Some suggested events for Peter Thiel’s all-drug Olympics
I have some proposed enhancements. | Kristen Radtke / The Verge; Getty Images
In a case of life imitating Saturday Night Live, Peter Thiel has invested in a seed round of the Enhanced Games, which describes itself as “the modern reinvention of the Olympic Games that does not have drug testing.”
It does seem to go a little beyond just not testing, though, at least judging by the press release. The investors “see the vision of a new model of sports, that openly celebrates scientific innovation and honestly represents the use of performance enhancements in sports today,” said Aron D’Souza, president of the Enhanced Games, in the statement. Thiel himself certainly has no problem backing medical experiments.
The release says some weird things about not burdening taxpayers because it’s a private company, which made me…
