Bryan Johnson argues that algorithms can manage our bodies better than we can, freeing us to pursue meaning. He claims we have 35 trillion cells that machines could monitor and control, and extends Nietzsche's "God is dead" to say "the mind is dead" when algorithms think better than we do.
Does technology unlock our ability to think about our meaning and our place in the world? A lot of people, they think the blueprint is about health and wellness and anti aging. It is really a contemplation about the future of our existence. And what I think we've demonstrated is that we've built an algorithm that takes better care of me than I can. And we know what happens when algorithms get better at us at doing things flying airplanes, calculators, digital navigation, you name it. We embrace them because they do a given thing better and they help us us achieve our goals better than we could ourselves. Following Nietzsche God is dead. I think the mind is dead. If the algorithmic ability, if I can measure the 35 trillion cells in my body an algorithm can better manage entropy than I can of course I'm going to opt into it and free myself up to do other things. Does technology unlock it? Yes. I think at the most fundamental level.
