Bryan Johnson

Yeah. I mean, I think that if you look at some of the best AI companies, like Dario from Anthropic the other day wrote this blog post where he's imagining, and I agree with him, that it's possible we make 100 years worth of progress in the next five years. That when we bring up these new AI models, that we can do things that otherwise would take us 100 years to do.

Yeah. I mean, I think that if you look at some of the best AI companies, like Dario from Anthropic the other day wrote this blog post where he's imagining, and I agree with him, that it's possible we make 100 years worth of progress in the next five years. That when we bring up these new AI models, that we can do things that otherwise would take us 100 years to do.

Now, that does not mean that these therapies will be available overnight. We still have to go through the process. But I do think that we are looking at this possibility. So it's like, when I say things like, we may be the first generation to not die, people are like, stupid. Like, no. I get that from like this vantage point, we can't see how the pieces of the puzzle come together.

Now, that does not mean that these therapies will be available overnight. We still have to go through the process. But I do think that we are looking at this possibility. So it's like, when I say things like, we may be the first generation to not die, people are like, stupid. Like, no. I get that from like this vantage point, we can't see how the pieces of the puzzle come together.

Like it's not clear to us which things do what and when, but that's not the point. It's really, you're trying to pattern match large macro scale trends. And if you say how fast is intelligence moving and when you acquire intelligence, what can that intelligence do on a macro scale? I think it really is a robust hypothesis that we may be the first generation to not die.

Like it's not clear to us which things do what and when, but that's not the point. It's really, you're trying to pattern match large macro scale trends. And if you say how fast is intelligence moving and when you acquire intelligence, what can that intelligence do on a macro scale? I think it really is a robust hypothesis that we may be the first generation to not die.

we just put this in context let's imagine you and i travel back in time a million years ago and we're with homo erectus and we say homo erectus tell us about the future of intelligent existence like what are we going to evolve into right now homo erectus has models maybe of hunting of like you know weather patterns or of like danger but homo erectus is not going to be able to tell you

we just put this in context let's imagine you and i travel back in time a million years ago and we're with homo erectus and we say homo erectus tell us about the future of intelligent existence like what are we going to evolve into right now homo erectus has models maybe of hunting of like you know weather patterns or of like danger but homo erectus is not going to be able to tell you

that in this new science field called biology, we're going to figure out that there's molecules and we're going to, or they're not going to be able to tell you that in this new world of quantum mechanics or in this new world of silicon transistors, they don't have any models to articulate what things could come about and why. And so they just lack any models to articulate anything intelligent.

that in this new science field called biology, we're going to figure out that there's molecules and we're going to, or they're not going to be able to tell you that in this new world of quantum mechanics or in this new world of silicon transistors, they don't have any models to articulate what things could come about and why. And so they just lack any models to articulate anything intelligent.

And so I wonder in this moment, if we are just like Homo erectus, Where if you say like, what will the future bring? What will the norms be? What will our proclivities be? What will we want? We have no idea. We don't have any models that help us understand. And so that's why I think that if you want to be a genius, lean into that you probably don't know.

And so I wonder in this moment, if we are just like Homo erectus, Where if you say like, what will the future bring? What will the norms be? What will our proclivities be? What will we want? We have no idea. We don't have any models that help us understand. And so that's why I think that if you want to be a genius, lean into that you probably don't know.

That everything we think we have known is now going to be called into question. And that the new genius is leaning into the unknown.

That everything we think we have known is now going to be called into question. And that the new genius is leaning into the unknown.

awful, like the worst. So I started entrepreneurship as, you know, 21 years old. I started building companies. And the ethos is, you know, you would hear stories of like so-and-so stayed up two nights in a row coding all night. They're amazing. They're a genius. They're so, you know, great. And so that story would be like a status symbol. Like they're important. They have power.

awful, like the worst. So I started entrepreneurship as, you know, 21 years old. I started building companies. And the ethos is, you know, you would hear stories of like so-and-so stayed up two nights in a row coding all night. They're amazing. They're a genius. They're so, you know, great. And so that story would be like a status symbol. Like they're important. They have power.

You should respect them. And those stories propagate. Then others are like, I want to have status and I want to be respected and I want to do cool stuff. And so you repeat these patterns of sleep deprivation and harming your health. Now that's just foolishness. Like that, we know from the evidence that you stay up for over 24 hours, you're legally drunk.

You should respect them. And those stories propagate. Then others are like, I want to have status and I want to be respected and I want to do cool stuff. And so you repeat these patterns of sleep deprivation and harming your health. Now that's just foolishness. Like that, we know from the evidence that you stay up for over 24 hours, you're legally drunk.

Like you're just as intoxicated had you consumed like your 0.08 alcohol level. And so we've really bought into this myth I did myself. And so I ran myself ragged, like just awful, terrible sleep, terrible diet. I was depressed for 10 years. So I was kind of obsessed with killing myself for 10 years. And it was the most awful decade of existence. So that was my starting point.

Like you're just as intoxicated had you consumed like your 0.08 alcohol level. And so we've really bought into this myth I did myself. And so I ran myself ragged, like just awful, terrible sleep, terrible diet. I was depressed for 10 years. So I was kind of obsessed with killing myself for 10 years. And it was the most awful decade of existence. So that was my starting point.