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My answer to the Peter Thiel question — part 2

This is the second of a series of posts in which I defend my answer to the Peter Thiel question: “Tell me something that’s true, that almost nobody agrees with you on.”


Why it matters that we get it right

Part 3 of a series on the Peter Thiel question.

Upton Sinclair famously said that it’s “difficult to get a man to understand something, when his salary depends upon his not understanding it.” Not only is it easy to see the truth of this…


Shoulds and Oughts and Better-Thans

In this series, I’ve been developing my answer to the Peter Thiel question:

“Tell me something that’s true, that almost nobody agrees with you on.”

Anatomy of a Sinclair situation

Part 4 of a series on the Peter Thiel question.

Upton Sinclair said that it’s hard to get a man to understand something when his salary depends upon not understanding it. In a previous post, I looked at a number of example scenarios in which a…

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