Quote from Peter Thiels book "Zero to One" - Is Satoshi the PayPal Mafia?

"At PayPal, if you were excited by the idea of creating a new digital currency to replace the U.S. dollar, we wanted to talk to you; if not, you weren't the right fit. [...] We all loved science fiction: Cryptonomicon was required reading, and we preferred the capitalist Star Wars to the communist Star Trek. Most important, we were all obsessed with creating a digital currency that would be controlled by individuals instead of governments"

PayPals core business obviously isnt based on replacing the dollar, so is he perhaps hinting at something else?

What do you think?