Peter Thiel Is Very, Very Interested in Young People's Blood • Hacker News Board

Re: Peter Thiel Is Very, Very Interested in Young People's Blood

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Post by brickmort » Mon, Aug 01, 2016, 8:50 PM UTC

red_blobs wrote: post #4

The title seems very derogatory and the article seems like a hit-piece, when they mention that he's a Trump supporter. How about also mention that the Google founders are investing just as much money in an anti-aging cure: http://www.digitaljournal.com/life/health/google-founders-in...

I noticed that as well. It's been well-known that Thiel has been funding anti-aging research for some time now. It's not until very recently that it's being published sensationally as 'Peter Thiel Wants Your Young Blood!'.

Re: Peter Thiel Is Very, Very Interested in Young People's Blood

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Post by gadders » Mon, Aug 01, 2016, 9:21 PM UTC

Aelinsaar wrote: post #9

gadders wrote: post #3

Earlier quoted context omitted.

He could become Eldritch Palmer in The Strain [0] [0] http://the-strain.wikia.com/wiki/Eldritch_Palmer

Oh, very nice. On a not entirely unrelated note, have you read the Altered Carbon series? Possibly an even more desirable outcome for the hyper-wealthy.

No, but I'll look them up :-)

Re: Peter Thiel Is Very, Very Interested in Young People's Blood

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Post by Aelinsaar » Mon, Aug 01, 2016, 9:30 PM UTC

gadders wrote: post #12

Aelinsaar wrote: post #9

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Oh, very nice. On a not entirely unrelated note, have you read the Altered Carbon series? Possibly an even more desirable outcome for the hyper-wealthy.

No, but I'll look them up :-)

Well then, I suspect you'll enjoy the trilogy a lot. It's definitely something I'd expect many here on HN to enjoy.

Re: Peter Thiel Is Very, Very Interested in Young People's Blood

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Post by saranormous » Mon, Aug 01, 2016, 9:47 PM UTC

this area is "strangely underexplored" because it could encourage the exploitation of desperate young people. to be fair, this market already exists (donors already earn money for plasma donations), it's just about whether or not a new use case dramatically grows the market

Re: Peter Thiel Is Very, Very Interested in Young People's Blood

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Post by antiquark » Tue, Aug 02, 2016, 12:44 AM UTC

Finally there's a way for the millennials to pay off their student loans.

Re: Peter Thiel Is Very, Very Interested in Young People's Blood

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Post by bmer » Tue, Aug 02, 2016, 1:13 AM UTC

saranormous wrote: post #14

this area is "strangely underexplored" because it could encourage the exploitation of desperate young people. to be fair, this market already exists (donors already earn money for plasma donations), it's just about whether or not a new use case dramatically grows the market

Note the parallels with the illegal organ market.

Re: Peter Thiel Is Very, Very Interested in Young People's Blood

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Post by drchiu » Tue, Aug 02, 2016, 2:32 AM UTC

antiquark wrote: post #15

Finally there's a way for the millennials to pay off their student loans.

Lol

They better be quick. Unlike wine, the older is not better.

Re: Peter Thiel Is Very, Very Interested in Young People's Blood

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Post by amai » Tue, Aug 02, 2016, 1:48 PM UTC

Further reading: http://www.sciencemag.org/news/2016/08/young-blood-antiaging...

Re: Peter Thiel Is Very, Very Interested in Young People's Blood

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Post by amai » Tue, Aug 02, 2016, 1:51 PM UTC

amai wrote: post #18

Further reading: http://www.sciencemag.org/news/2016/08/young-blood-antiaging...

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander_Bogdanov:

"In 1924, Bogdanov started his blood transfusion experiments, apparently hoping to achieve eternal youth or at least partial rejuvenation. Lenin's sister Maria Ulyanova was among many who volunteered to take part in Bogdanov's experiments. After undergoing 11 blood transfusions, he remarked with satisfaction on the improvement of his eyesight, suspension of balding, and other positive symptoms. The fellow revolutionary Leonid Krasin wrote to his wife that "Bogdanov seems to have become 7, no, 10 years younger after the operation".