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Deceived by Fraud, Insulted by Fiction

Deceived by Fraud, Insulted by Fiction

".... if the eyes of the spectators have sometimes been deceived by fraud, the understanding of the readers has much more frequently been insulted by fiction. Every event, or appearance, or accident, which seems to deviate from the ordinary course of nature, has been...

The World According to Peter Thiel

The World According to Peter Thiel

I recently finished Peter Thiel’s book Zero To One. As a whole, this work is an exercise in the type of thinking which, in Thiel’s view, leads to a successful start-up. Behind this, however, is the positive idea that we as individuals must create the future if there...