and that is what gives rise to the company that he pitches to peter thiel. who is then an unknown investor? and he says i have this idea. we're gonna do mobile encryption libraries and people will be able to rent the libraries and i'll get money and peter's like, okay. well you seem smart. so i'll invest and we'll make a thing of it that company is called field link that starts in late 1998 chronologically. elon doesn't start xcom until early 1999. so from the perspective of just accuracy max is sort of the kickoff bleed off hitter more personally. i found that because he was not a super well known figure there were so many things about his life and his personality that were so interesting like one of my one of my favorite writers has like this line. he says the best characters don't know that they are characters right? like they're they are intense and they come alive on the page, but if you but they don't know it they're not self-conscious about it. right and max is not household name famous and so in a way, there's not this persona like built up around hi

and max i did have a final question for you, which is peter thiel a vampire or not. you know, i i feel like i'm disappointing people. what i answered this question. uh, no, i not a vampire in any literal sense that the rumor in case you're don't know what i'm talking about. there was there was sort of reports and then an episode of hbo's silicon valley that suggested that teal who had some interest in this kind of out there research involving blood transfusions where you take a young mouse and you transfuse the blood into an older mouse that he might have tried this himself with with people. i spent a lot of time trying to figure out if maybe he had and and i don't i don't think so. but i do think there's a reason that that meme kind of took off and because i think there is something vampiric about the tech industry and you know, these these companies that basically have you know, we're talking about these like crazy conspiracy theories, right the jewish space lasers and one of the reasons that people believe in jewish space lasers is because tech companies are basic

and max i did have a final question for you, which is peter thiel a vampire or not. you know, i i feel like i'm disappointing people. what i answered this question. uh, no, i not a vampire in any literal sense that the rumor in case you're don't know what i'm talking about. there was there was sort of reports and then an episode of hbo's silicon valley that suggested that teal who had some interest in this kind of out there research involving blood transfusions where you take a young mouse and you transfuse the blood into an older mouse that he might have tried this himself with with people. i spent a lot of time trying to figure out if maybe he had and and i don't i don't think so. but i do think there's a reason that that meme kind of took off and because i think there is something vampiric about the tech industry and you know, these these companies that basically have you know, we're talking about these like crazy conspiracy theories, right the jewish space lasers and one of the reasons that people believe in jewish space lasers is because tech companies are basic

my campaign released a new series of nfts based on art from the best-selling book i wrote with peter thiel using nfts as a way to get people involved. you can would make dinner with me and peter. it should be fun and exciting to put faith in politics. if that sounds good, go to lake masters.com. >> tucker: last question. republicans are dissatisfied with the leadership of the party. will they actually vote in the primary? >> what i'm seeing on the ground is nothing i could've imagined. people need to know that we need to fight for this country. i mean that figure to believe but literally fight for it if it comes to it. did you see the poll that came out that if america were invaded tomorrow, two-thirds of democrats say they would flee instead of fight to defend this country. what is that? that's despicable. this is our country. our kids are going to live here, their kids are going to live here. that's what is at stake. that's what we are fighting for. >> tucker: peaceful happy place. some promise. people are nice, basically united. lake masters, thank you. >> thank you, tucker. >> tucker:

campaign released a new series of nfte based on art from the best selling book that i wrote with peter thielso yeah, we're using nfte as a fun way to get donors involved. super coolwinin prizes. you could win dinnerrca with me. peter . but tucker , it should be fun e and exciting to participate in politicss and help take back the us senate. soso if that sounds good, go to blake masters .com, last question. do you think that republicans are very dissatisfiedis with their leadership of the party and i think they have every reason to be will they actually vote in primaries? detyi think they will, tucker . the fight that i'm seeing on the ground here is like nothing i couldld have imagined people know we need to fight for this country. i mean that figuratively , of course, but also literally fight for it if it comes to it.a did you see the poll that came out that said if america were invaded tomorrow, two thirds of democrats say that they would flee instead of fight to defend this country? what is that ? that's despicable. this is our country. our kids are going to live here. their kids are goin