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Ryan Holiday — Conspiracy
March 29, 2018 @ 7:00 pm - 8:00 pm
Ryan Holiday is the bestselling author of Trust Me, I’m Lying; The Obstacle Is the Way; Ego Is the Enemy; and other books about marketing, culture, and the human condition. His newest book, Conspiracy, documents how a short blogpost on Valleywag, the Silicon Valley-vertical of Gawker Media, outed PayPal founder and billionaire investor Peter Thiel as gay. Thiel’s sexuality had been known to close friends and family, but he didn’t consider himself a public figure, and believed the information was private. This post would be the casus belli for a meticulously plotted conspiracy that would end nearly a decade later with a $140 million dollar judgment against Gawker, its bankruptcy, and with Nick Denton, Gawker’s CEO and founder, out of a job.
Holiday’s interviews with key players and in-depth research combine to masterfully tell this shocking story of ambition, strategy, and ruthless plotting.
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