Dave Asprey

And that lets me step to my real goal, which is called equanimity or resilience. And that means I choose my state, even if there's a storm, even if there's all sorts of stuff, even in war, it doesn't matter. I choose my state. And that means I get to be in charge of myself. And if anything on earth can trigger me, it's in charge, not me. And that is a very high standard.

And I meet it most of the time now, but not always. Love it, Dave. Yeah.

And I meet it most of the time now, but not always. Love it, Dave. Yeah.

And I meet it most of the time now, but not always. Love it, Dave. Yeah.

I tried all of the different diets in the early 90s. I tried Atkins. I tried Zone. I tried vegan. I tried all this stuff. And you could say that that's hacking, but I think the real... The real thing came when I worked at a company called 3Com. It's one of the big networking companies in Silicon Valley. And my first real corporate, big tech job, I worked in the IT department.

I tried all of the different diets in the early 90s. I tried Atkins. I tried Zone. I tried vegan. I tried all this stuff. And you could say that that's hacking, but I think the real... The real thing came when I worked at a company called 3Com. It's one of the big networking companies in Silicon Valley. And my first real corporate, big tech job, I worked in the IT department.

I tried all of the different diets in the early 90s. I tried Atkins. I tried Zone. I tried vegan. I tried all this stuff. And you could say that that's hacking, but I think the real... The real thing came when I worked at a company called 3Com. It's one of the big networking companies in Silicon Valley. And my first real corporate, big tech job, I worked in the IT department.

And I was sitting there going, my brain is cooked. I cannot remember anything in this meeting. I'm really trying to focus. And then I noticed some days I think are better than others, but how do I know that? So I started playing this game called Free Cell. It's a dumb little solitaire game on your phone. But if your working memory is intact, you can play it quickly.

And I was sitting there going, my brain is cooked. I cannot remember anything in this meeting. I'm really trying to focus. And then I noticed some days I think are better than others, but how do I know that? So I started playing this game called Free Cell. It's a dumb little solitaire game on your phone. But if your working memory is intact, you can play it quickly.

And I was sitting there going, my brain is cooked. I cannot remember anything in this meeting. I'm really trying to focus. And then I noticed some days I think are better than others, but how do I know that? So I started playing this game called Free Cell. It's a dumb little solitaire game on your phone. But if your working memory is intact, you can play it quickly.

And if you can't remember anything, it takes forever. And so I would play this for probably more time than I should. And on the days when it flowed, my brain was working. On the days when it didn't flow, my brain did. So now I have a signal outside of myself. Like, aha. So what do hackers do? We're trying to break into a system, but we don't know what's in there.

And if you can't remember anything, it takes forever. And so I would play this for probably more time than I should. And on the days when it flowed, my brain was working. On the days when it didn't flow, my brain did. So now I have a signal outside of myself. Like, aha. So what do hackers do? We're trying to break into a system, but we don't know what's in there.

And if you can't remember anything, it takes forever. And so I would play this for probably more time than I should. And on the days when it flowed, my brain was working. On the days when it didn't flow, my brain did. So now I have a signal outside of myself. Like, aha. So what do hackers do? We're trying to break into a system, but we don't know what's in there.

So there's something called a threat surface. And this is all the exposed interfaces that we could poke at to see what happens. So now for my own consciousness, my own cognitive function, like, well, let's see, is today a good cognitive day or a bad cognitive day? Rather than my opinion, what's my quantitative ability?

So there's something called a threat surface. And this is all the exposed interfaces that we could poke at to see what happens. So now for my own consciousness, my own cognitive function, like, well, let's see, is today a good cognitive day or a bad cognitive day? Rather than my opinion, what's my quantitative ability?

So there's something called a threat surface. And this is all the exposed interfaces that we could poke at to see what happens. So now for my own consciousness, my own cognitive function, like, well, let's see, is today a good cognitive day or a bad cognitive day? Rather than my opinion, what's my quantitative ability?

And from there, because I was desperate to preserve my brain, I spent $1,200 on a brown, unlabeled box of nootropic pharmaceuticals, smart drugs, from Europe. And you could not buy them the way you can today. They're very hard to find. I discovered these from a 1980s newsletter called Smart Drug News. And because I'm an early internet guy, I found him online. And so I did all that stuff.

And from there, because I was desperate to preserve my brain, I spent $1,200 on a brown, unlabeled box of nootropic pharmaceuticals, smart drugs, from Europe. And you could not buy them the way you can today. They're very hard to find. I discovered these from a 1980s newsletter called Smart Drug News. And because I'm an early internet guy, I found him online. And so I did all that stuff.

And from there, because I was desperate to preserve my brain, I spent $1,200 on a brown, unlabeled box of nootropic pharmaceuticals, smart drugs, from Europe. And you could not buy them the way you can today. They're very hard to find. I discovered these from a 1980s newsletter called Smart Drug News. And because I'm an early internet guy, I found him online. And so I did all that stuff.

And a few years later, I met the author of that. He became a mentor of mine who's been on the show, Steve Folks. So it turns out there was this whole universe of cognitive enhancing substances that no one knew about. And I started taking them. And after a week, I was like, God damn it. These don't work. But then... Two things happened. One, I looked at my score on that little solitaire game.