Daniel Priestley

Stopping us from hurting ourselves.

Whatever allows you to get off the planet allows you to blow up the planet.

Whatever allows you to get off the planet allows you to blow up the planet.

Each one of us has two parents, four grandparents, eight great-grandparents, 16, 32, 64. You've got this long line of ancestors who all had to meet each other. They all had to survive wars. They all had to survive illness and disease. Everything had to happen for us. Each individual, all of this stuff had to happen for us to get here.

Each one of us has two parents, four grandparents, eight great-grandparents, 16, 32, 64. You've got this long line of ancestors who all had to meet each other. They all had to survive wars. They all had to survive illness and disease. Everything had to happen for us. Each individual, all of this stuff had to happen for us to get here.

And if we think about all the people in those thousands and thousands of people, every single one of them would trade places in a heartbeat if they had the opportunity to be alive at this particular moment. They would say that their life was struggle, disease, that their life was... lot of mundane and meaningless work. It was dangerous.

And if we think about all the people in those thousands and thousands of people, every single one of them would trade places in a heartbeat if they had the opportunity to be alive at this particular moment. They would say that their life was struggle, disease, that their life was... lot of mundane and meaningless work. It was dangerous.

You know, every single one of us has probably got ancestors that were enslaved, probably got ancestors that died too young, probably got ancestors that worked horrific conditions. We all have that.

You know, every single one of us has probably got ancestors that were enslaved, probably got ancestors that died too young, probably got ancestors that worked horrific conditions. We all have that.

And they would all just look at this moment and say, wow, so are you telling me that you have the ability to solve meaningful problems, to come up with adventures, to travel the world, to pick the brains of anyone on the planet that you want to pick the brains of? You can just listen to a podcast. You can just watch a video. You can talk to an AI.

And they would all just look at this moment and say, wow, so are you telling me that you have the ability to solve meaningful problems, to come up with adventures, to travel the world, to pick the brains of anyone on the planet that you want to pick the brains of? You can just listen to a podcast. You can just watch a video. You can talk to an AI.

Like, are you telling me that you're alive at this particular moment? Please make the most of that. Like do something with that. You know, you can sit around pontificating about society and how society might work, but ultimately it all boils down to what you do with this moment.

Like, are you telling me that you're alive at this particular moment? Please make the most of that. Like do something with that. You know, you can sit around pontificating about society and how society might work, but ultimately it all boils down to what you do with this moment.

And solving meaningful problems, being brave, having fun, making your little dent in the universe, you know, that's what it's all about. And I feel like there's an obligation to your ancestors to make the most of the moment.

And solving meaningful problems, being brave, having fun, making your little dent in the universe, you know, that's what it's all about. And I feel like there's an obligation to your ancestors to make the most of the moment.

Well, you know, they have been famous for well over 100 years. I mean, many people have gone to study the Tarahumara and have commented on their amazing ability to run. But what I really learned from them is that for them, physical activity is spiritual. You know, there's this book, Born to Run, that describes their running and calls them a hidden tribe of super athletes.

Well, you know, they have been famous for well over 100 years. I mean, many people have gone to study the Tarahumara and have commented on their amazing ability to run. But what I really learned from them is that for them, physical activity is spiritual. You know, there's this book, Born to Run, that describes their running and calls them a hidden tribe of super athletes.

They're not hidden, and they're not super athletes. And the one thing that the book missed was that the main impetus for the running, these famous long-distance races, is that it's a form of prayer. It's really very beautiful. And it's a metaphor for life. And it's also an opportunity to bet in sports and all that. It's all wrapped into one. And what I've learned was that this actually used to be

They're not hidden, and they're not super athletes. And the one thing that the book missed was that the main impetus for the running, these famous long-distance races, is that it's a form of prayer. It's really very beautiful. And it's a metaphor for life. And it's also an opportunity to bet in sports and all that. It's all wrapped into one. And what I've learned was that this actually used to be

almost universal among Native American populations, Native American tribes. Everybody had long distance races and ball games, and they all had a spiritual element. It's just that they've retained their traditions because they're in a very remote part of Mexico that's essentially inaccessible. We all used to do this. All humans used to do this.