How the Peter Thiel-Linked Dialog Club Secretly Ranks Its Members

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https://www.wired.com/story/how-peter-thiels-private-dialog-club-secretly-ranks-its-members/

Leaked files show the invite-only network grades members by their money and fame, shaping who’s in, who’s out, and who pays.

Apparently, Wired has its own confidential source. Hmmmmmmm.

Dialog, the private network cofounded by Peter Thiel, grades its event attendees on a hidden scale, ranking them by wealth and fame, tracking their relationships, and using algorithms to help decide who they should meet, who they should sit with, and who no longer belongs, WIRED has learned.

The records are part of a trove of internal data received by WIRED from a confidential source, containing the personal information of nearly 200 prominent people scheduled to attend the group's annual retreat this summer. The data includes home addresses, private phone numbers and email accounts, dates of birth, photos, and emergency contacts, as well as food allergies and the political leanings volunteered by some members.

The records are distinct from a list of people affiliated with Dialog that was left exposed on the organization’s website and has been circulating online since earlier this week—a looser directory that appears to include nonmembers, such as Maryland governor Wes Moore, a former event speaker, and other outside guests who passed through Dialog’s orbit, in some cases years ago. (1)

Founded in 2006 by Thiel and data broker Auren Hoffman, Dialog is a private club that convenes politicians, investors, entrepreneurs, military leaders, executives, academics, and journalists for invitation-only, off-the-record retreats. According to a Dialog document shared by a past participant, it has “over 1,000 paying members,” and more than 2,500 people have attended its annual retreats.

Dialogues of the rich and infamous .... Oligarchs Unanimous?

I recently visited Berkeley. There, I got to see a mix (again) of the famous, the not so famous, the brilliant, the studious, and the townies. And of course, the frozen yogurt place.

Campanile visit described here:
https://www.democraticunderground.com/1036163941

Viva diversity.

Snots of a feather can stick together.

Next up, a trip to the Union Pacific Railroad museum.

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(1) More info here, including that list in my reply to the OP.
https://www.democraticunderground.com/1322118693#post1