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Bryan Johnson in Future Literacy

Jun 12, 2018

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 accruing to a tiny minority of people, some of those people are wielding that power irresponsibly…

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Bryan Johnson in Future Literacy

May 29, 2018

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 against a future shared between humans and advanced (i.e. so-called “general” or “superintelligent”) artificial intelligence (AI).

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Bryan Johnson in Future Literacy

Apr 24, 2018

13 Steps to Cognitive “Perfection”

Hi, my name is Bryan Johnson, and I have a problem. My brain is critically flawed. I see other…

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Bryan Johnson in Future Literacy

Apr 19, 2018

Changing Our Minds One Attebyte At a Time

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

We all understand the unit of measurement called a calorie. Calories in, calories out. But when it comes to the function of our brains, why don’t…

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Bryan Johnson in Future Literacy

Nov 14, 2017

Rebooting the Brain

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

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Bryan Johnson in Future Literacy

Jul 25, 2017

Future Literacy: The Adaptability Problem

It’s hard to know how future generations will look back at us. What are we doing right…

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Bryan Johnson in Future Literacy

Jun 28, 2017

How Familiarity Bias Lessens Future Literacy

Humans are biased towards the familiar — it’s warm and…

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Bryan Johnson in Future Literacy

Jun 14, 2017

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 focus of the greatest minds of our generation — and now. Here, I want to expand upon those ideas.

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