Bryan Johnson
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Yeah, I guess it's like the goals that society has. If the imagination is that if existence is the highest virtue, like we want to hold on to this with everything we have, those other objectives become secondary considerations, but subject to our own well-being. And we just haven't made that transition yet. But yeah, what do you think?
Yeah. Yeah. I think, yeah, to build on your answer, I'd say like when, when death is inevitable and
Yeah. Yeah. I think, yeah, to build on your answer, I'd say like when, when death is inevitable and
humans choose games within the selection options so you can pursue those four archetypes if death doesn't is not inevitable it changes the underlying structure of society like everything changes that's my primary hypothesis is that's what this moment is about like that is the only thing happening right now for humans is like we we knew we were going to die before
humans choose games within the selection options so you can pursue those four archetypes if death doesn't is not inevitable it changes the underlying structure of society like everything changes that's my primary hypothesis is that's what this moment is about like that is the only thing happening right now for humans is like we we knew we were going to die before
And now there's this open question of will we be the first generation to not die? If that's true, everything we've imagined we care about changes.
And now there's this open question of will we be the first generation to not die? If that's true, everything we've imagined we care about changes.
Yeah, everyone, yeah. If you look at this from like the biggest timescales, like a quick review of history, buddha was like hey like there's some suffering with life and the best way to approach this is to detach yourself this whole a full path and then confucius had this idea of familial relationships within community muhammad said we should submit to god jesus said i am the son of god
Yeah, everyone, yeah. If you look at this from like the biggest timescales, like a quick review of history, buddha was like hey like there's some suffering with life and the best way to approach this is to detach yourself this whole a full path and then confucius had this idea of familial relationships within community muhammad said we should submit to god jesus said i am the son of god
adam smith said there's this invisible hand of markets and capitalism and these systems that can emerge and then america was like we the people and karl marx was like actually it's class warfare and it's like we have these big ideologies that have shaped our reality but really humanity is run by a very small number of things like political structures economic structures ideological structures and
adam smith said there's this invisible hand of markets and capitalism and these systems that can emerge and then america was like we the people and karl marx was like actually it's class warfare and it's like we have these big ideologies that have shaped our reality but really humanity is run by a very small number of things like political structures economic structures ideological structures and
In this moment, we're experiencing a radical change of technology. And when that happens, we humans want to find things that are useful to our objectives. And so we say, like, hey, capitalism, can you help out? Hey, democracy. Hey, Christianity. Hey, Islam. Like, we kind of search and say, who has answers?
In this moment, we're experiencing a radical change of technology. And when that happens, we humans want to find things that are useful to our objectives. And so we say, like, hey, capitalism, can you help out? Hey, democracy. Hey, Christianity. Hey, Islam. Like, we kind of search and say, who has answers?
And right now, every system society has fails to answer the fundamental question, what do we do as a species? What do we do as individuals? When AI is emergent, when we're building superintelligence, what do I do and what do we do? And no existing structure can answer that. That's true. You look throughout history, these ideologies largely emerge in response to technological change.
And right now, every system society has fails to answer the fundamental question, what do we do as a species? What do we do as individuals? When AI is emergent, when we're building superintelligence, what do I do and what do we do? And no existing structure can answer that. That's true. You look throughout history, these ideologies largely emerge in response to technological change.
It happens and we say, we need help with a new ideological structure. And so that's what don't die is don't die is basically meant to answer like be the answer. And that's why I think it can become on par with the major ideologies in a few years time that this is the new way we structure society.
It happens and we say, we need help with a new ideological structure. And so that's what don't die is don't die is basically meant to answer like be the answer. And that's why I think it can become on par with the major ideologies in a few years time that this is the new way we structure society.
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