The party symbolized the euphoria of the tech industry on the cusp of the Trump presidency. The guest list included Mark Zuckerberg, Sam Altman, Miriam Adelson and the vice president-elect, JD Vance.

I’m not suggesting that the New York Times team that produced this recent feature — “Seeking God, or Peter Thiel, in Silicon Valley” — needed to dig into the works of this Orthodox monk. This business ...

Is there anything more influential than the invisible hand of Peter Thiel? Like the Valar in the J.R.R. Tolkien books he loves so much—he’s named six companies with terms drawn from the ...