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He wasn't close to tears, he just needed time to think of something to say that won't tank his wealth.
Has he tried saying nothing? That would probably work.
Little lte for that now, yeah? It definitely would've worked if he started 10-15 years ago.
Maybe he was. Maybe Thiel had a conversation with him about drawing more of the wrong kind of attention.
Yah everyone is reading way too much into this man, he's just a mentally unwell incel who figured out how to get money from people. His emotional state is probably a mess but it doesn't mean he's about to cave in. He has more money than God and he isn't going to crash out so easily.
Hot tip: it's a LOT easier to secure huge amounts of funding than you think, it certainly doesn't take intelligence, just good connections and a complete lack of self-awareness, I know from unfortunate experience that you can secure millions in financing simply by sounding sure of yourself and talking in ways that are too convoluted for everyone to understand... I have literally seen million-dollar checks handed over because everyone in the room didn't want to feel stupid.