Bryan Johnson & Neural Interfaces | Siraj Raval Podcast #1

On the first episode of my educational podcast, I have a very special guest for you! Bryan Johnson is an entrepreneur and venture capitalist that sold his payments company, Braintree, to Paypal for $800 million. What makes him someone I admire is how he decided to use that amount of wealth to improve human life through Science and technology. He invested $100 million into Kernel, a neuroscience startup that he leads and another $100 million into OS Fund, a venture fund that invests in scientist entrepreneurs. He's also an avid reader, which made for an amazing conversation. We touch on Artificial Intelligence, Science, mathematical mindsets, books, psychedelics, and so much more in this discussion. Enjoy! 0:11 - Intro: Bryan Johnson 4:05 - Book - Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea by Charles Seife 6:50 - Embrace the Weird 9:10 - How do you Read? (audio, paper, kindle etc.) 10:55 - The Science of the Self 12:45 - A Plan for Humanity https://bryanjohnson.co/a-plan-for-humanity/ - Follow Bryan on Twitter @bryan_johnson - Read his newsletter https://bryanjohnson.co/newsletters/ 12:53 - Future Literacy 18:08 - AI 22:00 - Work Culture at Kernel 26:20 - braINterface 29:15 - Engineering the Fundamental Building Blocks 31:22 - Book - The Gene: An Intimate History by Siddhartha Mukherjee 36:06 - Personal Health & Wellness 40:50 - App - Migrain Buddy 42:00 - Book - Hacking Darwin: Genetic Engineering and the Future of Humanity by Jamie Metzl 42:15 - China's Role in the Future of Technology 46:24 - Data Driven Approach - Data Points 47:18 - How to Prevent Social Media from Exploiting Human Minds 50:00 - Author - Jaron Zepel Lanier 54:30 - Psychedelics/entheogens 59:13 - Book - Flatland by Edwin Abbott Abbott Want more education? Connect with me here: Twitter: https://twitter.com/sirajraval Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/sirajology instagram: https://www.instagram.com/sirajraval Find my podcast on these sites: Anchor: https://anchor.fm/sir