And I'm very interested in the fact that one of Vance's biggest backers is venture capitalist Peter Thiel — who was also ... Do you take that at face value? Do you think they believe that?

For instance, Palantir refers to the "seeing stones" in Tolkien's books. Source: Facebook Investor Peter Thiel Just Revealed What A Huge 'Lord Of The Rings' Fan He Is Thiel is best known today as ...