Bryan Johnson On His Next Big Thing
Core Memory Podcast
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The Core Memory Podcast is where we go hunting for the people and ideas that are reshaping the future. If you want to be a few years ahead of the rest of the world on science and technology, this is the show for you. Hosted by journalist, best-selling author and filmmaker Ashlee Vance, the podcast dives into the colorful, ambitious, and occasionally unhinged corners of innovation. These are conversations with the biggest names in tech and the lesser-known geniuses building wild new things. We mix deep reporting with storytelling and humor. Vance has spent two decades chronicling big breakthroughs for The Economist, The New York Times and Bloomberg Businessweek, while writing best-selling books, making Emmy-nominated TV, and producing films for HBO and Netflix. Core Memory is where all that experience gets distilled into candid, open-ended conversations with the people pushing the world forward, for better or stranger.
Video Description
Bryan Johnson has been interviewed hundreds of times but never before like this. He comes to the Core Memory podcast to speak with Ashlee Vance, the writer who has covered Johnson longer than anyone else and who produced the "Don't Die" Netflix documentary on Johnson. For the first time, Johnson gets into his decision to step away from running his Blueprint longevity business full-time. He also reveals what it's like to navigate the public's perception of his work, from initial apprehension to embracing his role as a public figure. Johnson talks about how he's learned to handle negativity and public scrutiny. Vance and Johnson get into the intellectual underpinnings of the "Don't Die" philosophy, exploring how it serves as a new ideology for a world grappling with the rapid advancements of AI and the potential for a future where death is not inevitable. Johnson explains his past apprehension about AI and how his views have evolved, now seeing it as a force that humanity must learn to navigate. The conversation also touches on Johnson's personal journey, from his devout Mormon upbringing to his current path of self-reinvention. The Core Memory podcast is sponsored by Brex, the intelligent finance platform. Like thousands of ambitious, innovative companies, we run on Brex so we can spend smarter and move faster. And you can too. Learn more at www.brex.com/corememory The podcast is also made possible by the worldclass investors at E1 Ventures. https://e1.vc/ Subscribe to watch more Core Memory videos https://www.youtube.com/@CoreMemoryVideos/videos Check out our podcasts https://www.youtube.com/@CoreMemoryPodcast https://www.corememory.com/podcast Find Ashlee Vance at www.corememory.com https://www.instagram.com/ashlee.vance/ https://x.com/ashleevance Chapters 00:00 – Bryan Johnson on Blueprint 01:51 – The erection monitor moment 04:24 – How he embraced criticism 06:34 – From Kernel to Blueprint 09:27 – Learning to love negativity 12:25 – Snorting stem cells story 15:00 – The toad and DMT experience 19:38 – Leaving Mormonism behind 22:40 – Why he may sell Blueprint 27:16 – The hate-fame power paradox 30:59 – How fame isolates creators 34:27 – Private influencer groups explained 36:52 – From outsider to insider 42:36 – Mormon roots and reinvention 49:24 – AI, consciousness, and death 55:14 – The future of Don’t Die
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