PayPal and Palantir cofounder Peter Thiel is embarking on an unusual intellectual journey this fall—delivering a sold-out four-part lecture series on the biblical figure of the Antichrist. The private lectures, which will be held at the Commonwealth Club in San Francisco, represent the latest evolution in Thiel’s increasingly public theological interests that intertwine his Christian faith with his concerns about technology’s potential to enable authoritarian control.

  • ShaggySnacks@lemmy.myserv.one
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    2 days ago

    I don’t think Peter Thiel knows that he is a candidate for the antichrist.

    To know that, would require self reflection.

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      1 day ago

      Well it’s been brought up to him directly so it’s certainly in his head