Unsurprisingly, these dreams came to nothing.
One of the people he's shitting on in that sentence is Laura Deming, who's raised investment funds for companies working on stroke and biotech research as well as running a foundation that searches out disadvantaged people exhibiting special talent.
We get it dude, Peter Thiel is a jerk who doesn't vote like you and that really chafes your britches.
> ‘They were – nearly all of them – boys,’ as Chafkin points out, ‘and, almost to a person, they shared Thiel’s social awkwardness.’ One 17-year-old was hoping to extend the average human lifespan by three hundred years; a 16-year-old was developing a workaround to China’s Great Firewall. Unsurprisingly, these dreams came to nothing.
Mmmm I dunno, I looked the fellow up and I think he's more of a culotte type.
Might be worth mentioning it is life extension research it is primarily focused on. The stroke thing is great, they may have initially started out trying to hibernate billionaires like bears to let them make it to the singularity, but the enzymes may prove useful for humans too.
You mean being a billionaire is like making up for ~5 childless couples not contributing to the next generation? Could be!