“Everything we are, everything we're building, everything we aspire to become, lives downstream from the brain.”

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The quote says that our identity, progress, and future goals all depend on the brain. It suggests that what people create and become is shaped by brain function first. In that view, the brain is the starting point for both personal life and achievement.

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About Bryan Johnson

American entrepreneur, venture capitalist, writer and author

Bryan Johnson is an American entrepreneur, venture capitalist, writer and author. He is the founder and former CEO of Kernel, a company that develops devices to monitor and record brain activity, and of OS Fund, a venture capital firm focused on early-stage science and technology companies. His work sits at the intersection of business, science, and technology. Through Kernel and OS Fund, he has been associated with efforts to build tools for understanding the brain and to back new companies in scientific fields. He is also known as a writer and author.

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