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>Why Peter Thiel Searches for Reality-Bending ‘Secrets’

Because like many ultra-rich has translated his "smarts+upbringing+luck+connections+right-place-right-time" success into just his capability alone, or just to his following some "success formula", and thinks such formulas can be canned and re-applied at will...

Meanwhile the "reality-bending secrets" didn't prevent e.g. average to bad performace from his fund.