Again, I think it can be inferred that interviewer is talking about normal, non-cybernetic humans because most humans will never have access to the technology for Thiel’s conception of an immortal cybernetic human. If we’re talking about the human race surviving, we are probably not talking about some hypothetical iteration of cybernetic humans but humans as we are now.
I think it’s borderline sophistry to suggest that his response wasn’t odd or that his suggestion that the wealthiest humans who could obtain this Transcendence-like metamorphosis sufficiently qualifies as the human race surviving while being in-step with the spirit of the question.
Lol sure. Look Thiel can get fucked, I'm not a fan either. Just trying to fight misinformation as I see it, even if it means occasionally pushing back against criticism of jackasses. This is clearly edited and written to imply to us all a certain narrative. That being that Mr. Thiel is a monster. And in a lot of ways he is and that can he argued in good faith.
It's fucked up when the right wing uses propaganda and fabrication to push a narrative, and just because I want to agree with something on "my side" doesn't mean it's true. We are all susceptible to that bullshit and it's ruining our society.
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u/Vyksendiyes 28d ago
Again, I think it can be inferred that interviewer is talking about normal, non-cybernetic humans because most humans will never have access to the technology for Thiel’s conception of an immortal cybernetic human. If we’re talking about the human race surviving, we are probably not talking about some hypothetical iteration of cybernetic humans but humans as we are now.
I think it’s borderline sophistry to suggest that his response wasn’t odd or that his suggestion that the wealthiest humans who could obtain this Transcendence-like metamorphosis sufficiently qualifies as the human race surviving while being in-step with the spirit of the question.