<div class="gmail_quote">Frank McElligott <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:Frankmac@ripco.com">Frankmac@ripco.com</a>></span><br>
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<div><font face="Arial" size="2">Ran across this from before the crash of 2008, seems we had a prophet but no one heard him.</font></div>
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<div><font face="Arial" size="2">It's a good read still</font></div>
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<div><font face="Arial" size="2">Frank</font></div>
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<div bgcolor="#ffffff"><a href="http://www.wired.com/epicenter/2007/09/peter-thiel-exp/" target="_blank">http://www.wired.com/epicenter/2007/09/peter-thiel-exp/</a></div><br>>>></blockquote>
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<div>But didn't Peter Thiel loses the majority of his personal fortune (a loss of about FOUR AND A HALF BILLION DOLLARS!!!) by betting against the recovery/market? I would say his prophetic powers failed him to say the least. Imagine if besides somewhat helping out the Singularity Institute, he had poured even a *fraction* of that lost money (before it was lost!) into Aubrey de Grey's proposed anti-aging SENS program!</div>
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<div>What a lost opportunity... I feel sick.</div>
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<div>John : ( </div>
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