Future Literacy

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.

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

uBiome’s mission is to advance the science of the microbiome and make it useful to people.

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

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

We need future literacy to survive.

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…

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

Former Secretary of State Henry Kissinger, in an essay in June’s issue of The Atlantic, joined a growing chorus of people warning us…

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

There’s money to be made and lives to be saved with the tiny stuff that’s all around us.

#OwnYourData

By Bryan Johnson

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

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

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.

What could I do to maximally increase the probability that the human race will survive itself AND thrive?

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…

What are the most consequential areas of focus that maximally increase the probability that humanity will survive and thrive? This is the…

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…

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…

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

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…

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

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…

Synthego allow any researcher to access state of the art CRISPR gene editing technology at scale.