
But I can bet that it will surprise us and that it will make complete sense within his own almost incomprehensible, complete, interior worldview. As a society, particularly here in the US, we face a number of very deep systemic threats, including corruption and strong men, so perhaps there's something to learn from this ruthlessly effective conspiracy that set out to do something that no-one thought was possible, and in fact accomplished that thing.


An investor tells me that with each investment, Peter Thiel likes to ask: What do I know about. It's pretty remarkable that this 25, 26-year-old manages to predict almost exactly the timeline and budget that results in the unprecedented bankruptcy of a media outlet that was doing, at that time, more than five billion page views a year. Detailed notes and summary of Conspiracy by Ryan Holiday. He predicts this would take three to five years, that it would cost north of $10 million, but he's very confident they could be successful.
