Not read that one yet but I have read Reality Is Not What It Seems, which I also recommend.

I've just finished his book on Anaximander and it was so good! I hope this one is just as good, I really enjoy his writing.

Peter 'Actual Vampire' Thiel to give him his full name. Although I'm increasingly feeling bad about associating vampires with him, they don't deserve it.

A simple 'how's it going?' and actually listening to the answer is a good one, go out for coffee together, invite them to an event you're going to, however your friendship with them works.
The very low effort cheat option is to send them memes directly :-D

That or Secret Labs gaming chair.

From the tech death end: latest Rivers of Nihil album, latest Tomb Mold album, latest Cult of Luna album. All on Bandcamp and packed with your RDA of high quality unintelligible growling and complex rhythms!

Pear Leather is a good one, as is a very simple spiced pear (and apple if needed) puree, cooled, jarred up and used in porridge. In a last resort apparently you can prep and freeze spare pears.

Although, 'You're telling me a crab ran with these goons?'

Fighting against the book version of The Invisible Man? Who was an absolute cad.