Jason Karp

Yeah. Yeah, we'll come back to that. My background and my kind of personal story, I think, is a cautionary tale and it's also a metaphor for what's happened to modern society. You know, I had a pretty meteoric ascent starting in college. where I was sort of your classic overachiever. I went to Wharton undergrad business school. I was one of the top students.

I was a division one academic All-American athlete. And I did everything that I thought you're supposed to do as sort of a overachieving American. And all I wanted to do was be very accomplished. And When I got out of college, I had this really coveted job. I went straight to a hedge fund in 1998, which was sort of a fledgling industry.

I was a division one academic All-American athlete. And I did everything that I thought you're supposed to do as sort of a overachieving American. And all I wanted to do was be very accomplished. And When I got out of college, I had this really coveted job. I went straight to a hedge fund in 1998, which was sort of a fledgling industry.

I was a division one academic All-American athlete. And I did everything that I thought you're supposed to do as sort of a overachieving American. And all I wanted to do was be very accomplished. And When I got out of college, I had this really coveted job. I went straight to a hedge fund in 1998, which was sort of a fledgling industry.

I got so focused on just winning and accomplishing and did extremely well in my first couple of years there, financially speaking. And I got every accolade and every achievement you could get. I was made the youngest partner in history of my firm. And so on the surface, everything looked like life was going great.

I got so focused on just winning and accomplishing and did extremely well in my first couple of years there, financially speaking. And I got every accolade and every achievement you could get. I was made the youngest partner in history of my firm. And so on the surface, everything looked like life was going great.

I got so focused on just winning and accomplishing and did extremely well in my first couple of years there, financially speaking. And I got every accolade and every achievement you could get. I was made the youngest partner in history of my firm. And so on the surface, everything looked like life was going great.

And a couple years into my working, I started getting sick. And at the time, I kind of ignored it. And I was so focused on achievement, achievement, achievement, more, more, more, more in terms of I taught myself how to speed read. I taught myself how to micro-nap. I started, yeah, really, I was reading.

And a couple years into my working, I started getting sick. And at the time, I kind of ignored it. And I was so focused on achievement, achievement, achievement, more, more, more, more in terms of I taught myself how to speed read. I taught myself how to micro-nap. I started, yeah, really, I was reading.

And a couple years into my working, I started getting sick. And at the time, I kind of ignored it. And I was so focused on achievement, achievement, achievement, more, more, more, more in terms of I taught myself how to speed read. I taught myself how to micro-nap. I started, yeah, really, I was reading.

Yeah, I was reading obscure stuff from the military on how to be even more productive. Like this was really early biohacking stuff. But while I was doing it, I started viewing the things that I think make humans thrive, I started viewing those things as unnecessary. So I started giving up friends and connection. And I started giving up exercise.

Yeah, I was reading obscure stuff from the military on how to be even more productive. Like this was really early biohacking stuff. But while I was doing it, I started viewing the things that I think make humans thrive, I started viewing those things as unnecessary. So I started giving up friends and connection. And I started giving up exercise.

Yeah, I was reading obscure stuff from the military on how to be even more productive. Like this was really early biohacking stuff. But while I was doing it, I started viewing the things that I think make humans thrive, I started viewing those things as unnecessary. So I started giving up friends and connection. And I started giving up exercise.

And I started optimizing my day in terms of hour blocks. And I was getting more and more done, and I was reading more, and I was doing more of my job. And everyone around me thought I was like this superhuman. And meanwhile, quietly, I was getting more and more sick. And eventually, I started to really notice it. My hair started falling out in clumps. I had psoriasis all over my arms and my body.

And I started optimizing my day in terms of hour blocks. And I was getting more and more done, and I was reading more, and I was doing more of my job. And everyone around me thought I was like this superhuman. And meanwhile, quietly, I was getting more and more sick. And eventually, I started to really notice it. My hair started falling out in clumps. I had psoriasis all over my arms and my body.

And I started optimizing my day in terms of hour blocks. And I was getting more and more done, and I was reading more, and I was doing more of my job. And everyone around me thought I was like this superhuman. And meanwhile, quietly, I was getting more and more sick. And eventually, I started to really notice it. My hair started falling out in clumps. I had psoriasis all over my arms and my body.

I was having massive amounts of brain fog and then I was still ignoring it. And then my vision started to go and I started seeing double. And I went to multiple ophthalmologists and eventually was diagnosed with a degenerative eye disease for which there's no cure. And it was so progressed by the time I went in. I was 23 at the time. They said I would be fully blind by the age of 30. Wow.

I was having massive amounts of brain fog and then I was still ignoring it. And then my vision started to go and I started seeing double. And I went to multiple ophthalmologists and eventually was diagnosed with a degenerative eye disease for which there's no cure. And it was so progressed by the time I went in. I was 23 at the time. They said I would be fully blind by the age of 30. Wow.

I was having massive amounts of brain fog and then I was still ignoring it. And then my vision started to go and I started seeing double. And I went to multiple ophthalmologists and eventually was diagnosed with a degenerative eye disease for which there's no cure. And it was so progressed by the time I went in. I was 23 at the time. They said I would be fully blind by the age of 30. Wow.

And there was no hope or cure other than potentially a corneal transplant, which was pretty risky at the time. I fell into a deep, dark depression. I was very ashamed of my health because on the surface, I look like this pinnacle of success. Right. And on the inside, I was falling apart. Yeah.