Tara Isabella Burton

There's so many costs that come with being a musician. Like you're paying a publicist, you're paying a manager, you're paying a touring manager, you're paying your band and your backline crew. You have all of these people who are part of your operation. And I think musicians don't quite have the same sort of bargaining collective power that

There's so many costs that come with being a musician. Like you're paying a publicist, you're paying a manager, you're paying a touring manager, you're paying your band and your backline crew. You have all of these people who are part of your operation. And I think musicians don't quite have the same sort of bargaining collective power that

There's so many costs that come with being a musician. Like you're paying a publicist, you're paying a manager, you're paying a touring manager, you're paying your band and your backline crew. You have all of these people who are part of your operation. And I think musicians don't quite have the same sort of bargaining collective power that

Right, like I think the music industry, the way it's structured now is so...

Right, like I think the music industry, the way it's structured now is so...

Right, like I think the music industry, the way it's structured now is so...

independent and fractured in the way that like different artists are locked into different contracts there's a lot of competition so I think it's it's much harder like I think individual artists have had to opt out like you were saying earlier have had to say hey we're not going to tour anymore or you know I'm done recording music or you know they have to sort of bow out in the ways that they feel like they can but it seems like there's less space for them to sort of band together and make a big statement about the state of the industry or about what they'd like to see change and improve in the industry.

independent and fractured in the way that like different artists are locked into different contracts there's a lot of competition so I think it's it's much harder like I think individual artists have had to opt out like you were saying earlier have had to say hey we're not going to tour anymore or you know I'm done recording music or you know they have to sort of bow out in the ways that they feel like they can but it seems like there's less space for them to sort of band together and make a big statement about the state of the industry or about what they'd like to see change and improve in the industry.

independent and fractured in the way that like different artists are locked into different contracts there's a lot of competition so I think it's it's much harder like I think individual artists have had to opt out like you were saying earlier have had to say hey we're not going to tour anymore or you know I'm done recording music or you know they have to sort of bow out in the ways that they feel like they can but it seems like there's less space for them to sort of band together and make a big statement about the state of the industry or about what they'd like to see change and improve in the industry.

So I see the current interest in longevity research as having, in part, a religious character. I think we can look at it as part of a whole bunch of things happening, particularly in the tech world, but in the culture more broadly now. that have a kind of spiritual sensibility around the idea of developing the post-human.

So I see the current interest in longevity research as having, in part, a religious character. I think we can look at it as part of a whole bunch of things happening, particularly in the tech world, but in the culture more broadly now. that have a kind of spiritual sensibility around the idea of developing the post-human.

So I see the current interest in longevity research as having, in part, a religious character. I think we can look at it as part of a whole bunch of things happening, particularly in the tech world, but in the culture more broadly now. that have a kind of spiritual sensibility around the idea of developing the post-human.

This is associated with the transhumanist movement, with biohacking, with other forms of life optimization. But the idea behind it in many cases is that what it means to be human is to transcend our own humanity, to defeat death in the case of longevity research, or in the case of building AI, to build the thing that comes next. What if we build God rather than worship God?

This is associated with the transhumanist movement, with biohacking, with other forms of life optimization. But the idea behind it in many cases is that what it means to be human is to transcend our own humanity, to defeat death in the case of longevity research, or in the case of building AI, to build the thing that comes next. What if we build God rather than worship God?

This is associated with the transhumanist movement, with biohacking, with other forms of life optimization. But the idea behind it in many cases is that what it means to be human is to transcend our own humanity, to defeat death in the case of longevity research, or in the case of building AI, to build the thing that comes next. What if we build God rather than worship God?

And Brian Johnson is explicit about this on X. He specifically says, like, level one is you start a company. Level two is that you start a country. Level three is a religion. Level four is don't die. And level five is become God. So he's, you know, not exactly being subtle about it. He's not being coy.

And Brian Johnson is explicit about this on X. He specifically says, like, level one is you start a company. Level two is that you start a country. Level three is a religion. Level four is don't die. And level five is become God. So he's, you know, not exactly being subtle about it. He's not being coy.

And Brian Johnson is explicit about this on X. He specifically says, like, level one is you start a company. Level two is that you start a country. Level three is a religion. Level four is don't die. And level five is become God. So he's, you know, not exactly being subtle about it. He's not being coy.

This is not just that he wants to live forever because, you know, he personally wants to live forever and things to be kind of cool. He very much sees this as the frontier of the human experience. He is leading the charge to the post-human age.

This is not just that he wants to live forever because, you know, he personally wants to live forever and things to be kind of cool. He very much sees this as the frontier of the human experience. He is leading the charge to the post-human age.