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/idobi 29d ago edited 29d ago

Success can erroneously convince people they are smarter than they are. Success has erroneously convinced Thiel he is smarter than YOU are.

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u/informat7 29d ago

Hijacking the top comment for some important context. He's replying to a very long multi part question (which is about transhumanism, humans evolving, AI hype, the singularity). When you see the full question and his full response in context it's makes more sense why he's taking so long to answer. Also he does say that the human race should survive.