for a guy who prides himself on his Machiavellian big-brain-ed-ness, agreeing to this interview was really dumb
like, surely he realizes putting himself in the spotlight is a mistake? I thought his whole thing was being influential from the shadows. His elitist politics doesn't really hold up to direct UV radiation.
The ego is often irrepressible with these guys. Especially the Silicon Valley ones who are convinced they're building the future and changing paradigms, of which Thiel might be the clearest example next to Musk.