The Alarming Rise of Peter Thiel, Tech Mogul and Political Provocateur

A few years ago, on a podcast called “This Is Actually Happening,” a penitent white supremacist recalled a formative childhood experience. One night his mother asked him: “You enjoying your burger?” She went on, “Did you know it’s made out of a cow?”

“Something died?” the boy, then 5, replied.

“Everything living dies,” she said. “You’re going to die.”

Plag…