The author says he was impressed by the ruthless efficiency and hyper competence on Teal. He argues that many powerful people agreed with him, but despair of being able to do anything about it. And so I'm heartened by the sort of efficacy of it, that he managed to do this, he managed to get a fair amount of people on board, you know, agreeing with at least the outcome.
Author Ryan Holiday discusses his book, Conspiracy, with EconTalk host Russ Roberts. This is a crazy episode about a crazy book about a crazy set of events--the Hulk Hogan lawsuit against the website Gawker, a lawsuit that was secretly funded by Peter Thiel. Holiday explains how this happened and the lessons for all of us related to conspiracies, patience, strategy, and revenge. Along the way, Holiday discusses his techniques for reading and lessons for how to grab someone's attention when looking for a job or opportunity.