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Leak Exposes Members of Peter Thiel’s Secretive ‘Dialog’ Society

More than 200 of the world's elites registered for a retreat whose agenda runs from panels on cult-building and sex to prepping for World War III. An associated app offers matchmaking.

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What if the 200+ influential people on this list showed that they actually cared about humans in a demonstrable, recurring way? Why does it seem that being uber-wealthy or powerful has become synonymous with nihilism, civic retreat, or worse, prepping for global annihilation and the end of civilization?
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Millennials have a terrifying new role

Aformer coworker recently noticed that the young people in his office didn't seem to be doing happy hours anymore. He figured it was just a case of teetotaling Gen Zers, which is probably healthy, but still, it felt a little sad to imagine that kids these days weren't having as much after-work fun as he used to. But in the middle of his lamenting, a terrible thought crossed my mind: They probably are doing happy hours; they're just not inviting him. He's married, in his 30s, and has been a middle manager for a while now. His 20-something underlings might not want to make a habit of knocking one back with the boss — if anything, they're probably out complaining about him.

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