Technological billionaires like to paint as opponent geniuses: stews (almost always boys) who see that institutions insist that things should be done in a way because of toning things such as evidence and experience, and respond: “ I, a person who has knowledge or exposure to this thing, know it better. ” There may not be any clearer illustration of this mentality than “improved games”, a competition as Olympic Games with the support of Peter Thiel, which neglects drug bans that improve performance and encourage competitors to inject anything that makes them the best version of themselves. According to one New Wirered ReportThings are not so predicted.
To be clear, it seems that improved games are happening. They are scheduled for May 2026 in Las VegasThere are a good number of athletes on board and there is funding from the city of Thiel and Donald Trump Jr. But among the stages, things seem to have been a little disaster.
For example, to promote the Games, the founder Aron of Souza won a million dollars for any “improved” athlete (read: taking prohibited drugs from other official competitions) to overcome the world swimming records for 100 meters sprint or the 50 -meter freestyle. Kristian Gkolomeev, a 31 -year -old Olympic, achieved this goal … but it was not the horse that initially supported the movement.
The Australian swimmer, James Magnussen, was the guy on the Games poster, moving to California to submit to a doping regime that increased him in testosterone hormones and growth to form his way to a world record. According to WiredMagnussen ended up getting too blown, his muscle mass weighed him, and he took it so much that when the swimsuit was given, a “supersuit” of polyurethane from the whole body that has banned him from the Olympic competition. When he finally put himself in the water to put the improving of the test, he published a time that was 1.2 seconds slower than his own best staff when he was swimming clean.
Gkolomeev joined the “improved” challenge late, but benefited from a toned regime that made Magnussen too large. He finally set a new world record, but when he tried to replicate it weeks later, after more time on the doping program and his body underwent more changes, it ended with a slower time. Wired asked both the swimmer and his coach if he could have broken the world record without drugs, and both concluded that he could probably have it. Oh well!
Of Souza: Perhaps better known as the guy who directed Thiel Litigation against Gawker– We are a real believer in the whole human movement “improved” (read: drugged), and it seems confused why no one else succeeds. By wiringPart of the reason he launched his competition was because he had dinner with members of the International Olympic Committee and found them to show an “impressive” intellect.
But it seems that, later, the project, more of Souza and the company, realize that there could be standards for a reason. It has already been supported by a drug free to restrict the athletes participating in the use of legal drugs in their country of origin and who have prescribed them by a doctor and have to suffer strict control to ensure that their bodies respond well to doped.
Meanwhile, the real reason for the “improvement” movement seems to be simple: it is a scheme to sell sports supplements and drinks, to giant market with extremely high margins. Wired reported that Souza announced improved performance products next to the upcoming improvement games. Someone should tell you that it would be cheaper to start a podcast.
