Peter Thiel Wants to Inject Himself with Young People's Blood (opens in new tab)

(vanityfair.com)

12 pointsarrel9y ago9 comments

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There are dozens of medications made from human blood, which are used to treat everything from infections to hemophilia. No one thinks anything about it (not to mention all the people who get whole blood transfusions for surgery or trauma).

This is just a hit piece that's been generated because Thiel has recently been declared an Enemy of the State.

krapp9y ago

Peter Thiel has expressed public support for, and invested in, numerous life-extension technologies such as human growth hormone and cryogenics. I doubt either Vanity Fair or Inc Magazine (who published the original article[0]) just made up his quotes about an interest in parabiosis as well.

Calling it a "generated" (by that I assume you mean fabricated?) piece seems a bit hyperbolic.

[0]http://www.inc.com/jeff-bercovici/peter-thiel-young-blood.ht...

Turing_Machine9y ago

No, by "generated" I meant "generated". If I'd meant "fabricated" I'd have said it.

You can tell that this is a generated hit piece due to Thiel's politics by the very first sentence, which begins "Trump delegate and Gawker bankrupter Peter Thiel...".

krapp9y ago

I don't disagree with you that Vanity Fair is probably a bit anti-Thiel or anti-right in general, but I don't know what "generated" is supposed to mean in this context. I don't see a lot of mockery or ridicule in this particular article.

I also don't know what the "hit piece" part is supposed to be. He is a Trump delegate, he did finance Gawker's bankruptcy, he does espouse the ideals presented in the article, and he has invested in life-extension technologies. Can it be a hit piece if it's actually correct?

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melling9y ago

Maybe be he reads hacker news?

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10621238

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11887812

angersock9y ago

Can't even make this shit up.

Billionaire vampires.

exclusiv9y ago

That was my initial reaction too :) but his approach to trying to solve the issues that result from aging is not unfounded.

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Turing_Machine9y ago

This is just a hit piece that's been generated because Thiel has recently been declared an Enemy of the State.

krapp9y ago

Calling it a "generated" (by that I assume you mean fabricated?) piece seems a bit hyperbolic.

[0]http://www.inc.com/jeff-bercovici/peter-thiel-young-blood.ht...

Turing_Machine9y ago

No, by "generated" I meant "generated". If I'd meant "fabricated" I'd have said it.

You can tell that this is a generated hit piece due to Thiel's politics by the very first sentence, which begins "Trump delegate and Gawker bankrupter Peter Thiel...".

krapp9y ago

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melling9y ago

Maybe be he reads hacker news?

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10621238

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11887812

angersock9y ago

Can't even make this shit up.

Billionaire vampires.

exclusiv9y ago

That was my initial reaction too :) but his approach to trying to solve the issues that result from aging is not unfounded.

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