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jhuffman comments on How likely is Peter Thiel's investment into seasteading to pay off? - Less Wrong Discussion

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Comment author: jhuffman 30 August 2011 06:32:20PM *  5 points [-]

Thiel seems to like long-shots with high risk and very high potential pay-off. I'm sure he considers it +EV. Even if all they did was influence some existing governments he may consider it worthwhile. He doesn't need to expect to make any money off of it.