Reminded me of @ESYudkowsky's brilliant passage from HPMOR:pic.twitter.com/7mDO9O7cvu
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Thiel is the true 
. Whole interview is great on all the usual topics (crypto, AI, Trump, Silicon Valley) but ending question about striving for life extension/immortality was really interesting to hear him point out the cognitive dissonance we have around death.https://twitter.com/sknthla/status/1022495955910905856 …
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This is a great counter however: https://twitter.com/atroyn/status/1022525028057923585 … The downstream/second-order effects for humanity may be very bad and stunt progress in the long-term. Selfishly though, I'm still hoping we figure it out for the moment.
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Have you looked into René Girard at all? He’s one of Thiel’s biggest influences. Once you begin to understand his theories Thiel’s actions begin making a lot more sense. I’ve been working my way through this to develop my understanding.http://www.cbc.ca/radio/ideas/the-scapegoat-the-ideas-of-rené-girard-part-1-1.3474195 …
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I always wonder if we would ever catch you with a spelling error, in my lifetime
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Watched this last night, hes great as usual. Assume youve seen some of Eric Weinstein (who works for Thiel)? Quickly becoming a
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the g.o.a.t. of Having-A-Big-Ego maybe lol not surprising that a libertarian would quickly draw a line between preserving humanity's ego and its impacts on the world around us
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