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Project Blueprint
My new endeavor, Project Blueprint, aims to measure all 70 organs of my body and then maximally reverse the quantified biological age of…
Bryan Johnson
Oct 13, 2021
A Project Warp Speed for Our Minds
A Project Warp Speed for Our Minds
This week at Kernel, we’ve been circulating an executive summary on the cognitive effects of Covid-19, some suspected mechanisms, and…
Bryan Johnson
Jan 25, 2021
Rebooting the Brain
Rebooting the Brain
Web Summit, Nov. 6th 2017. Lisbon, Portugal.
Bryan Johnson
Nov 14, 2017
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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
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
Thinking Outside of the Evolutionary Box: How Arzeda is Re-Imagining Proteins, the Building Blocks…
Thinking Outside of the Evolutionary Box: How Arzeda is Re-Imagining Proteins, the Building Blocks…
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 24, 2018
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Zeroth-Principles Thinking
Zeroth-Principles Thinking
How does one come up with a truly original idea? One that reshapes society for centuries.
Bryan Johnson
Mar 9, 2021
Hi. I am Bryan Johnson.
Hi. I am Bryan Johnson.
Following the acquisition, a single question mattered to me:
Bryan Johnson
Jun 28, 2018
Sleep and Impulse Control
Sleep and Impulse Control
It’s 7 pm. A freshly baked sugar cookie stares back at me. The doughy middle revealing itself in seductive allure. The sugar formed in…
Bryan Johnson
Feb 4, 2021
I fired myself
It was a difficult decision, but I had to do it. I fired Evening Bryan.
Bryan Johnson
Aug 6, 2020
My Goal Alignment Problem
My Goal Alignment Problem
Dear Reader,
Bryan Johnson
Feb 10, 2021
How fast are you aging?
How fast are you aging?
I bet you know…
Bryan Johnson
Nov 8, 2022
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
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
One meal, 23 hr fast, 100% nutrition.
One meal, 23 hr fast, 100% nutrition.
Update (10/21): Project Blueprint has my latest dietary protocol.
Bryan Johnson
May 1, 2021
The Future You That You Least Suspect
The Future You That You Least Suspect
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…
Bryan Johnson
Feb 26, 2019
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
A Plan For Humanity
A Plan For Humanity
We need future literacy to survive.
Bryan Johnson
May 15, 2018
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
Results from nine months on Blueprint
Results from nine months on Blueprint
Been on Blueprint for nine months now. A quick glance at a few markers:
Bryan Johnson
Mar 8, 2022
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, 2019
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
Doing Good Tech Versus Doing Good With Tech
Doing Good Tech Versus Doing Good With Tech
Bryan Johnson
Oct 7, 2015
How much water should I drink?
How much water should I drink?
Imagine this scenario. You’re at an acquaintance’s house for a social gathering. There are six of you. Conversation flow is light hearted…
Bryan Johnson
Oct 7, 2022
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
The power law of good behavior
The power law of good behavior
Power laws are manifest everywhere. For example (and ~):
Bryan Johnson
Nov 17, 2022
Moving drug discovery into the fast lane: OS Fund invests in twoXAR’s AI-driven approach
Moving drug discovery into the fast lane: OS Fund invests in twoXAR’s AI-driven approach
Applying computational advances to improve drug discovery is one of the most promising areas in healthcare. Data-informed decisions can…
Jeff Klunzinger
Mar 19, 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
At 45, I now age slower than the average 10 year old
At 45, I now age slower than the average 10 year old
Using the DunedinPACE speed of aging algorithm, built from a multi-decade longitudinal study, I reduced my speed of aging by the equivalent…
Bryan Johnson
Apr 7, 2023
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