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17 Apr 2024 Conversations with Tyler Peter Thiel on Political Theology

“I would probably not pay the person who asked me that anything because I would think they were just ripping me off since I hope to live for more than just one more year, and by the time I needed to collect on that extra year, I think that person will be long gone.”

— Peter Thiel

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Peter Thiel
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17 Apr 2024
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Conversations with Tyler

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…Hi. If one extra year at the end of your life was for sale, what would you be willing to pay for it today? [laughs] Man, I don’t agree with hypothetical questions where I don’t believe in the premise. I would probably not pay the person who asked me that anything because I would think they were just ripping me off since I hope to live for more than just one more year, and by the time I needed to collect on that extra year, I think that person will be long gone. Very cool. Thanks. What are the Straussian messages of the Bible? And what do they tell us about political theology?…

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