The Temptation of Peter Thiel

The billionaire investor sees the apocalypse coming. Whether that's a good or bad thing depends on your tolerance for excitement.

Editor’s note: We’re thrilled to be publishing the brilliant author and novelist Tara Isabella Burton for the first time on Wisdom of Crowds, although some of you might recall her appearance on the podcast earlier this year. Her latest novel is The World Cannot Give, which Entertainment Weekly called “equal parts dangerous and delicious.” Her forthcomin…