"PayPal and Palantir co-founder 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, hosted by The Commonwealth Club in San Francisco, represent the latest evolution in Thiel's increasingly public theological interests, which intertwine his Christian faith with his concerns about technology's potential to enable authoritarian control."
"The series, organized by the nonprofit Acts 17 Collective, will explore "the theological and technological dimensions of the Antichrist" in four sessions across September and October. The lectures remain off-the-record, with no transcripts or recordings made public, but they draw upon the work of René Girard, the French philosopher who profoundly influenced Thiel during his Stanford undergraduate years, along with thinkers like Francis Bacon and Carl Schmitt."
Peter Thiel will deliver a sold-out four-part lecture series on the biblical figure of the Antichrist at The Commonwealth Club in San Francisco this fall. The private sessions will be organized by the nonprofit Acts 17 Collective and span September and October. The lectures will remain off-the-record with no transcripts or recordings released. The content will draw on René Girard’s mimetic theory and include references to thinkers such as Francis Bacon and Carl Schmitt. Thiel connects his Christian faith with concerns that technology can enable authoritarian control and views mimetic dynamics as central to social media and investment decisions.
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