Bryan Johnson

“AI is both awe inspiring and intimidatingly capable.”

“Almost everything we use daily - from food to clothing to toys - relies on decades- to centuries-old ingredients and production processes.”

“When we reach for an object, the complexity of the feat is enormous but this complexity is almost entirely hidden from us.”

“Being ruthlessly honest is risky, awkward, and uncomfortable - for nearly all of us. There's really no getting around it.”

“Learning about the discovery of the number zero, and its philosophical representation - nothingness - changed my orientation with transformational thinking.”

“I love coffee, it's so fun.”

“My goal with Blueprint is to remain the same age biologically for every 365 days of chronological time. This requires a) maximally slowing aging processes and b) reversing aging that has and continues to happen.”

“The future is unpredictable, and becoming even more unpredictable.”

“If we could see when, where and how our brains are flawed, we'd have a better chance of tackling the myriad of complex problems that are going to increasingly make life on this planet a challenge for all of us.”

“No matter what happens, your mental and physical model of the future needs to be able to handle, prepare and plan for all the world's moving parts. Most importantly, you need to be vigilant and aware that objects might appear which you've never seen or grasped before.”

“I like to keep my life very fluid. I like serendipity and rolling through different ideas and possibilities.”

“I'd like my death to be as entertaining as possible for everyone involved.”

“Understanding our cognitive flaws and overcoming them is the lowest-hanging option to leveling up.”

“Future literacy is the ability to forecast approximate milestones and create the capacity to reach them, regardless of contextual change. It's the act of creating mental models for an emerging future while living experimentally and adventurously.”

“For political leaders, the tools of creation are powerful institutions, memorable words, enduring symbols, and perhaps most importantly, their own mythologized personas. Personas serve as models of certain values long after their own very human and flawed natures are buried and forgotten.”

“At OS Fund, we don't invest in particular problems. Instead of trying to solve energy or climate change or the spread of disease, we invest in the foundational technology that could be applied to solve all problems.”

“Synthetic biology will be the future of manufacturing, engineering and medicine.”

“The town of Braintree, MA was the birthplace of the 2nd and 6th Presidents, John Adams and his son John Quincy Adams. I chose the name Braintree for the technology company I founded in honor of the former.”

“Relative to its importance, the brain is the most underappreciated opportunity in the world.”

“I am insatiably curious and love surrounding myself with people with whom I can ask questions for hours.”