Peter Thiel confirms he’s signed up to be cryogenically frozen after death but says it’s more of an ‘ideological statement’

Peter Thiel. (Credit: Marco Bello/Getty Images)

Peter Thiel has long griped about America’s stagnation in science and technology, as he sees it. The billionaire tech investor has frequently complained about nuclear power falling out of favor and the fight against cancer taking too long, for example.

But he's also upset about our attitude toward a more fundamental challenge: death.