Cheers for the link. It's an interesting area of European philosophy that I never encountered when I was a student.

I don't know much about Thiel's philosophy. Other than that he studied philosophy at Stanford when Girard was there. Has he actually said anything in words to the effect of what you've just attributed to him, or are you extrapolating from his record?

I've seen repeated allusions to Thiel being Christian, or Christian-adjacent. I've also read of him warning about the dangers of a one world government (which seems ironic, given the whole Palantir thing). And just in the past week I've learned he's about to do a lecture series about the antichrist (which, again, irony).

Sorry to year you've had this. I think I had a minor instance of this about seven years ago, and it was rough. Worth getting the vaccine.

Hahaha fuck me that Wired article is a ride.

Where to begin? Not to, I suppose.

Thank you (x10) for taking the time to provide such a detailed response. Am I correct in inferring these people come from backgrounds that are privileged as fuck? I can't imagine how they stayed out of prison for so long, otherwise.

Glad to see you commenting on this, because pretty much everything I know about these guys started with you posting about the Zizians a while back. I thought it was a great read, as is your response. Where I should go to find out more about rationalist groups summoning demons (and how much were they influenced by the Laundry Files)?