What would happen if roughly 200 members of the global elite gathered every year for a top secret retreat? What would they do? What would they talk about? Who would be on the guest list?

Well, data leaked by the Swiss hacktivist maia arson crimew (who also brought us the justice department’s no-fly list back in 2023) is shedding new light on Dialog, the private social club co-created by the former PayPal boss Peter Thiel and the angel investor Auren Hoffman.

The network has been around since 2006, and regularly gathers politicians, entrepreneurs, foreign officials, academics, Silicon Valley founders and even Hollywood folks for invitation-only retreats. In August, guests (who don’t necessarily have to be full-time members of the group) are scheduled to gather outside of Dublin for this year’s two-day affair.

And while knowledge of Dialog’s existence isn’t new, there are a few weird things we’ve discovered from this leak:

It operates a rating system for members

According to Wired’s breakdowns of the leak,........

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