Nick HutchisonFounder and CEO, BookThinkers

“I think you can will yourself to life, and will yourself to death.”

22 Dec 2023 · 1 min

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In this monologue, the speaker argues that individuals can "will" themselves into life or death, emphasizing the power of belief in emerging biotechnologies and health‑tech breakthroughs. To spread this "longevity mindset," the speaker authored a book aimed at giving people hope and purpose by highlighting the accelerating pace of longevity science. Recognizing that most people lack access to the rapidly expanding body of research, the speaker also built an AI system called "Longevity Insider," which continuously ingests and curates daily biotech and health‑tech data, then translates it into teachable content. The speaker describes the exponential growth of breakthroughs, the personal challenge of staying current, and how the AI engine serves as a solution to keep the public informed and motivated about extending human lifespan.

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you can will yourself to life and will yourself to death. And I think if you believe that these technologies are extraordinary and that they're coming more and more powerfully, uh, you have something to live for, you have something to hope for. And so the challenge is most people don't have access to this information. So the book was written as a means to extend people's longevity mindset. And then one of the other things that I did was to create an AI engine called, uh, Longevity Insider. And it's Something that I feel really powerful about because there's so many breakthroughs occurring all the time that we don't know about. And I read all through the day, I'm just consuming data. And then I turn around with that data I consume and I'm teaching, I'm writing on it. But the ability to maintain— because the amount of progress in biotech, health tech, and longevity is like exploding exponentially— the ability for me to stay on top of it was really hard. So I built an AI