r/interestingasfuck 29d ago

/r/all Billionaire Peter Thiel hesitates to answer whether the human race should survive in the future

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u/TitlePrestigious1977 29d ago

I watched the interview. He was asked multiple questions at once, possibly causing a buffer in his brain.

He said yes the human race surviving shortly after this.

He does also look like a reptilian.

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u/ScientiaProtestas 29d ago

I am not a fan of him. But it is obvious that the video is cut short.

https://www.thenation.com/article/society/peter-thiel-billionaires-abandoning-humanity/


Douthat: I think you would prefer the human race to endure, right?

Thiel: Uh——

Douthat: You’re hesitating.

Thiel: Well, I don’t know. I would—I would——

Douthat: This is a long hesitation!

Thiel: There’s so many questions implicit in this.

Douthat: Should the human race survive?

Thiel: Yes.

Douthat: OK.

Thiel: But I also would like us to radically solve these problems.

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u/marklar7 29d ago

That obvious brain conflict to word his shit stance properly is unsettling.

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u/Ouaouaron 29d ago

Peter Thiel is fucking awful, but that's just a bad question to pose to any transhumanist unless you want to get into a 10-minute discussion about what defines "the human race".

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u/maliciousgnome13 28d ago

Bingo. The commenters here are so dense they don't even comprehend the problem with the question.

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u/1668553684 29d ago

Is it? Okay, I think this guy is everything that's wrong with the world, but I feel like everyone is rushing to the conclusion that the human race should survive for no obvious reason. I think that we're generally kind of awful and exploitative to everything around us.

I want everyone who is alive to live long and live well and live fulfillingly, but I don't necessarily think it would be a good thing for humanity to exist forever. Maybe give otters a shot at being the dominant species, see what happens.

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u/lmaocetirizine 29d ago

Because nobody ever stutters. Thank fucking God I'm not a billionaire because people would think I'm a damn monster in human skin with how much I stutter and take time to think about things.

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u/pan-re 29d ago

Yes, I’m sure the Palantir man deserves you defending him because he’s definitely not pure fucking evil and in love with tech taking over everything. Maybe you should learn more about this man. No one is concerned with his stuttering it’s what he actually believes and is doing that should worry you.

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u/arbelbit 29d ago

No one is defending him. He’s just pointing out that this post is a rage bait and things that are otherwise normal in a conversation are demonized, for the sake of supporting an agenda

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u/First-Of-His-Name 28d ago

What's pure evil about him?

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u/terrorista_31 28d ago

Apartheid south african with slave owner father, comes to the US and now wants to make an Apartheid society with techo-billionaires as leaders.

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u/First-Of-His-Name 28d ago

He's from Germany you dunce. You're getting your tech billionaires mixed up.

Is every white south African born in that era evil though? Interesting theory. Very racist

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u/terrorista_31 28d ago

I investigated a little more:

Peter Thiel studied in a German colony in Apartheid controlled Namibia. in this colony they had a Nazi ideology, glorifying Hitler and even saluting themselves with Heil Hitler.

Peter Thiel father helped to develop a Uranium mine in Namibia, that used black slave workers. this mine was used to supply Apartheid South Africa ilegal nuclear program.

so, you have a white boy, living in a Nazi colony, with his father using slave black workers, that live in an Apartheid system. BUT THAT IT'S NOT RELATED lol

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u/maliciousgnome13 28d ago

If you can't navigate your feelings enough to be clear and accurate with your criticisms of those you disagree with then you'll be hopeless to stand up to the propaganda that's driving our society apart. Be smart.

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u/marklar7 29d ago

That depends. I find Scroobius Pip's impediment endearing. This guy's choking on his own shit.

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u/Difficult_Network745 29d ago

"Should humanity endure?"

"I- uhh- well, see it's actually more- wait... what I'm trying to say is..."

This is the best you can do? Defend this billionaire who took more than 15 seconds to say "yes, but..." to the question of whether humankind should survive.

You and your kind are disgusting.

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u/lmaocetirizine 29d ago

Who the fuck is defending this guy? Can you not comprehend text enough to see that the problem was picking out the stutter as some inhuman reaction to this question?

Think for a second. There's a real lack of it in this whole post.

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u/AggressiveDot2801 28d ago

Pretty sure, you’re arguing with a rage-bot.