his subject’s galactic fear, turns Thiel himself into a threat.I tried to tell myself that Thiel is just another rapacious solipsist, in it for the money, but I used to tell myself that about ANOTHER rapacious solipsist, and he became President. - New York Times

  “…entertaining and disturbing” - La Times

  “Despite his limited access to Thiel (Brief and Only Off-the record) Chafkin succeeds in shedding light on his subject’s formative experiences, dutifully covers the rise and fall of Thiel’s hedge fund, the creation of PayPal (which anticipated today’s digital-money boom)…the theme that commands keenest attention is the one promised in his subtitle. Thiel’s goal “is real power, Political power” …What makes his subject Special-and Frightening.” - The Atlantic

  “Some of Mr. Chafkin’s arrows appear to me to hit their mark.” - WSJ

  The Contrarian: Peter Thiel and Silicon Valley's Pursuit of Power - Max Chafkin
• 
  judge204
  January 29th, 2022
  

  Thank you, Mr. Broadway for the share.

  And Thank You, Mr. Madison, et al., for your foresight:
  https://constitution.congress.gov/browse/essay/artII_S1_C5_1/

  The Contrarian: Peter Thiel and Silicon Valley's Pursuit of Power - Max Chafkin
• 
  edbroadway
  January 29th, 2022
  

  

  @judge204 @fritzreg you very welcome!
  @judge204 what’s the connection with the constitutional stipulation of Presidential eligibiliship?

  The Contrarian: Peter Thiel and Silicon Valley's Pursuit of Power - Max Chafkin
• 
  Gweilo
  January 29th, 2022
  

  @edbroadway: please delete “- Publication Date Sept. 21, 2021″ from the book title.
  Put that in the description if you think it’s important.
  Thanks.

  The Contrarian: Peter Thiel and Silicon Valley's Pursuit of Power - Max Chafkin
• 
  edbroadway
  January 29th, 2022
  

  kopy! @gweilo

  The Contrarian: Peter Thiel and Silicon Valley's Pursuit of Power - Max Chafkin
• 
  Franknixon11
  February 2nd, 2022
  

  

  thank u! NOW SOMEONE PLZ UPLOAD SOME PHILIP ROTH!

  The Contrarian: Peter Thiel and Silicon Valley's Pursuit of Power - Max Chafkin
• 
  giddyup85
  February 3rd, 2022
  

  

  Peter Thiel. Crypto-libertarian, closet Trotskyite. Real-Life Vampire that waxes nostalgic about Near-Eastern and ‘Asia-Centric’ caste-style governance, replete with family castes and god-king monarchs. These are the leaders of the ‘opposition’ ‘conservative’ party these days, openly admitting their treasonous intentions with zero recourse, which are bipartisan (why your ‘Progressives’ are out high-fiving Bill Kristol these days- who’s father, Irving Kristol, openly declared himself a ‘proud Trotskyite,’ while Elen Degeneres dances with George W Bush onstage)

  1.) https://tni-back-soon.github.io/essays/let-them-drink-blood/index.html

  2.) https://ordoabchao.ca/volume-six/military-digital-complex

  3.) I guess no one considered whether all of this was literally a subversive, terroristic-sabotage operation systematically attacking the rule of law (openly admitting to aspirations for an ‘East-Asian style governance, Post-liberal while smashing the constitution?)
  https://cybertrophic.wordpress.com/2020/04/13/post-liberals-meta-liberals-towards-an-exit-oriented-politics/

  The Contrarian: Peter Thiel and Silicon Valley's Pursuit of Power - Max Chafkin
• 
  byond_zen
  November 18th, 2022
  

  

  Thanks for sharing!

  The Contrarian: Peter Thiel and Silicon Valley's Pursuit of Power - Max Chafkin
• 
  russell17
  December 4th, 2022
  

  

  Please SEED the book on Story of civilization VOL7. Thanks. It is a great upload. I have all the books expect Vol 7.

  The Contrarian: Peter Thiel and Silicon Valley's Pursuit of Power - Max Chafkin
• 
  Dongveng
  March 11th, 2025
  

  Please seed! 🥺

  The Contrarian: Peter Thiel and Silicon Valley's Pursuit of Power - Max Chafkin

Add a comment