Peter Thiel: The tech visionary at war with death

The man who made a mint from Facebook and co-founded PayPal is frustrated by what he sees as the slow pace of scientific progress.

Peter Thiel has often been described as the world's greatest tech investor and visionary, and when he opens his mouth people tend to listen, says TechCrunch, a popular blog. Speaking at a conference in his native Germany this week, his frustration was palpable.

Science is stagnating, he claimed: we're travelling no faster today than 50 years ago. We still haven't cured cancer and the space travel remains largely in the realm of science fiction.

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