Bryan Johnson imagines a future where an algorithmic system manages perfect health for everyone, freeing people to focus on higher pursuits. He argues his own health algorithm outperforms his personal self-care, and invokes Whitehead's idea that civilization advances by automating essential operations without conscious thought.
If we pose the question to ourselves right now in 2023, what is the horizon that we can point to right now? The frame I would give is, you know, talent hits the target that no one else can hit. Genius hits the target no one else can see. So what is the horizon that no one can see? It is time for us to get serious about our evolution. I like what Alfred North Whitehead said. Civilization advances by a number of important operations that can automate without thinking about them. And. And so when I think about my autonomous self, about automating basically perfect health for my body, wouldn't it be cool if everyone in society had perfect health? It was measured, we had protocol, we had data, and it was just a norm. And we elevated our thoughts to say, now what else can we do as a species? Takes so much of our time and attention to address the nutritional needs of our bodies, and we're not doing a great job at it. I mean, I know this algorithm I built is by far better than I am at taking care of myself.
