Bryan JohnsonFounder of Blueprint and Don't Die

We're worried about others hurting us while hurting ourselves.

8 Jul 2023 · 1 min

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In this brief monologue, Bryan Johnson argues that while society worries about artificial intelligence causing external harm, we overlook a more immediate source of danger: our own daily habits. He frames overeating, consuming junk food, neglecting sleep, and skipping exercise as forms of violence against ourselves. Johnson claims these self‑destructive behaviors have become invisible because they are normalized, yet they constitute internal harm comparable to the external threat posed by AI. The core message is a call to recognize and address this hidden self‑inflicted violence.

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Okay? So we know we don't want AI to kill us. We also don't want ourselves to kill ourselves. We actually are killing ourselves through behaviors that are normal, but they're actually violent. So when you eat too much food or junk food or miss your bedtime or skip exercise, you are committing violence against yourself. In the same way we're scared about AI hurting us, we are hurting ourselves. Harm can come from an outside source and can also be internal. But. But we've made this internal harm invisible because we've normalized it. It's not normal. It's actually violence.