Bryan Johnson
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But the technology is moving so quickly that the species is going to either survive or die in this moment much sooner than my life expectancy would turn up.
But the technology is moving so quickly that the species is going to either survive or die in this moment much sooner than my life expectancy would turn up.
Let's just imagine we're doing a thought experiment. We're hanging out with Homo erectus. They existed one million years ago. And we say to Homo erectus, Homo erectus, tell us, what is the purpose of life? And they're going to grunt and be like, well, it's about hunting and gathering and we're going to move our tribe. We're going to have more war.
Let's just imagine we're doing a thought experiment. We're hanging out with Homo erectus. They existed one million years ago. And we say to Homo erectus, Homo erectus, tell us, what is the purpose of life? And they're going to grunt and be like, well, it's about hunting and gathering and we're going to move our tribe. We're going to have more war.
Let's just imagine we're doing a thought experiment. We're hanging out with Homo erectus. They existed one million years ago. And we say to Homo erectus, Homo erectus, tell us, what is the purpose of life? And they're going to grunt and be like, well, it's about hunting and gathering and we're going to move our tribe. We're going to have more war.
They wouldn't be able to tell you about quantum mechanics or about smartphones or antibiotics or about the electromagnetic spectra or about this new form of AI art. They're not concepts that they understand. And so they wouldn't be able to speak intelligently about what a beautiful life is, right? They're just so primitive in their thought processes.
They wouldn't be able to tell you about quantum mechanics or about smartphones or antibiotics or about the electromagnetic spectra or about this new form of AI art. They're not concepts that they understand. And so they wouldn't be able to speak intelligently about what a beautiful life is, right? They're just so primitive in their thought processes.
They wouldn't be able to tell you about quantum mechanics or about smartphones or antibiotics or about the electromagnetic spectra or about this new form of AI art. They're not concepts that they understand. And so they wouldn't be able to speak intelligently about what a beautiful life is, right? They're just so primitive in their thought processes.
We are as primitive as Homo erectus as we are to AI. Like we are equally as primitive. We cannot say anything intelligent about the future anymore. And so the idea that we somehow have mastered existence and that we know what the purpose of existence is is so silly of a notion.
We are as primitive as Homo erectus as we are to AI. Like we are equally as primitive. We cannot say anything intelligent about the future anymore. And so the idea that we somehow have mastered existence and that we know what the purpose of existence is is so silly of a notion.
We are as primitive as Homo erectus as we are to AI. Like we are equally as primitive. We cannot say anything intelligent about the future anymore. And so the idea that we somehow have mastered existence and that we know what the purpose of existence is is so silly of a notion.
So to me, the most powerful thing for each of us to do is to be incredibly humble and say, in this moment, we may not know anything and it may be in our best interest to try to dissolve all of our preconceived notions of what it means and step into this frontier because it may be the most extraordinary existence in this part of the galaxy.
So to me, the most powerful thing for each of us to do is to be incredibly humble and say, in this moment, we may not know anything and it may be in our best interest to try to dissolve all of our preconceived notions of what it means and step into this frontier because it may be the most extraordinary existence in this part of the galaxy.
So to me, the most powerful thing for each of us to do is to be incredibly humble and say, in this moment, we may not know anything and it may be in our best interest to try to dissolve all of our preconceived notions of what it means and step into this frontier because it may be the most extraordinary existence in this part of the galaxy.