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  • Up Next: A Conversation With Palmer Luckey

    10/07/2026 7:17:27 AM PDT · by Robert DeLong · 13 replies
    Youtube ^ | Sep 24, 2026 | AIAA
    I've shared several videos of Palmer Luckey, a brillaint man who become a billionaire at age 21. He was born Palmer Freeman Luckey on September 19, 1992 (age 34) in Long Beach California. He was homeschooled by his mother. He took sailing lessons, and at age 14 or 15 began taking college courses at Golden West College & Long Beach City College to learn more about his intense interest in electronics and engineering. In 2010, he began attending California State University, Long Beach Campus fulltime. In 2012 he created Reality Labs and Oculus VR (Virtural Reality). In 2014 he sold...
  • Seeking God, or Peter Thiel, in Silicon Valley

    02/11/2025 7:30:12 PM PST · by E. Pluribus Unum · 2 replies
    The New York Times ^ | Feb. 11, 2025 Updated 5:26 p.m. ET | Emma Goldberg
    When tech luminaries talk about their Christian faith, people listen.Everything clicked when Peter Thiel gave the speech about God.The occasion was a 40th birthday party for Trae Stephens, who is Mr. Thiel’s venture capital partner as well as one of the founders of Anduril Industries, a maker of high-tech defense systems and weaponry. It was a multiday affair, held in 2023 at Mr. Stephens’s home in New Mexico. It began with an evening roasting the birthday boy, followed by another toasting him and then a brunch with caviar bumps, mimosas and breakfast pizza. At the brunch (the theme was the...