In a revealing new biography, “The Contrarian,” the journalist Max Chafkin charts Thiel’s ascendancy in Silicon Valley and Washington, D.C., as a driven man drawn to far-right causes and beliefs.In a revealing new biography, “The Contrarian,” the journalist Max Chafkin charts Thiel’s ascendancy in Silicon Valley and Washington, D.C., as a driven man drawn to far-right causes and beliefs.Read MoreBooks and Literature, Presidential Election of 2016, Right-Wing Extremism and Alt-Right, Palantir Technologies, Cambridge Analytica, Facebook Inc, PayPal, Chafkin, Max, Thiel, Peter A, Trump, Donald J, Zuckerberg, Mark E, The Contrarian: Peter Thiel and Silicon Valley’s Pursuit of Power (Book)
