"I think we will coalesce very soon around this idea that our propensity and proclivities to commit self harm ... will be seen as one of the most foolish things humans did," he says. "It's funny that, again, when I have these conversations, again, people look at this and the major reaction is to give me a dozen reasons why this is the worst idea that they've ever heard in their entire life."
The Sunday Times’ tech correspondent brings on Bryan Johnson, tech entrepreneur and Kernel founder, to talk about reversing his biological age with “the blueprint” (4:50), eating dinner at 11:00 am (12:15), pleasure through pain (15:45), rethinking what it means to be human (17:30), changing society (23:00), how this philosophy dovetails with his startup Kernel (24:50), the “cognitive crisis" (26:45), living outside the norm (30:45), the autonomous self (33:15), assembling a team of 25 people to create the blueprint (36:50), being a “rejuvenation athlete” (38:40), firing himself (43:50), creating a community of rejuvenation enthusiasts (47:15), how long he wants to live (50:50), the rise of the machines (52:50), and automating away willpower (57:50).
Bryan Johnson's Blueprint: https://blueprint.bryanjohnson.co/
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