Why Is Zero So Important for You?

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After selling brain injury Venmo my mind had been on this problem for a long time is how how to think about existence in its most structured form. I was trying to build mental models of how to understand the future and I kept on coming up with what I thought were blind spots in my way of thinking. zero principal thinking is genius in that identifies a target no one else can see, he says.

Bryan Johnson is the world's most measured human. Johnson sold his company, Braintree Venmo, to PayPal for $800m in 2013. Since then, he's been investing millions to reduce aging. In 2021, he reduced his epigenetic age by 5.1 years in 7 months (World Record). His open-sourced protocol, Project Blueprint, is an endeavor to achieve humanity and earth-scale cooperation starting within Self. In this conversation, we spoke about artificial intelligence, parenting, zero-principle thinking, the big change in Bryan's life, and why Bryan is kind to his detractors.

(0:00) Intro

(3:30) Why Children’s Books?

(5:41) Media Narrative: Tech = Bad

(12:00) Common Enemy?

(13:30) How Will Humans Change

(20:03) “Brutal Environment In Brain”

(27:19) Creating More Alignment Within Self

(31:33) What Makes For A Better Human?

(39:39) Living For 2500

(43:01) Ambition

(44:23) Truth

(47:35) Best & Worst Cases For AI