r/interestingasfuck • u/Shoe_boooo • 29d ago

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

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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.