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"I believe that Gawker serves an essential function in a celebrity-obsessed culture, and if it were to disappear the world would be poorer"
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"The editors and writers [of Gawker] want power to be made uncomfortable whether or not it deserves the discomfort" nytimes.com/2016/05/31/opinion/i-stand-with-gawker.html?nytmobile=0&_r=0
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"Gawker is responding to an asymmetry of celebrity power, and the way that celebrities become immune to the pressures of civil society."
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'Thiel seems to want a world in which he encounters no resistance, whether it comes from government or the free press or anyone else'