Peter Thiel is obsessive about atoms. The prescient enterprise capitalist has mentioned that the Manhattan Venture, which created the primary atomic bomb, epitomised how America’s authorities used to “get issues carried out”. He has lengthy argued that an extreme give attention to “bits” (software program) on the expense of “atoms” ({hardware}) has helped produce financial stagnation in America. In 2015 he wrote that the nation wanted “a brand new atomic age” to supply clear, plentiful vitality. A decade later he has associates on the high of President Donald Trump’s administration who share his imaginative and prescient. It’s beginning to fall into place.