Future Literacy

A coronavirus has ravaged our planet. Humanity brought to its knees by 29,829 base pairs of “bad news wrapped in a protein.” In 2014, Jeff…

The other night my teenage boys asked me what was on my mind (likely looking for material to make fun of me. Just kidding, they’re…

Increasing the probability that the human race will thrive.

Last year we announced our investment in twoXAR, a company building a next generation drug discovery platform.

Ginkgo Bioworks, based in Boston, has been in the headlines lately:

Imagine a future where we can quantify, and understand, all of our brain’s activity.

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…

Following the acquisition, a single question mattered to me:

By Bryan Johnson

Web Summit, Nov. 6th 2017. Lisbon, Portugal. Lightly edited.

Subject: Mainframes to PCs. $1B genome to $1k. The brain and mind are next.

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…

This article is part of a series about how OS Fund (OSF) companies are radically redefining our future by rewriting the operating systems…

Applying computational advances to improve drug discovery is one of the most promising areas in healthcare. Data-informed decisions can…

A challenge worthy of the greatest hearts and minds of our generation

I was mentioned in an article about the different mindsets maintained by entrepreneurs and investors. The question was: Is it helpful to do…

We need future literacy to survive.

I recently gave a talk at the reCode conference titled “What If: The Next Frontier of Human Aspiration.” Focusing on the brain warrants the…

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…

This article is part of a series about how OS Fund (OSF) companies are radically redefining our future by rewriting the operating systems…

When I was approached to join Kernel, a startup building brain interfaces, I was hesitant. I knew that the path to commercialize this…

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…

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…

It was at an annual company holiday party when I discovered I was no longer interested in listening to what my employees told me.

OS Fund portfolio company Pivot Bio made an exciting announcement that is a proof point of our thesis: companies commercializing deep tech…

On this date, exactly 100 years ago, Sir Ernest Shackleton was in a world of trouble. The veteran polar explorer had sailed off for…

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…

This article is part of a series about how OS Fund (OSF) companies are radically redefining our future by rewriting the operating systems…