Bryan Johnson
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We already have the same reasons to not exist, but yet we normalize to it. So it's just a new idea, but it's important to create self-awareness that we humans go to existential despair within 500 milliseconds of having a thought that is new to us. Instead of this other contemplation of, oh my God, wouldn't it be amazing if I didn't commit all these self-destructive behaviors?
We already have the same reasons to not exist, but yet we normalize to it. So it's just a new idea, but it's important to create self-awareness that we humans go to existential despair within 500 milliseconds of having a thought that is new to us. Instead of this other contemplation of, oh my God, wouldn't it be amazing if I didn't commit all these self-destructive behaviors?
Wouldn't it be amazing if I would actually fit and slept well and I felt my best? It's a normal psychological process that people go through.
Wouldn't it be amazing if I would actually fit and slept well and I felt my best? It's a normal psychological process that people go through.
Wouldn't it be amazing if I would actually fit and slept well and I felt my best? It's a normal psychological process that people go through.
Yeah, it's a great point. So if we were to go back in time and ask humans from the year of zero, what is the purpose of being human? And ask that same question every year for 2024 years, you would see a very different idea of being human through all those different years and throughout different cultures. So there's the idea of what it means to be human is not true. It's not like math or physics.
Yeah, it's a great point. So if we were to go back in time and ask humans from the year of zero, what is the purpose of being human? And ask that same question every year for 2024 years, you would see a very different idea of being human through all those different years and throughout different cultures. So there's the idea of what it means to be human is not true. It's not like math or physics.
Yeah, it's a great point. So if we were to go back in time and ask humans from the year of zero, what is the purpose of being human? And ask that same question every year for 2024 years, you would see a very different idea of being human through all those different years and throughout different cultures. So there's the idea of what it means to be human is not true. It's not like math or physics.
The idea is just a social cultural phenomena. And so in 2030, there's going to be a different idea on what it means to be human. And so the response you're feeling is it's your idea in 2024, which is really the 2024 Zeitgeist idea, which you are mimetically responding to of the idea of being human.
The idea is just a social cultural phenomena. And so in 2030, there's going to be a different idea on what it means to be human. And so the response you're feeling is it's your idea in 2024, which is really the 2024 Zeitgeist idea, which you are mimetically responding to of the idea of being human.
The idea is just a social cultural phenomena. And so in 2030, there's going to be a different idea on what it means to be human. And so the response you're feeling is it's your idea in 2024, which is really the 2024 Zeitgeist idea, which you are mimetically responding to of the idea of being human.
So this is a very common disposition where most people respond to these questions and say, if I don't have my autonomy and authority and free will, I don't know if I want to exist. That's a very common reaction.
So this is a very common disposition where most people respond to these questions and say, if I don't have my autonomy and authority and free will, I don't know if I want to exist. That's a very common reaction.
So this is a very common disposition where most people respond to these questions and say, if I don't have my autonomy and authority and free will, I don't know if I want to exist. That's a very common reaction.
So I think that's a wonderful idea for others to pontificate on. I'm going to secure that you're alive so that you can ask this idea. And what I'm saying is the beauty of existence is that we can ask questions about existence. If you're dead, you can't ask questions. And so I'm saying don't die is the zeroth order priority for existence. Once you exist, the most important goal is to still exist.
So I think that's a wonderful idea for others to pontificate on. I'm going to secure that you're alive so that you can ask this idea. And what I'm saying is the beauty of existence is that we can ask questions about existence. If you're dead, you can't ask questions. And so I'm saying don't die is the zeroth order priority for existence. Once you exist, the most important goal is to still exist.
So I think that's a wonderful idea for others to pontificate on. I'm going to secure that you're alive so that you can ask this idea. And what I'm saying is the beauty of existence is that we can ask questions about existence. If you're dead, you can't ask questions. And so I'm saying don't die is the zeroth order priority for existence. Once you exist, the most important goal is to still exist.
I think our ideas of being human and consciousness are going to change beyond our ability to comprehend in just a very short period of time. I think it will change so dramatically we will be unrecognizable from our current state. So I am unattached to any conception of what I have right now as a conscious being.
I think our ideas of being human and consciousness are going to change beyond our ability to comprehend in just a very short period of time. I think it will change so dramatically we will be unrecognizable from our current state. So I am unattached to any conception of what I have right now as a conscious being.
I think our ideas of being human and consciousness are going to change beyond our ability to comprehend in just a very short period of time. I think it will change so dramatically we will be unrecognizable from our current state. So I am unattached to any conception of what I have right now as a conscious being.