Peter Thiel said he’s not sure whether the technology will work.
Billionaire tech investor Peter Thiel has confirmed that he has signed up to be cryogenically preserved after he dies so that he can be brought back to life in the future. Luck, Mr Thiel, one of PayPal’s co-founders, made the revelation in a podcast last week. The investor, however, said he is still skeptical that the technology actually works, the outlet further said. According to the Bloomberg Billionaires Index, Mee Thiel has an estimated net worth of $8.13 billion.
Podcast host – journalist Bari Weiss – as the billionaire asked last Wednesday, “Is it true that when you die you sign up to be cryonically preserved so that you can be brought back to life in the future?”
Thiel said, “Yeah, but I see it more as an ideological statement.”
“So it’s true?” Miss Weiss again asked a question.
“Certainly. I don’t expect it to work, but I think that’s the kind of thing we’re trying to do,” Mr. Thiel responded.
according to an old report WireThe investor had tied up with Alcor for deep cryogenic deep freeze after he died.
Describing his approach to the “problem of death”, Mr Thiel had said: “You can accept it, you can deny it, or you can fight it. I think our society I’m dominated by people who are in denial or acceptance, and I love to fight that.”
According to new york postMr. Thiel was asked by the podcast host if he had made a provision for a loved one to be frozen.
“I’m not sure it works. It’s more, I think we need to try these things. It’s not there yet,” he replied.
In addition to co-founding PayPal, Peter Thiel was the first outside investor in Facebook and an original partner in the venture capital firm Founders Fund.
The Post pointed out that Thiel is not the only one betting big on life extension technologies. Sam Altman, CEO of ChatGPT maker OpenAI, recently invested $180 million in Retro Biosciences, a firm that aims to extend human life by up to 10 years.
Then there’s Brian Johnson, 45, a biotech pioneer who’s undergoing an expensive medical regimen that can cost an 18-year-old’s body up to $2 million a year.