Tara Isabella Burton

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 all happening in and against the backdrop of the attention economy. Our time is money in a very particular way now because more and more of us, in terms of how we consume media, how we live our lives, so much of it online, our attention is in fact monetizable online. our time makes money for other people.

This is all happening in and against the backdrop of the attention economy. Our time is money in a very particular way now because more and more of us, in terms of how we consume media, how we live our lives, so much of it online, our attention is in fact monetizable online. our time makes money for other people.

This is all happening in and against the backdrop of the attention economy. Our time is money in a very particular way now because more and more of us, in terms of how we consume media, how we live our lives, so much of it online, our attention is in fact monetizable online. our time makes money for other people.

Something I don't want to overlook about Brian Johnson is that he is also in some ways could be considered a wellness influencer. Oh, absolutely. Absolutely. His fame, his public persona is, He is able to do what he's doing in part because we are watching it. We can't look away. He is a fascinating reality show character. We watch the documentary that was made about him. We read his tweets.

Something I don't want to overlook about Brian Johnson is that he is also in some ways could be considered a wellness influencer. Oh, absolutely. Absolutely. His fame, his public persona is, He is able to do what he's doing in part because we are watching it. We can't look away. He is a fascinating reality show character. We watch the documentary that was made about him. We read his tweets.

Something I don't want to overlook about Brian Johnson is that he is also in some ways could be considered a wellness influencer. Oh, absolutely. Absolutely. His fame, his public persona is, He is able to do what he's doing in part because we are watching it. We can't look away. He is a fascinating reality show character. We watch the documentary that was made about him. We read his tweets.

And so he simultaneously perhaps is extending his own lifespan, but he's also a kind of very measurably taking from our lifespan in the sense that our time is being dedicated to him.

And so he simultaneously perhaps is extending his own lifespan, but he's also a kind of very measurably taking from our lifespan in the sense that our time is being dedicated to him.

And so he simultaneously perhaps is extending his own lifespan, but he's also a kind of very measurably taking from our lifespan in the sense that our time is being dedicated to him.

Absolutely. In an era where saving for retirement is a kind of a source of stress and impossibility for so many, the idea that infinite time is something to be looked at only with desire rather than fear does mean a long life is for the wealthy.

Absolutely. In an era where saving for retirement is a kind of a source of stress and impossibility for so many, the idea that infinite time is something to be looked at only with desire rather than fear does mean a long life is for the wealthy.

Absolutely. In an era where saving for retirement is a kind of a source of stress and impossibility for so many, the idea that infinite time is something to be looked at only with desire rather than fear does mean a long life is for the wealthy.

What Brian Johnson is doing or claims to be doing is kind of serving as a model for what it might look like to basically be a priest in the religion of AI.

What Brian Johnson is doing or claims to be doing is kind of serving as a model for what it might look like to basically be a priest in the religion of AI.

What Brian Johnson is doing or claims to be doing is kind of serving as a model for what it might look like to basically be a priest in the religion of AI.

There's been this like real Silicon Valley longstanding tradition of thinking you can use science and technology to hack yourself. But more recently, and I think more relevantly to both scientists Brian Johnson's desire to get rid of his rascal brain, as well as the interest in the power of AI, is a community known as the rationalist subculture or the rationalist community.

There's been this like real Silicon Valley longstanding tradition of thinking you can use science and technology to hack yourself. But more recently, and I think more relevantly to both scientists Brian Johnson's desire to get rid of his rascal brain, as well as the interest in the power of AI, is a community known as the rationalist subculture or the rationalist community.

There's been this like real Silicon Valley longstanding tradition of thinking you can use science and technology to hack yourself. But more recently, and I think more relevantly to both scientists Brian Johnson's desire to get rid of his rascal brain, as well as the interest in the power of AI, is a community known as the rationalist subculture or the rationalist community.

And this is a bit of an umbrella term for what basically started out as commenters and readers of a group of blogs, most notably Overcoming Bias, Less Wrong, and Slate Star Codex, that claim to basically help people think better. The idea is that You're a human. You're a dumb animal. You have self-serving biases and ways you look at the world that make you dumber. Here's how not to do that.