Bryan Johnson argues most people have one or two dominant negative impulses that trigger cascades of harmful behavior. The fix: identify and profile your worst self so you can intervene before the spiral spreads.
There's a power law of bad behavior. People typically have one or two things which they just can't stop, which then creates a cascade event where a bunch of other bad things happen. Like, once you've messed up doing one thing, it's like, why not everything? And so the best thing is to identify that version of yourself. And a clearly identified profile, like this version of me, appears under these circumstances. They have these kinds of arguments, they present this kinds of rationale, and they do these kinds of behaviors. And after they do these things, the rest of us Morning, Brian. Afternoon, Brian. Dad, Brian. Look in the mirror, Brian. Like the hundreds of versions of other Brian's. We all hate evening, Brian because he ruins our lives. I would suggest that people try to identify this version of themselves, which then creates the cascade of everything else.
