I read with some disappointment his article on Peter Thiel. I’m not a fan of the rich or those who have managed to build companies with their skills. But those who found businesses of this type also have the desire to do something important for humanity. Instead, I note the intent to sacrifice human capabilities and success on the altar of a pauperist thought, where a veil of suspicion and distrust is cast over everything that is wealth. I am convinced that poverty is not the only condition for living a holy life. It is the encounter with the Lord and his following.
Francesco Carraro – Country (Treviso)
I understand your observation and I agree with it: holiness does not coincide with material poverty, but is born from the encounter with the Lord and from its most immediate consequence: love for man. The value of resourcefulness is not in question here Peter Thiel, nor the good that can arise from human ingenuity applied to technology.
However, speaking of him, the question is not so much his immense wealth, but the risk that it is accompanied by an idea of self-sufficiency and domination. When the technique – especially theartificial intelligence – claims to have no limits, we need to be vigilant: those limits do not humiliate man, they protect him. It’s not about pauperism, but about discernment.
Business is a high calling when it remains at the service of the person and the common good, without giving in to the temptation to override man and his good for personal interest or that of a few. Much less, in his case, than identify the Antichrist at every limit you want to place on technology. And, therefore, to his interests.
