Peter Thiel, the famed entrepreneur – co-founder of payment service PayPal – and venture capitalist – backing social network Facebook from an early stage – has been on a grand tour to promote his new book Zero to One.

While the book is hugely thought-provoking on many topics, and well worth a read for all who have anything to do with entrepreneurism, one claim he plants front and centre of his musings seems ill-timed or especially poignant, depending on your…