if he’s pro-choice he’s a big fat liar.
He does do some good in the world, cultivating and supporting high school tech entrepreneurs as he does. His suspect motivation in wanting to do this aside, some medical benefit in dealing with aging may come of it, so long as he doesn’t fall prey to that ghoulish fixation upon fetal stem cells or organ donation. So, I’m not inclined to be negative about Thiel, not at present and not unless something truly objectionable comes to light. If so, I’ll reconsider at that point.
If he’d send me a few million, I’d experiment on how to live more fully prior to death.
“It is appointed for every man to die once and then the judgement”. He won’t be able to avoid it, whatever the technology.
Living under socialism sure makes like SEEM longer..............
I guess when you have more money than you’d ever need you turn to worrying about how much time you have left.
It’s just in the fallen human nature to never have enough money, time, etc.
Poor guy.
If he will turn to Christ then he won’t want a perpetual existence on earth.
If there were a guaranteed vitamin to permanently prevent death I wouldn’t take it. NO WAY!
I like it that the guys who have changed the world through technology are now going after bigger even more interesting problems. Bezos wants to compete and surpass NASA. Richard Branson isn’t exactly in the same league, but he is trying to get into space. Thiel wants to crack the aging code.
This is, for me, very cool.
I have no fear of physical death, I’m already going to live forever. But among the things we are here on earth for is to learn, build, create. These guys could focus on building ever bigger houses and buying ever faster cars, but they probably already have them. So what now? Go after the mysteries of the physical universe.
this is not new news ....a way to defeat death was arrived at long ago : “ For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.” - John 3:16
and about Mr. Thiel : Luke 18:25
Can’t buy it sir .....
You have a duty to make your exit before your time. For the good of the Obamanation collective.
I feel a song coming on.
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tune of: Swing on a star
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Would you... like to float in a jar
carry my brain around even to a bar?
I’d be better off than you are
or would you rather be a corpse?
A corpse is a dead person with long curly finger nail
Lifeless in every way, turning to dust
buried far beneath the ground, closer to hell
No thoughts, not even access to the net
or would you rather sing while floating in a jar
I’d be connected straight to the web
I wouldn’t even have the need for a bed
The guy who had the styrofoam cup company tried to do the same kind of thing. He wanted to keep his brain alive in a jar if he could.
That reminds me “the Strain “ is on tonight.
I'm not going to say it because after reading the entire article, I find the title is misleading........
Thiel is definitely a visionary with the personal finances and the companies he is affiliated with that have the abilities to prolong life......
He's not a fanatic about cheating death but rather funding the technology required to explore the process and develop the means to prolong it.
With technology growing exponentially, one can't even imagine what his investments will spawn over the next 50 years in the simple attempt to cheat death.....
When one looks at the communications industry and everything that branched off from it, you can't forget the famous line that launched it all:
""Mr. Watson--come here--I want to see you."
Kudos to Mr. Thiel.........
Plenty of brains; chess master, movie producer ( Thank You for Smoking).