Bryan Johnson

It's like, oh my God, we just can't believe how great they are. And so it's very hard to not become that. And so I fell prey to that. When I was in the cultural mindset, I too would grind. Like I wouldn't exercise. I didn't eat well. I got fat. I wouldn't sleep. And you kind of have this trademark haggard look as an entrepreneur, right? You're You just are beat up.

And that's kind of like the brand. And so I sold my company and I was like, oh my God, that just absolutely destroyed me. And it was, I mean, it was in service of another goal, but still like, and entrepreneurs know what I'm talking about, right? This is so common. It's almost like you walk in and you just behave a certain way. You're not even sure why.

And that's kind of like the brand. And so I sold my company and I was like, oh my God, that just absolutely destroyed me. And it was, I mean, it was in service of another goal, but still like, and entrepreneurs know what I'm talking about, right? This is so common. It's almost like you walk in and you just behave a certain way. You're not even sure why.

And that's kind of like the brand. And so I sold my company and I was like, oh my God, that just absolutely destroyed me. And it was, I mean, it was in service of another goal, but still like, and entrepreneurs know what I'm talking about, right? This is so common. It's almost like you walk in and you just behave a certain way. You're not even sure why.

Yeah, I'm saying that it cuts on two levels. I'm saying that before the 21st century started, it was very reasonable to say, live fast, die young, right? It was guaranteed you're gonna die. So like go to war and be a hero, like and die young, great. Be an epic entrepreneur, die young, be an epic politician, die young and let your memory live on, great. Like compete for don't die in memory.

Yeah, I'm saying that it cuts on two levels. I'm saying that before the 21st century started, it was very reasonable to say, live fast, die young, right? It was guaranteed you're gonna die. So like go to war and be a hero, like and die young, great. Be an epic entrepreneur, die young, be an epic politician, die young and let your memory live on, great. Like compete for don't die in memory.

Yeah, I'm saying that it cuts on two levels. I'm saying that before the 21st century started, it was very reasonable to say, live fast, die young, right? It was guaranteed you're gonna die. So like go to war and be a hero, like and die young, great. Be an epic entrepreneur, die young, be an epic politician, die young and let your memory live on, great. Like compete for don't die in memory.

And what's happened over the past couple of years is now there's this legitimate question, are we the first generation that won't die? Now, if that's the case, then the game of existence changes. It changes from live fast, die young, and martyr yourself for a certain cause to don't die. And so if you look at this from the vantage point of the 25th century, right?

And what's happened over the past couple of years is now there's this legitimate question, are we the first generation that won't die? Now, if that's the case, then the game of existence changes. It changes from live fast, die young, and martyr yourself for a certain cause to don't die. And so if you look at this from the vantage point of the 25th century, right?

And what's happened over the past couple of years is now there's this legitimate question, are we the first generation that won't die? Now, if that's the case, then the game of existence changes. It changes from live fast, die young, and martyr yourself for a certain cause to don't die. And so if you look at this from the vantage point of the 25th century, right?

So just like we look back to the 16th century and we compress the entire century into one or two things, the 25th century is going to look at us and compress our time and place into one or two things. And I think they're going to say two things happened in the early 21st century. They'll remember two things.

So just like we look back to the 16th century and we compress the entire century into one or two things, the 25th century is going to look at us and compress our time and place into one or two things. And I think they're going to say two things happened in the early 21st century. They'll remember two things.

So just like we look back to the 16th century and we compress the entire century into one or two things, the 25th century is going to look at us and compress our time and place into one or two things. And I think they're going to say two things happened in the early 21st century. They'll remember two things.

We gave birth to superintelligence, and we figured out how to not die.

We gave birth to superintelligence, and we figured out how to not die.

We gave birth to superintelligence, and we figured out how to not die.

Talent is the ability to hit the target no one else can. Genius is the ability to hit the target no one can see. If you go back through history and you look at the improbable things that people said that are now normalized and accomplished, you realize that everything at one point was improbable. Everything at one point was impossible.

Talent is the ability to hit the target no one else can. Genius is the ability to hit the target no one can see. If you go back through history and you look at the improbable things that people said that are now normalized and accomplished, you realize that everything at one point was improbable. Everything at one point was impossible.

Talent is the ability to hit the target no one else can. Genius is the ability to hit the target no one can see. If you go back through history and you look at the improbable things that people said that are now normalized and accomplished, you realize that everything at one point was improbable. Everything at one point was impossible.

So if you say, what are the foundational tools needed for? to build a smartphone, right? You go through from silicon manufacturing to all the various layers. If you then go through the same exercise and say, what layers would we need to solve aging? Genomics and single-cell manipulation and epigenetic reprogramming and gene therapy and gene. So if you go through and make that list,