Barry Weiss

And I want to ask you a little bit about sort of the journey that led you to this point. You know, before you started Blueprint, you were a startup bro, right? You were a tech bro. You probably hate the word bro, but that's what you did. You founded a payments processing company called Braintree, which was very successful. It ultimately acquired Venmo. Tell me about that time in your life.

You know, I'm doing a startup now. I find that it is extraordinarily stressful. I've basically turned gray over the past two years. Tell me about how that period sort of affected your health and ultimately led you to want to change the way, not just that you live, but I think also the way that you think about the nature of your brain and your mind and your body. So let's go back there a

You know, I'm doing a startup now. I find that it is extraordinarily stressful. I've basically turned gray over the past two years. Tell me about how that period sort of affected your health and ultimately led you to want to change the way, not just that you live, but I think also the way that you think about the nature of your brain and your mind and your body. So let's go back there a

You know, I'm doing a startup now. I find that it is extraordinarily stressful. I've basically turned gray over the past two years. Tell me about how that period sort of affected your health and ultimately led you to want to change the way, not just that you live, but I think also the way that you think about the nature of your brain and your mind and your body. So let's go back there a

The Brian Before Blueprint.

The Brian Before Blueprint.

The Brian Before Blueprint.

Well, not to get too galaxy brain here, but isn't it just that human beings are incredibly memetic and imitative creatures and we – the thing that makes us compete is our sameness and wanting to – I mean, Elon obviously is the embodiment of what you're talking about. I think the thing that struck me is your description of grinding 80 or 100 hours a week as debaucherous.

Well, not to get too galaxy brain here, but isn't it just that human beings are incredibly memetic and imitative creatures and we – the thing that makes us compete is our sameness and wanting to – I mean, Elon obviously is the embodiment of what you're talking about. I think the thing that struck me is your description of grinding 80 or 100 hours a week as debaucherous.

Well, not to get too galaxy brain here, but isn't it just that human beings are incredibly memetic and imitative creatures and we – the thing that makes us compete is our sameness and wanting to – I mean, Elon obviously is the embodiment of what you're talking about. I think the thing that struck me is your description of grinding 80 or 100 hours a week as debaucherous.

I don't think most people that are running startups think of that kind of behavior as debaucherous. I think they think of it as, you know, self-sacrificial and necessary. And you're just saying it's not.

I don't think most people that are running startups think of that kind of behavior as debaucherous. I think they think of it as, you know, self-sacrificial and necessary. And you're just saying it's not.

I don't think most people that are running startups think of that kind of behavior as debaucherous. I think they think of it as, you know, self-sacrificial and necessary. And you're just saying it's not.

The internet.

The internet.

The internet.

I think most people are going to be with you on the former, but I think a lot of people, frankly, me included, will say, Brian, it's awesome that your organs are the age of an 18-year-old, but the idea that not dying is within our grasp in the way that AI is seems totally implausible to me. What evidence is there of that other than what you are doing?

I think most people are going to be with you on the former, but I think a lot of people, frankly, me included, will say, Brian, it's awesome that your organs are the age of an 18-year-old, but the idea that not dying is within our grasp in the way that AI is seems totally implausible to me. What evidence is there of that other than what you are doing?

I think most people are going to be with you on the former, but I think a lot of people, frankly, me included, will say, Brian, it's awesome that your organs are the age of an 18-year-old, but the idea that not dying is within our grasp in the way that AI is seems totally implausible to me. What evidence is there of that other than what you are doing?

I don't see that as a movement in the way that I see superintelligence.