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#142The world would benefit much more from him starting a worthy alternative to YC. Few others are in a position to do so. He probably thinks there would be no profit in competing against what he sees as YC's monopoly.
Techstars seems to be quietly doing well by doing their own thing, which includes a surprising amount of geographic diversity. And of course, for some kinds of businesses, one of the real competitors to seed funding is bootstrapping.
Any word on 500 Startups, because I'm seriously considering applying to them.
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To be fair, PT has never said that dropping out of college was for everyone. If you take a closer look at the past and current Thiel Fellow, you will notice that they often come from the same top schools (i.e Stanford, Harvard, MIT, CMU, Waterloo).
The one that are given the opportunity to receive funding + support from the Thiel Foundation are incredibly smart and will (probably) succeed in whatever endeavour they end up choosing whether or not they get a full college education.
As a freshman in college, it is incredibly exciting to know that there is such structure existing.
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#144I hope Peter encourages start-ups in longevity and nootropics. Or just nootropics. If there's more smart people then additional anti-ageing tech will follow—since all arguments against said tech are fallacious; even if they seem reasonable prima facie!
Nootropics user here. I would love for this field to go from amateur hobbyists to something more organized. The difficult part remains quantifying results
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#145The world would benefit much more from him starting a worthy alternative to YC. Few others are in a position to do so. He probably thinks there would be no profit in competing against what he sees as YC's monopoly.
Well, as above, he did say "choose an idea that avoids competition at all costs" and joined YC thus avoiding competition by joining. PG's "don't worry about competition at all" rings true by bringing Thiel in and allowing a competitor in a way see how a top performing product runs on the inside. Who says Thiel isn't just gaining more knowledge to start another one later, then YC and Thiel can have a federation.
> Well, as above, he did say "choose an idea that avoids competition at all costs" and joined YC thus avoiding competition by joining.
Following your reasoning there should be no tech startups and everyone should join Google, Facebook regardless of the particularly of each business/industry. Not all incubators/accelerators are targeting the same demographics. Thiel could create one that is completely orthogonal to what YC is doing as of today.
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#146Hello Peter!
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#147Earlier quoted context omitted.
> That depends on what actual results you can deliver. Nothing to do with me. I plan on purchasing the results. > If it's not very much, that's not a fallacy, it's a demonstration. Rats' lifespans have been doubled[0]. And there are medications which are used for other conditions being looked at: like rapamycin (or the development of a variant), and metformin. There are also supplements like the newly released nicoti…
It is never bullshit to say that something not actually proven is not proven until it is proven.
Thought you may say that.
How is something in medicine proven? It's not with deduction, it's with induction! So nothing in medicine is proven with 100% certainty. What's left is probability! Even as an anonymous nobody, I'm able to point to hints of life extension in humans today, or 100% increase in lifespan of mammals! Or the work being done on various vectors; ranging from the slowing of ageing, via metabolism, to the reversal of ageing!
Then there's something like SENS which has enumerated seven types of ageing. If those seven types of ageing are reversed, then ageing will be reversed. I believe those seven categories are yet to be disproved.
So your statement hints at the science of philosophy, and what constitutes proof. As I've said above, I say probability!
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#148Diversity is good. When people start flocking together confirmation bias changes, so I'd assume this is not such a good thing TBH.
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#149Thiel joining forces with YC, and Musk with Google Ventures... Clash of the titans!
I wouldn't say that Musk is joining forces with Google Ventures. Musk has no involvement with GV and SpaceX raised from Google Inc., not Google Ventures.
Yeah well, I should have said "Google". Also, don't forget about the SolarCity thing... https://gigaom.com/2015/02/26/google-solarcity-partner-on-75...
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#150I hope Peter encourages start-ups in longevity and nootropics. Or just nootropics. If there's more smart people then additional anti-ageing tech will follow—since all arguments against said tech are fallacious; even if they seem reasonable prima facie!
Nootropics user here. I would love for this field to go from amateur hobbyists to something more organized. The difficult part remains quantifying results
Testing substances on healthy humans is a big deal. At the moment nootropics are used only in disease models.
Also, the creation of nootropics which offer greater upgrades to cognition should be a priority. There have been a few promising chemical such as PRL-8-53[0], but when people have tried such chemicals on themselves they haven't lived up to their promise.