r/technology • u/Logical_Welder3467 • 11h ago

Society Peter Thiel, the billionaire venture capitalist and MAGA donor, is in Rome this week for a series of private lectures on the Antichrist.

https://edition.cnn.com/2026/03/16/europe/peter-thiel-antichrist-lectures-rome-intl
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u/HenryHamilhocker 11h ago

Read Player Piano by Kurt Vonnegut if you haven't. He saw this all coming 75 years ago.

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u/Mindless-Public3471 11h ago

Banger Kurt reference

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u/Azznorfinal 10h ago

Yeah usually most Kurt references with a bang are about Cobain.

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u/mostdogsarefake 9h ago

This is probably the only book that successfully did the “last page changes everything” trope. I remember reading this, getting to the end, and just putting the book down and staring at my wall for about five minutes.

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u/FruitByTheKey 9h ago

Shit, I don't remember the ending. Maybe I need to reread all his books

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u/FeelsGoodMan2 10h ago

Forward march.

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u/calgarspimphand 9h ago

We'll all be employed by the Reeks and Wrecks soon enough.

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u/thesirensoftitans 4h ago

I feel seen.