Uploaded June 2019 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
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 bryanjohnson.co/a-plan-for-humanity
- Follow Bryan on Twitter @bryan_johnson
- Read his newsletter 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:
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Find my podcast on these sites:
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Spotify: spoti.fi/2Zmsffv
Breaker: https://www.breaker.audio/siraj-raval-podcast
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Radio Public: radiopublic.com/siraj-raval-podcast-G2Mzyd
Stitcher:
stitcher.com/podcast/anchor-podcasts/siraj-raval-podcast
Kernel:
kernel.co
OS Fund:
osfund.co
Bryan's Twitter:
twitter.com/bryan_johnson
My Kernel video:
youtube.com/watch?v=HhXg6568I3E
My Biotechnology video:
youtube.com/watch?v=7SBt6mMNCHk
Make Money with Tensorflow 2.0:
youtube.com/watch?v=WS9Nckd2kq0
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Hit the Join button above to sign up to become a member of my channel for access to exclusive live streams!
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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 bryanjohnson.co/a-plan-for-humanity
- Follow Bryan on Twitter @bryan_johnson
- Read his newsletter 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: twitter.com/sirajraval
Facebook: facebook.com/sirajology
instagram: instagram.com/sirajraval
Find my podcast on these sites:
Anchor: https://anchor.fm/sirajraval
Spotify: spoti.fi/2Zmsffv
Breaker: https://www.breaker.audio/siraj-raval-podcast
Pocket Cast: https://pca.st/7cU2
Radio Public: radiopublic.com/siraj-raval-podcast-G2Mzyd
Stitcher:
stitcher.com/podcast/anchor-podcasts/siraj-raval-podcast
Kernel:
kernel.co
OS Fund:
osfund.co
Bryan's Twitter:
twitter.com/bryan_johnson
My Kernel video:
youtube.com/watch?v=HhXg6568I3E
My Biotechnology video:
youtube.com/watch?v=7SBt6mMNCHk
Make Money with Tensorflow 2.0:
youtube.com/watch?v=WS9Nckd2kq0
Join us in the Wizards Slack channel:
wizards.herokuapp.com
Hit the Join button above to sign up to become a member of my channel for access to exclusive live streams!
Join us at the School of AI:
theschool.ai
Signup for my newsletter for exciting updates in the field of AI:
goo.gl/FZzJ5w
And please support me on Patreon:
patreon.com/user?u=3191693 Join my AI community: chatgptschool.io Sign up for my AI Sports betting Bot, WagerGPT! (500 spots available): https://www.wagergpt.xyz
