This Algorithm Could Save Your Life
Bryan Johnson
Sep 15, 2024
Mindsip insights from this episode:
Let an algorithm dictate your food and sleep choices
In the Blueprint protocol, your mind does not have the authority to make decisions about food or sleep; an algorithm based on your body's data does.
Acknowledge powerlessness to confront self-destructive behaviors
We are fundamentally powerless to stop all of our self-destructive behaviors and create convenient stories to justify them.
Question your conscious mind to safeguard long-term interests
The speaker admits he does not trust his own conscious mind to act in his best long-term interests, especially when faced with temptation.
Accelerate adaptation to reality-bending insights from AI
Artificial Intelligence is a 'zero manufacturer' that will generate reality-bending insights so quickly that we must accelerate our ability to adapt.
Embrace 'not knowing' for future intelligence
In a rapidly changing future, the most important form of intelligence is a new one called 'not knowing,' also known as future literacy.
Empower Earth's biosphere to self-manage pollution standards
We should empower the Earth's biosphere to manage its own well-being by setting its own standards for pollution, just as Blueprint does for the body.
Pursue life with passion, not fear of death
The motivation for Blueprint is not a fear of death but a profound desire to want to live, born from a past of chronic depression.
Play 'Don't Die' to embrace existence as highest virtue
The ultimate game to play is called 'Don't Die,' because existence itself is the highest virtue.
