Flowers who are given special attention and fertilizers perform better than the garden variety. Surprising and awkward for all industrial farmers.
It’s not comparing Thiel to orphans. It’s comparing Thiel to various other elite institutions and their formulas for making great people.
Its scales because humans.
It’s always funny and surprising when people say “It’s a dog eat dog world!” and sets up a dog eat dog world and then get surprised when a dog eats another dog.