Peter Thiel and the Seeing Stones

About this event

Tahir Chaudhry, investigative journalist and founder of the Grenzgänger Studios YouTube channel (over 120,000 subscribers), joins political scientist and cultural history lecturer Tariq Hübsch to dissect the world of tech investor Peter Thiel. They examine how the co-founder of PayPal and founder of data-analytics firm Palantir merges financial power with surveillance technology and military contracts. The talk also explores Thiel’s transhumanist ambitions: investments in anti-aging, artificial intelligence, and the rewriting of human biology – a vision that places machine intelligence above all else, steered by a tiny tech elite. Built on months of research, the evening lays out the hidden strategies and networks that sustain Thiel’s influence. It’s a sober, detailed look at the political weight of today’s tech moguls, delivered without hype. If you’ve ever wondered who actually shapes the digital future and how, this is your chance to hear two journalists who have gone deep into the material.