Conspiracy
by Ryan Holiday
Holiday's account of Peter Thiel's secret, decade-long campaign to destroy Gawker through the Hulk Hogan lawsuit. A study in patience, strategy and the ethics of power, written with access to both sides.
Read it if…
you want a modern case study in long-game strategy and its moral ambiguity.
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Skip it if…
you want Holiday's Stoic self-help; this is reportage.
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Three things you will actually use
- Secrecy and patience are strategic weapons.
- Every conspiracy needs a cause and a vehicle.
- Power used in private still has public costs.
Do this first
Note how long Thiel waited and planned before acting; compare to your own patience.
Our verdict
Long-game case study.
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