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A Plan For Humanity
A Plan For Humanity
We need future literacy to survive.
Bryan Johnson
May 15, 2018
OS Fund — Building A Global Biological Immune System
OS Fund — Building A Global Biological Immune System
Increasing the probability that the human race will thrive.
Bryan Johnson
May 14, 2018
A Vision Shared by Few, Feared by Many, and Destined for All
A Vision Shared by Few, Feared by Many, and Destined for All
When I was approached to join Kernel, a startup building brain interfaces, I was hesitant. I knew that the path to commercialize this…
Hooman Mohseni
Nov 1, 2018
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How uBiome is Making Our Microbiome the Platform That Changes Almost Everything
How uBiome is Making Our Microbiome the Platform That Changes Almost Everything
uBiome’s mission is to advance the science of the microbiome and make it useful to people.
Bryan Johnson
Oct 16, 2018
Re-writing Nature’s Recipe Book: How Ginkgo Bioworks is Poised to Upset Almost Every Industry You…
Re-writing Nature’s Recipe Book: How Ginkgo Bioworks is Poised to Upset Almost Every Industry You…
Ginkgo Bioworks, based in Boston, has been in the headlines lately:
Bryan Johnson
Aug 21, 2018
How NuMat is Engineering the Building Blocks of the Future, One Molecule at a Time
How NuMat is Engineering the Building Blocks of the Future, One Molecule at a Time
This article is part of a series about how OS Fund (OSF) companies are radically redefining our future by rewriting the operating systems…
Bryan Johnson
Jun 26, 2018
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Better for the environment, farmers and you: PivotBio leverages biology for sustainable and higher…
Better for the environment, farmers and you: PivotBio leverages biology for sustainable and higher…
OS Fund portfolio company Pivot Bio made an exciting announcement that is a proof point of our thesis: companies commercializing deep tech…
Bryan Johnson
Feb 8
Hi. I am Bryan Johnson.
Hi. I am Bryan Johnson.
What could I do to maximally increase the probability that the human race will survive itself AND thrive?
Bryan Johnson
Jun 28, 2018
Changing Our Minds One Attebyte At a Time
Changing Our Minds One Attebyte At a Time
Imagine a future where we can quantify, and understand, all of our brain’s activity.
Bryan Johnson
Apr 19, 2018
How My Mom Stopped Worrying about AI
How My Mom Stopped Worrying about AI
Former Secretary of State Henry Kissinger, in an essay in June’s issue of The Atlantic, joined a growing chorus of people warning us…
Bryan Johnson
May 29, 2018
Rewrite the OS, Change the World
Rewrite the OS, Change the World
A challenge worthy of the greatest hearts and minds of our generation
Bryan Johnson
Oct 20, 2014
Beyond the Hard Drive: Encoding Data in DNA
Beyond the Hard Drive: Encoding Data in DNA
This article is part of a series about how OS Fund (OSF) companies are radically redefining our future by rewriting the operating systems…
Bryan Johnson
Jul 10, 2018
The most incredible technology you’ve never seen
The most incredible technology you’ve never seen
There’s money to be made and lives to be saved with the tiny stuff that’s all around us.
Bryan Johnson
Nov 14, 2018
Sleep is the new coffee
Sleep is the new coffee
A month ago I finished reading a book called Why We Sleep. Not only did I become convinced that getting high-quality sleep is the best…
Bryan Johnson
Dec 6, 2018
13 Steps to Cognitive “Perfection”
13 Steps to Cognitive “Perfection”
Hi, my name is Bryan Johnson, and I have a problem. My brain is critically flawed. I see other people’s cognitive errors but can’t see my…
Bryan Johnson
Apr 24, 2018
Your Data is Your Property
Your Data is Your Property
#OwnYourData
Bryan Johnson
Mar 29, 2018
The Urgency of Cognitive Improvement
The Urgency of Cognitive Improvement
I recently gave a talk at the reCode conference titled “What If: The Next Frontier of Human Aspiration.” Focusing on the brain warrants the…
Bryan Johnson
Jun 14, 2017
Cognitive Strides: From Founder to Investor and Back
Cognitive Strides: From Founder to Investor and Back
I was mentioned in an article about the different mindsets maintained by entrepreneurs and investors. The question was: Is it helpful to do…
Bryan Johnson
Jul 11, 2018
Acting Before It’s Necessary: An Interstellar Lesson for Our Future
Acting Before It’s Necessary: An Interstellar Lesson for Our Future
By Bryan Johnson
Bryan Johnson
Dec 9, 2014
It’s Time to Update America’s Ideological Software
It’s Time to Update America’s Ideological Software
On the occasion of Columbus Day — a time when we contemplate U.S. historic symbols — I am reposting an article I wrote earlier this year…
Bryan Johnson
Oct 12, 2015
Synthego: The One Stop Shop for Revolutionary Genetic Research
Synthego: The One Stop Shop for Revolutionary Genetic Research
Synthego allow any researcher to access state of the art CRISPR gene editing technology at scale.
Bryan Johnson
Nov 20, 2018
The New IQ: Interestingness Quotient
The New IQ: Interestingness Quotient
What are the most consequential areas of focus that maximally increase the probability that humanity will survive and thrive? This is the…
Bryan Johnson
Jun 19, 2018
Doing Good Tech Versus Doing Good With Tech
Doing Good Tech Versus Doing Good With Tech
Bryan Johnson
Oct 7, 2015
A-Muse-ing Ourselves to Death One Attebyte at a Time
A-Muse-ing Ourselves to Death One Attebyte at a Time
This week I heard many people reflecting upon the way the Twitter-verse is mirroring the world’s inequality. The vast majority of power is…
Bryan Johnson
Jun 12, 2018
Future Literacy: The Adaptability Problem
Future Literacy: The Adaptability Problem
It’s hard to know how future generations will look back at us. What are we doing right? What problems are we missing, right in front of our…
Bryan Johnson
Jul 25, 2017
Why I Don’t Listen To What My Employees Tell Me
Why I Don’t Listen To What My Employees Tell Me
It was at an annual company holiday party when I discovered I was no longer interested in listening to what my employees told me.
Bryan Johnson
Jul 28, 2015
Flatland, Cognitive Paleolithic & More Dimensions
Flatland, Cognitive Paleolithic & More Dimensions
My life objective is to get us on the path to cognitive expanse, out of the Cognitive Paleolithic. What does that mean and how can we get…
Bryan Johnson
Oct 23, 2018
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