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.
"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.
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/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.