Fear collapses all of our concerns down to the present situation, and prevents us from thinking long-term or rationally. — Bryan Johnson Copy Share Image
First-principles thinking sets goals in known terms and then pursues them, inventing and learning new things as necessary, but it rarely uncovers… — Bryan Johnson Copy Share Image
Learning about the discovery of the number zero, and its philosophical representation - nothingness - changed my orientation with transformational thinking. — Bryan Johnson Copy Share Image
We are accustomed to first-principle thinking, where you assume the fewest number of things in a particular time frame. Zeroth-principle thinking is… — Bryan Johnson Copy Share Image
The quicker we can make radically improving our brains the single highest priority of the human race, the more effective we will be to… — Bryan Johnson Copy Share Image
I burn inside with an ambition that feels out of place in the early 21st century. — Bryan Johnson Copy Share Image
The discovery that we can program our existence and author our own lives has radically altered my life - transforming my identity, aspirations, and… — Bryan Johnson Copy Share Image
When humans can measure something, the first thing that always happens: an ecosystem of ideas and, eventually, industry springs up around it. — Bryan Johnson Copy Share Image
As much as I admire the greats of industry and technology, as a founder-CEO who built a company on the three pillars of culture,… — Bryan Johnson Copy Share Image
I'm not a biohacker. I'm not an optimization person. I'm an explorer, about the future of being human. — Bryan Johnson Copy Share Image
When we consider the future of the human species, we can do better than relying upon the least evolved, amygdalar, reptilian parts of our… — Bryan Johnson Copy Share Image
One way to go about revolution is not trying to change the system within, but trying to build a new system. — Bryan Johnson Copy Share Image
I am insatiably curious and love surrounding myself with people with whom I can ask questions for hours. — Bryan Johnson Copy Share Image
Being ruthlessly honest is risky, awkward, and uncomfortable - for nearly all of us. There's really no getting around it. — Bryan Johnson Copy Share Image
For political leaders, the tools of creation are powerful institutions, memorable words, enduring symbols, and perhaps most importantly, their own mythologized personas. Personas serve… — Bryan Johnson Copy Share Image
At OS Fund, we don't invest in particular problems. Instead of trying to solve energy or climate change or the spread of disease, we… — Bryan Johnson Copy Share Image
