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Bryan Johnson: Kernel Brain-Computer Interfaces | Lex Fridman Podcast #186

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Bryan Johnson is the founder and CEO of Kernel, OS Fund, and previously Braintree. Please support this podcast by checking out our sponsors: - Four Sigmatic: https://foursigmatic.com/lex and use code LexPod to get up to 60% off - NetSuite: http://netsuite.com/lex to get free product tour - Grammarly: https://grammarly.com/lex to get 20% off premium - ExpressVPN: https://expressvpn.com/lexpod and use code LexPod to get 3 months free EPISODE LINKS: Bryan's Twitter: https://twitter.com/bryan_johnson Bryan's Website: https://www.bryanjohnson.co/ Kernel's Twitter: https://twitter.com/KernelCo Kernel's Website: https://www.kernel.com/ PODCAST INFO: Podcast website: https://lexfridman.com/podcast Apple Podcasts: https://apple.co/2lwqZIr Spotify: https://spoti.fi/2nEwCF8 RSS: https://lexfridman.com/feed/podcast/ Full episodes playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLrAXtmErZgOdP_8GztsuKi9nrraNbKKp4 Clips playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLrAXtmErZgOeciFP3CBCIEElOJeitOr41 OUTLINE: 0:00 - Introduction 1:13 - Kernel Flow demo 10:25 - The future of brain-computer interfaces 43:54 - Existential risk 49:33 - Overcoming depression 1:04:52 - Zeroth principles thinking 1:13:05 - Engineering consciousness 1:19:19 - Privacy 1:23:48 - Neuralink 1:33:27 - Braintree and Venmo 1:49:10 - Eating one meal a day 1:55:22 - Sleep 2:15:04 - Climbing Mount Kilimanjaro 2:22:02 - Advice for young people 2:26:38 - Meaning of life SOCIAL: - Twitter: https://twitter.com/lexfridman - LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/lexfridman - Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/lexfridman - Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/lexfridman - Medium: https://medium.com/@lexfridman - Reddit: https://reddit.com/r/lexfridman - Support on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/lexfridman

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They're going on our heads, yeah.", 'start': 91.898, 'duration': 2.541}, {'end': 99.2, 'text': 'And they will place it on our heads for proper alignment.', 'start': 94.459, 'duration': 4.741}, {'end': 104.442, 'text': 'Does this support giant heads? Because I kind of have a giant head.', 'start': 99.22, 'duration': 5.222}, {'end': 109.843, 'text': 'Is this just giant heads? Are you saying as like an ego or are you saying physically both? Both.', 'start': 104.462, 'duration': 5.381}, {'end': 116.629, 'text': "It's a nice massage.", 'start': 115.708, 'duration': 0.921}, {'end': 120.151, 'text': 'Yes Okay.', 'start': 117.049, 'duration': 3.102}, {'end': 124.853, 'text': "How does this feel? It's okay to move around? Yeah.", 'start': 120.171, 'duration': 4.682}, {'end': 127.135, 'text': 'It feels, oh, yeah.', 'start': 125.774, 'duration': 1.361}, {'end': 131.497, 'text': 'This feels awesome.', 'start': 130.276, 'duration': 1.221}, {'end': 132.238, 'text': "It's a pretty good fit.", 'start': 131.557, 'duration': 0.681}, {'end': 133.138, 'text': 'Thank you.', 'start': 132.878, 'duration': 0.26}, {'end': 134.159, 'text': 'That feels good.', 'start': 133.238, 'duration': 0.921}, {'end': 136.92, 'text': 'So this is big head friendly.', 'start': 135.7, 'duration': 1.22}, {'end': 138.561, 'text': 'It suits you well, Lex.', 'start': 137.661, 'duration': 0.9}, {'end': 139.422, 'text': 'Thank you.', 'start': 139.122, 'duration': 0.3}, {'end': 147.026, 'text': 'I feel like when I wear this, I need to sound like Sam Harris.', 'start': 142.743, 'duration': 4.283}, {'end': 150.689, 'text': 'Calm, collected, eloquent.', 'start': 147.126, 'duration': 3.563}, {'end': 153.151, 'text': 'I feel smarter, actually.', 'start': 151.83, 'duration': 1.321}, {'end': 158.275, 'text': "I don't think I've ever felt quite as much like I'm part of the future as now.", 'start': 154.132, 'duration': 4.143}, {'end': 164.4, 'text': 'Have you ever worn a brain interface or had your brain imaged? Oh, never had my brain imaged.', 'start': 158.795, 'duration': 5.605}, {'end': 167.763, 'text': "The only way I've analyzed my brain is by..", 'start': 165.781, 'duration': 1.982}, {'end': 173.35, 'text': 'talking to myself and thinking no direct data.', 'start': 169.608, 'duration': 3.742}, {'end': 174.371, 'text': 'yeah, yeah, that is it.', 'start': 173.35, 'duration': 1.021}, {'end': 178.834, 'text': 'that is definitely a brain interface that has a lot of blind spots.', 'start': 174.371, 'duration': 4.463}, {'end': 180.515, 'text': 'it has some blind spots.', 'start': 178.834, 'duration': 1.681}, {'end': 186.999, 'text': "yeah, psychotherapy, that's right, all right, are we recording?", 'start': 180.515, 'duration': 6.484}], 'summary': 'Testing headgear for brain interface, feeling smarter and futuristic.', 'duration': 95.101, 'max_score': 91.898, 'thumbnail': 'https://coursnap.oss-ap-southeast-1.aliyuncs.com/video-capture/1YbcB6b4A2U/pics/1YbcB6b4A2U91898.jpg'}, {'end': 255.268, 'src': 'embed', 'start': 222.22, 'weight': 7, 'content': [{'end': 224.562, 'text': "Is that the joke? 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that you couldn't before.", 'start': 554.642, 'duration': 4.003}, {'end': 560.466, 'text': 'Yeah, I feel heard.', 'start': 558.665, 'duration': 1.801}], 'summary': 'Enhanced communication with software system, leading to feeling heard.', 'duration': 25.721, 'max_score': 534.745, 'thumbnail': 'https://coursnap.oss-ap-southeast-1.aliyuncs.com/video-capture/1YbcB6b4A2U/pics/1YbcB6b4A2U534745.jpg'}, {'end': 609.03, 'src': 'embed', 'start': 581.961, 'weight': 5, 'content': [{'end': 589.131, 'text': "And I think the more relevant understanding of brain interfaces or neural imaging is that it's a measurement system.", 'start': 581.961, 'duration': 7.17}, {'end': 597.022, 'text': 'And once you have numbers for a given thing, a seemingly endless number of possibilities emerge around that of what to do with those numbers.', 'start': 589.912, 'duration': 7.11}, {'end': 601.285, 'text': 'So before you tell me about the possibilities, this was an incredible experience.', 'start': 597.803, 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measures, I don't know, some very basic measurements about your body is really cool.", 'start': 669.849, 'duration': 6.845}, {'end': 683.879, 'text': "But the bandwidth of information, the resolution of that information is very crude, so it's not very interesting.", 'start': 677.154, 'duration': 6.725}], 'summary': 'Excited about data converting into products to improve life, but current body data resolution is crude.', 'duration': 32.964, 'max_score': 650.915, 'thumbnail': 'https://coursnap.oss-ap-southeast-1.aliyuncs.com/video-capture/1YbcB6b4A2U/pics/1YbcB6b4A2U650915.jpg'}, {'end': 1062.749, 'src': 'embed', 'start': 1036.115, 'weight': 8, 'content': [{'end': 1043.079, 'text': "It has not entered as a formal engineering discipline that enables us to scaffold in society with everything else we're doing,", 'start': 1036.115, 'duration': 6.964}, {'end': 1049.463, 'text': 'including consuming news, our relationships, politics, economics, education all the above.', 'start': 1043.079, 'duration': 6.384}, {'end': 1062.749, 'text': 'And so, to me, the most significant contribution that kernel technology has to offer would be the introduction of the formal engineering of cognition,', 'start': 1049.623, 'duration': 13.126}], 'summary': 'Kernel technology introduces formal engineering of cognition for societal impact.', 'duration': 26.634, 'max_score': 1036.115, 'thumbnail': 'https://coursnap.oss-ap-southeast-1.aliyuncs.com/video-capture/1YbcB6b4A2U/pics/1YbcB6b4A2U1036115.jpg'}, {'end': 1185.549, 'src': 'embed', 'start': 1154.384, 'weight': 9, 'content': [{'end': 1156.745, 'text': 'And in the case with Brain Interfaces, when I started the company,', 'start': 1154.384, 'duration': 2.361}, {'end': 1163.575, 'text': 'there was no known path to even build a technology that could potentially become mainstream.', 'start': 1158.234, 'duration': 5.341}, {'end': 1169.416, 'text': 'And then, once we figured out the technology, we could, even we could commence having conversations with investors.', 'start': 1164.475, 'duration': 4.941}, {'end': 1170.996, 'text': 'and it became what is the killer app?', 'start': 1169.416, 'duration': 1.58}, {'end': 1173.657, 'text': 'And so what has been so?', 'start': 1171.517, 'duration': 2.14}, {'end': 1180.498, 'text': 'I funded the first $53 million for the company and to raise the round of funding the first one we did I spoke to 228 investors.', 'start': 1173.657, 'duration': 6.841}, {'end': 1180.818, 'text': 'One said yes.', 'start': 1180.518, 'duration': 0.3}, {'end': 1185.549, 'text': 'It was remarkable.', 'start': 1184.929, 'duration': 0.62}], 'summary': 'Entrepreneur funded $53m, spoke to 228 investors, got 1 yes for brain interfaces company.', 'duration': 31.165, 'max_score': 1154.384, 'thumbnail': 'https://coursnap.oss-ap-southeast-1.aliyuncs.com/video-capture/1YbcB6b4A2U/pics/1YbcB6b4A2U1154384.jpg'}, {'end': 1217.407, 'src': 'embed', 'start': 1192.034, 'weight': 10, 'content': [{'end': 1202.662, 'text': 'we think of the go-to-market strategy, much more like the Drake equation, where, if we can build technology that has the characteristics of it,', 'start': 1192.034, 'duration': 10.628}, {'end': 1212.65, 'text': 'has the data quality is high enough, it meets some certain threshold cost, accessibility, comfort, it can be worn in contextual environments.', 'start': 1202.662, 'duration': 9.988}, {'end': 1217.407, 'text': 'If it meets the criteria of being a mass market device,', 'start': 1212.67, 'duration': 4.737}], 'summary': 'Building technology with high data quality, meets cost threshold, and worn in contextual environments for mass market.', 'duration': 25.373, 'max_score': 1192.034, 'thumbnail': 'https://coursnap.oss-ap-southeast-1.aliyuncs.com/video-capture/1YbcB6b4A2U/pics/1YbcB6b4A2U1192034.jpg'}, {'end': 1415.612, 'src': 'embed', 'start': 1391.543, 'weight': 16, 'content': [{'end': 1398.508, 'text': 'And if we see the conversation starting to veer in that direction, we flag it and say human intuition alert.', 'start': 1391.543, 'duration': 6.965}, {'end': 1400.234, 'text': 'stop it.', 'start': 1399.833, 'duration': 0.401}, {'end': 1403.457, 'text': 'And so we really want to focus on the algorithm of.', 'start': 1400.514, 'duration': 2.943}, {'end': 1415.612, 'text': "there's a natural process of human discovery that when you populate a system with devices and you give people the opportunity to play around with it in expected and unexpected ways,", 'start': 1403.457, 'duration': 12.155}], 'summary': 'Flag conversations veering off track, focus on human discovery in system design.', 'duration': 24.069, 'max_score': 1391.543, 'thumbnail': 'https://coursnap.oss-ap-southeast-1.aliyuncs.com/video-capture/1YbcB6b4A2U/pics/1YbcB6b4A2U1391543.jpg'}, {'end': 1529.195, 'src': 'embed', 'start': 1450.873, 'weight': 11, 'content': [{'end': 1456.659, 'text': 'He did not come to the table and say, I think the brain operates in this way and these reasons have these functions.', 'start': 1450.873, 'duration': 5.786}, {'end': 1457.64, 'text': "He didn't care.", 'start': 1457.119, 'duration': 0.521}, {'end': 1459.001, 'text': 'He just wanted the data.', 'start': 1457.94, 'duration': 1.061}, {'end': 1467.296, 'text': "And we're seeing that more and more that certain people are devaluing human intuitions for good reasons,", 'start': 1459.021, 'duration': 8.275}, {'end': 1470.119, 'text': "as we've seen in machine learning over or the past couple years.", 'start': 1467.296, 'duration': 2.823}, {'end': 1474.905, 'text': "And we're doing the same in our value creation market strategy.", 'start': 1470.66, 'duration': 4.245}, {'end': 1486.393, 'text': 'So more, collect more data, clean data, make the product such that the collection of data is easy and and fun,', 'start': 1476.066, 'duration': 10.327}, {'end': 1489.575, 'text': 'and then the rest will just spring to life.', 'start': 1486.393, 'duration': 3.182}, {'end': 1490.355, 'text': "That's right.", 'start': 1490.015, 'duration': 0.34}, {'end': 1492.816, 'text': 'Through humans playing around with it.', 'start': 1490.395, 'duration': 2.421}, {'end': 1501.021, 'text': 'Our objective is to create the most valuable data collection system of the brain ever.', 'start': 1492.836, 'duration': 8.185}, {'end': 1515.301, 'text': 'And with that, then applying all the best tools of machine learning and other techniques to extract out, you know, to try to find insight.', 'start': 1503.422, 'duration': 11.879}, {'end': 1524.09, 'text': "But yes, our objective is really to systematize the discovery process, because we we can't put definite timeframes on discovery.", 'start': 1515.882, 'duration': 8.208}, {'end': 1529.195, 'text': 'the brain is complicated and and science is not a business strategy.', 'start': 1524.09, 'duration': 5.105}], 'summary': 'Focus on collecting valuable brain data for systematized discovery with machine learning tools.', 'duration': 78.322, 'max_score': 1450.873, 'thumbnail': 'https://coursnap.oss-ap-southeast-1.aliyuncs.com/video-capture/1YbcB6b4A2U/pics/1YbcB6b4A2U1450873.jpg'}], 'start': 255.808, 'title': 'Brain imaging and interface technology', 'summary': 'Covers brain imaging with kernel flow, ubuntu brain interface experience, using brain data for science and engineering, and the value of human discovery, highlighting technologies like kernel flow with 52 modules and the potential for impactful brain interface applications.', 'chapters': [{'end': 490.797, 'start': 255.808, 'title': 'Brain imaging with kernel flow', 'summary': 'Details the use of kernel flow technology for functional imaging of brain activity, measuring blood oxygenation levels and neuron activation patterns in real-time, with 52 modules, each containing one laser and six sensors, firing in about 100 picoseconds, and overall sampling over a thousand channels.', 'duration': 234.989, 'highlights': ['Kernel Flow technology provides functional imaging of brain activity, measuring blood oxygenation levels and neuron activation patterns in real-time.', 'There are 52 modules, each containing one laser and six sensors, firing in about 100 picoseconds, and overall sampling over a thousand channels.', 'The technology offers a comfortable option for measuring brain activity, unlike fMRI or EEG, allowing recording in various environments without discomfort.', 'The mechanical design of Kernel Flow accommodates most adult heads, providing a comfortable fit, regardless of head size.']}, {'end': 851.421, 'start': 490.877, 'title': 'Ubuntu brain interface experience', 'summary': 'Explores the experience of using a brain interface to record and measure brain activity, expressing excitement about the potential for creating products that enhance life and the feeling of being truly heard, while highlighting the shift from control-oriented to measurement-oriented perspectives in brain interfaces.', 'duration': 360.544, 'highlights': ['The potential for creating products that make life better by converting various information about the body and mind into high-bandwidth data is expressed, highlighting the excitement about the possibilities of brain data utilization for personal enhancement.', 'The shift from control-oriented to measurement-oriented perspectives in brain interfaces is discussed, emphasizing that brain interfaces are primarily a measurement system, leading to numerous possibilities based on the collected data.', 'The feeling of being truly heard and the potential for personal enhancement through the recording and utilization of brain data is emphasized, expressing the excitement about the high-resolution and personal nature of brain data recording.', 'The significance of capturing the entirety of lived experiences, including those that cannot be communicated through traditional modalities, is highlighted, emphasizing the closer representation of the entirety of experience through dynamic brain data capture.']}, {'end': 1346.238, 'start': 851.741, 'title': 'Brain data for science & engineering', 'summary': 'Discusses the potential of using brain data to understand human cognition at scale, the challenges faced in funding brain interface technology, and the strategy to create impactful applications for brain interfaces.', 'duration': 494.497, 'highlights': ['Kernel aims to introduce formal engineering of cognition, using brain data to understand human behavior and society, which can be scaled for larger scientific studies.', "The challenge of funding brain interface technology is highlighted, with the founder personally funding $53 million and facing skepticism from investors, resulting in a conversation around finding the 'killer app'.", 'The go-to-market strategy for brain interfaces is likened to the Drake equation, focusing on building technology that meets certain criteria and enabling humans to find value, with a goal of compressing 20 years of value discovery into a shorter time period.']}, {'end': 1576.756, 'start': 1346.519, 'title': 'Value creation and human discovery', 'summary': 'Discusses the importance of creating impactful applications and the value of human discovery in building a system for data collection, leveraging machine learning, and systematizing the discovery process.', 'duration': 230.237, 'highlights': ['The objective is to create the most valuable data collection system for the brain ever, leveraging machine learning and other techniques to extract insights. Emphasizes the goal of building a valuable data collection system for the brain and utilizing machine learning to derive insights.', 'The focus is on systematizing the discovery process and acknowledging the complexity of the brain and the non-conformity of science to business strategy. Highlights the importance of systematizing the discovery process and the challenges in bringing brain technology to market due to the complexity of the brain and the nature of science.', 'Emphasizes the devaluation of human intuitions in favor of collecting and cleaning data to create an easy and fun product, relying on human exploration for value creation. Discusses the shift towards devaluing human intuitions and prioritizing data collection and product design that encourages human exploration for value creation.', 'Discusses the internal game of flagging discussions veering towards intuition and the focus on human discovery through device interaction, rather than relying on intuitions. Mentions the internal practice of flagging discussions leaning towards intuition and the emphasis on human discovery through device interaction over relying on intuitions.']}], 'duration': 1320.948, 'thumbnail': 'https://coursnap.oss-ap-southeast-1.aliyuncs.com/video-capture/1YbcB6b4A2U/pics/1YbcB6b4A2U255808.jpg', 'highlights': ['Kernel Flow technology provides functional imaging of brain activity, measuring blood oxygenation levels and neuron activation patterns in real-time.', 'The technology offers a comfortable option for measuring brain activity, unlike fMRI or EEG, allowing recording in various environments without discomfort.', 'The mechanical design of Kernel Flow accommodates most adult heads, providing a comfortable fit, regardless of head size.', 'There are 52 modules, each containing one laser and six sensors, firing in about 100 picoseconds, and overall sampling over a thousand channels.', 'The potential for creating products that make life better by converting various information about the body and mind into high-bandwidth data is expressed, highlighting the excitement about the possibilities of brain data utilization for personal enhancement.', 'The shift from control-oriented to measurement-oriented perspectives in brain interfaces is discussed, emphasizing that brain interfaces are primarily a measurement system, leading to numerous possibilities based on the collected data.', 'The feeling of being truly heard and the potential for personal enhancement through the recording and utilization of brain data is emphasized, expressing the excitement about the high-resolution and personal nature of brain data recording.', 'The significance of capturing the entirety of lived experiences, including those that cannot be communicated through traditional modalities, is highlighted, emphasizing the closer representation of the entirety of experience through dynamic brain data capture.', 'Kernel aims to introduce formal engineering of cognition, using brain 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science to business strategy.', 'Emphasizes the devaluation of human intuitions in favor of collecting and cleaning data to create an easy and fun product, relying on human exploration for value creation.', 'Discusses the shift towards devaluing human intuitions and prioritizing data collection and product design that encourages human exploration for value creation.', 'Mentions the internal practice of flagging discussions leaning towards intuition and the emphasis on human discovery through device interaction over relying on intuitions.']}, {'end': 2403.764, 'segs': [{'end': 1603.005, 'src': 'embed', 'start': 1578.191, 'weight': 0, 'content': [{'end': 1583.575, 'text': 'If I think through the things that have changed my life most significantly over the past few years,', 'start': 1578.191, 'duration': 5.384}, {'end': 1593.762, 'text': 'when I started wearing a wearable on my wrist that would give me data about my heart rate, heart rate variability, respiration rate,', 'start': 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1790.633, 'duration': 1.881}, {'end': 1808.189, 'text': "like for work, I'm a big fan of Cal Newport, his ideas of deep work that I spend With few exceptions, I try to spend the first two hours of every day.", 'start': 1792.514, 'duration': 15.675}, {'end': 1816.575, 'text': "usually, if I'm at home and have nothing on, my schedule is going to be up to eight hours of deep work, of focus, zero distraction.", 'start': 1808.189, 'duration': 8.386}, {'end': 1824.221, 'text': "And for me to analyze, I mean, I'm very aware of the waning of that, the ups and downs of that.", 'start': 1816.955, 'duration': 7.266}], 'summary': 'Studying the link between human behavior and digital consumption can provide insights into the impact on physical well-being and productivity.', 'duration': 54.252, 'max_score': 1769.969, 'thumbnail': 'https://coursnap.oss-ap-southeast-1.aliyuncs.com/video-capture/1YbcB6b4A2U/pics/1YbcB6b4A2U1769969.jpg'}, {'end': 1875.21, 'src': 'embed', 'start': 1846.889, 'weight': 4, 'content': [{'end': 1850.43, 'text': "It'd be interesting to get data on what my mind is actually doing.", 'start': 1846.889, 'duration': 3.541}, {'end': 1858.036, 'text': 'And also recently started doing, I just talked to Sam Harris a few days ago and been building up to that.', 'start': 1851.13, 'duration': 6.906}, {'end': 1862.4, 'text': 'I started using, started meditating using his app, Waking Up.', 'start': 1858.076, 'duration': 4.324}, {'end': 1864.742, 'text': 'I very much recommend it.', 'start': 1862.48, 'duration': 2.262}, {'end': 1866.964, 'text': "It'd be interesting to get data on that.", 'start': 1864.762, 'duration': 2.202}, {'end': 1872.088, 'text': "Because it's, you're very, it's like you're removing all the noise from your head.", 'start': 1867.424, 'duration': 4.664}, {'end': 1875.21, 'text': "And you very much, it's an active process of meditation.", 'start': 1872.588, 'duration': 2.622}], 'summary': "Interested in gathering data on meditation using sam harris' 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'https://coursnap.oss-ap-southeast-1.aliyuncs.com/video-capture/1YbcB6b4A2U/pics/1YbcB6b4A2U1890520.jpg'}, {'end': 1981.732, 'src': 'embed', 'start': 1956.134, 'weight': 6, 'content': [{'end': 1962.839, 'text': "Like, if you're building a podcast listening app, it would be nice to know data about the listener so that, like if you're bored or you fell asleep,", 'start': 1956.134, 'duration': 6.705}, {'end': 1964.22, 'text': 'maybe pause the podcast.', 'start': 1962.839, 'duration': 1.381}, {'end': 1971.586, 'text': "It's like really dumb, just very simple applications that could just improve the quality of the experience of using the app.", 'start': 1964.5, 'duration': 7.086}, {'end': 1973.247, 'text': "I'm imagining if you have..", 'start': 1972.046, 'duration': 1.201}, {'end': 1981.732, 'text': "you have your neuron, this is Lex, and there's a statistical representation of you, and you engage with the app.", 'start': 1974.468, 'duration': 7.264}], 'summary': 'Capturing listener data can enhance app experience, enabling features like auto-pause when bored or asleep.', 'duration': 25.598, 'max_score': 1956.134, 'thumbnail': 'https://coursnap.oss-ap-southeast-1.aliyuncs.com/video-capture/1YbcB6b4A2U/pics/1YbcB6b4A2U1956134.jpg'}, {'end': 2298.084, 'src': 'embed', 'start': 2265.667, 'weight': 7, 'content': [{'end': 2268.289, 'text': "It's entirely what my body is reporting that it wants.", 'start': 2265.667, 'duration': 2.622}, {'end': 2271.211, 'text': 'And so I call this goal alignment within Brian.', 'start': 2268.349, 'duration': 2.862}, {'end': 2274.894, 'text': "And there's 200 plus actors that I'm currently asking their opinion of.", 'start': 2271.812, 'duration': 3.082}, {'end': 2279.777, 'text': "And so I'm asking my liver, how are you doing? And it's expressing via the biomarkers.", 'start': 2275.254, 'duration': 4.523}, {'end': 2285.562, 'text': 'And so then I construct that diet And I only eat those foods until my next testing round.', 'start': 2280.238, 'duration': 5.324}, {'end': 2298.084, 'text': 'And that has changed my life more than I think anything else, because in the demotion of my conscious mind that I gave primacy to my entire life,', 'start': 2286.322, 'duration': 11.762}], 'summary': 'Aligning diet with body signals, testing with 200+ actors, transformed life', 'duration': 32.417, 'max_score': 2265.667, 'thumbnail': 'https://coursnap.oss-ap-southeast-1.aliyuncs.com/video-capture/1YbcB6b4A2U/pics/1YbcB6b4A2U2265667.jpg'}, {'end': 2379.055, 'src': 'embed', 'start': 2349.693, 'weight': 8, 'content': [{'end': 2359.859, 'text': 'The idea of demotion of the conscious mind is such a sort of engineering way of phrasing like meditation.', 'start': 2349.693, 'duration': 10.166}, {'end': 2363.541, 'text': "I mean, that's what we're doing, right? Yeah, that's beautiful.", 'start': 2359.959, 'duration': 3.582}, {'end': 2364.982, 'text': 'That means really beautifully put.', 'start': 2363.582, 'duration': 1.4}, {'end': 2367.764, 'text': 'By the way, testing round.', 'start': 2366.163, 'duration': 1.601}, {'end': 2368.524, 'text': 'what does that look like??', 'start': 2367.764, 'duration': 0.76}, {'end': 2368.985, 'text': "What's that??", 'start': 2368.584, 'duration': 0.401}, {'end': 2377.694, 'text': 'you mentioned, uh, yeah, the very, the test i do, yes, so includes, uh, a complete blood panel.', 'start': 2370.052, 'duration': 7.642}, {'end': 2379.055, 'text': 'i do a microbiome test.', 'start': 2377.694, 'duration': 1.361}], 'summary': 'Discussion on demotion of conscious mind and testing including complete blood panel and microbiome test.', 'duration': 29.362, 'max_score': 2349.693, 'thumbnail': 'https://coursnap.oss-ap-southeast-1.aliyuncs.com/video-capture/1YbcB6b4A2U/pics/1YbcB6b4A2U2349693.jpg'}], 'start': 1578.191, 'title': 'Impact of wearable tech on cognitive function and optimizing work and health through data', 'summary': 'Entails the impact of wearable devices on cognitive function, emphasizing the correlation between sleep patterns and cognitive function. it also explores the potential of data to optimize health and productivity, including deep work practices and the use of biomarkers for diet.', 'chapters': [{'end': 1792.514, 'start': 1578.191, 'title': 'Wearable tech impact on cognitive function', 'summary': 'Discusses the impact of wearing a wearable device that tracks health data, highlighting the correlation between sleep patterns and cognitive function, as well as the potential for acquiring valuable insights about behavior in the digital world.', 'duration': 214.323, 'highlights': ['Wearable tech provides valuable insight into sleep patterns and cognitive function. The wearable device tracked data on heart rate, heart rate variability, respiration rate, metabolic approximations, and sleep patterns, revealing the impact of sleep on cognitive tasks such as reaction time, impulse control, and short-term memory.', 'Access to personal data opens up new possibilities for self-understanding. Access to personal data that was previously unavailable allowed for a deeper understanding of oneself and the potential for acquiring new insights about behavior and cognitive function.', 'Potential for acquiring valuable insights about behavior in the digital world. The discussion highlights the potential to gather information about the effects of digital behavior on cognitive function and physical well-being, emphasizing the importance of monitoring behavior in the digital world.']}, {'end': 2403.764, 'start': 1792.514, 'title': 'Optimizing work and health through data', 'summary': 'Discusses the practice of deep work for up to eight hours daily, the use of meditation and the potential for data to optimize health and productivity, including the use of biomarkers for diet and the potential for brain interfaces to improve decision-making.', 'duration': 611.25, 'highlights': ["The practice of deep work for up to eight hours daily and the ups and downs of focus and concentration, emphasizing the potential benefits of analyzing one's mental activities (e.g., programming, problem-solving) to improve productivity.", "The use of meditation, particularly through Sam Harris's app, Waking Up, to actively remove mental noise and the interest in obtaining data on the effects of meditation on the mind.", 'The potential for data to improve product design and experiences, such as building more effective products and apps by expanding the number of knowns to enhance contextual awareness and quantification.', 'The use of data to improve individual experiences, such as personalizing a podcast listening app based on listener data and optimizing life activities based on personalized data, including diet preferences and exercise habits.', "The use of over 200 biomarkers to generate a diet based on the body's needs and the transformative impact of goal alignment within oneself, leading to improved health markers and decision-making.", 'The demotion of the conscious mind in decision-making processes, the potential for brain interfaces to provide data-driven insights, and the parallels between demotion of the conscious mind and the practice of meditation.']}], 'duration': 825.573, 'thumbnail': 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one's mental activities to improve productivity.", "The use of meditation, particularly through Sam Harris's app, Waking Up, to actively remove mental noise and the interest in obtaining data on the effects of meditation on the mind.", 'The potential for data to improve product design and experiences, such as building more effective products and apps by expanding the number of knowns to enhance contextual awareness and quantification.', 'The use of data to improve individual experiences, such as personalizing a podcast listening app based on listener data and optimizing life activities based on personalized data, including diet preferences and exercise habits.', "The use of over 200 biomarkers to generate a diet based on the body's needs and the transformative impact of goal alignment within oneself, leading to improved health markers and decision-making.", 'The demotion of the conscious mind in decision-making processes, the potential for brain interfaces to provide data-driven insights, and the parallels between demotion of the conscious mind and the practice of meditation.']}, {'end': 3692.962, 'segs': [{'end': 2477.052, 'src': 'embed', 'start': 2443.143, 'weight': 0, 'content': [{'end': 2446.924, 'text': 'where some days I may feel upset or depressed, or down or whatever.', 'start': 2443.143, 'duration': 3.781}, {'end': 2450.466, 'text': "And I don't want those moments to then rule my decision-making.", 'start': 2447.444, 'duration': 3.022}, {'end': 2452.286, 'text': "That's why the demotion happens.", 'start': 2450.486, 'duration': 1.8}, {'end': 2459.909, 'text': "And it says, really, if you're looking at health over a 90-day period of time, all my 200 voices speak up on that interval.", 'start': 2452.586, 'duration': 7.323}, {'end': 2464.01, 'text': "And they're all given voice to say, this is how I'm doing and this is what I want.", 'start': 2460.069, 'duration': 3.941}, {'end': 2466.93, 'text': 'And so it really is an accounting system for everybody.', 'start': 2464.63, 'duration': 2.3}, {'end': 2477.052, 'text': "So that's why I think that if you think about the future of being human, there's two things I think that are really going on.", 'start': 2467.13, 'duration': 9.922}], 'summary': "A demotion occurs if emotions rule decision-making; it's an accounting system for health and future of being human.", 'duration': 33.909, 'max_score': 2443.143, 'thumbnail': 'https://coursnap.oss-ap-southeast-1.aliyuncs.com/video-capture/1YbcB6b4A2U/pics/1YbcB6b4A2U2443143.jpg'}, {'end': 2519.646, 'src': 'embed', 'start': 2490.193, 'weight': 1, 'content': [{'end': 2495.139, 'text': 'But our ability to, you know, evolution produced us an intelligent, a form of intelligence.', 'start': 2490.193, 'duration': 4.946}, {'end': 2497.522, 'text': 'We are now designing our own intelligent systems.', 'start': 2495.659, 'duration': 1.863}, {'end': 2504.169, 'text': 'And the design, manufacturing, distribution of that intelligence over a certain timeframe is gonna go to a cost of zero.', 'start': 2498.623, 'duration': 5.546}, {'end': 2509.482, 'text': 'design, manufacture, distribution of intelligence cost is going to zero.', 'start': 2505.12, 'duration': 4.362}, {'end': 2512.223, 'text': 'Again, just give me a second.', 'start': 2509.502, 'duration': 2.721}, {'end': 2513.124, 'text': "That's brilliant.", 'start': 2512.243, 'duration': 0.881}, {'end': 2519.646, 'text': 'Okay And evolution is doing the design, manufacture, and distribution of intelligence.', 'start': 2513.404, 'duration': 6.242}], 'summary': 'Evolution is producing intelligent systems, reducing intelligence costs to zero.', 'duration': 29.453, 'max_score': 2490.193, 'thumbnail': 'https://coursnap.oss-ap-southeast-1.aliyuncs.com/video-capture/1YbcB6b4A2U/pics/1YbcB6b4A2U2490193.jpg'}, {'end': 2647.133, 'src': 'embed', 'start': 2609.381, 'weight': 2, 'content': [{'end': 2615.405, 'text': 'you basically now have trillions and trillions of agents working on the negotiation of 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That was it.', 'start': 2619.168, 'duration': 1.742}, {'end': 2628.616, 'text': "So the cost, the design, manufacturing, distribution of intelligence going to zero, which then means what's really going on?", 'start': 2620.95, 'duration': 7.666}, {'end': 2629.376, 'text': 'What are we really doing?', 'start': 2628.636, 'duration': 0.74}, {'end': 2632.179, 'text': "We're negotiating the terms and conditions.", 'start': 2630.297, 'duration': 1.882}, {'end': 2647.133, 'text': 'Do you worry about the survival of this process? That life as we know it on Earth comes to an end, or at least intelligent life? 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Can I see what's going on? I go to the doctor and it's like, how do you feel? I don't know, terrible.", 'start': 3333.278, 'duration': 6.963}, {'end': 3343.482, 'text': 'Like on a scale from one to 10, how bad do you want to commit suicide? 10.', 'start': 3341.361, 'duration': 2.121}, {'end': 3345.762, 'text': "You're like, okay.", 'start': 3343.482, 'duration': 2.28}, {'end': 3346.822, 'text': 'Yeah, at this moment.', 'start': 3345.782, 'duration': 1.04}, {'end': 3348.083, 'text': "Here's his bottle.", 'start': 3346.922, 'duration': 1.161}, {'end': 3349.623, 'text': "How much should I take? 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The transcript emphasizes that the cost of design, manufacturing, and distribution of intelligence is decreasing, which will result in the automation of tasks due to their increased ease, as highlighted by the statement 'And we're going to increasingly automate the things that we spend high energy on today, because it's easier.'", "Negotiation of goal alignment will involve trillions of agents, posing concerns about the survival of intelligent life. The discussion revolves around the negotiation of goal alignment, which will involve trillions of agents, posing concerns about the potential threats to the survival of intelligent life, as indicated by the statement 'you basically now have trillions and trillions of agents working on the negotiation of goal alignment.'", "Concerns about the survival of intelligent life due to potential threats such as nuclear war or development of AGI systems. 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The first generation of intelligent beings on earth has the real possibility of evolving into entirely novel forms of consciousness, which should be the defining aspiration for all intelligent life on earth, urging careful consideration amidst the fear of potential risks.', 'The shift towards collective intelligence has transformed societies, with ideas traveling faster and being shared by many people, leading to a shift from individual to collective intelligences. The shift towards collective intelligence has transformed societies, with ideas traveling much faster and being shared by many people, leading to a shift from individual to collective intelligences.', 'The uncertainty surrounding the impact of super intelligence systems and the potential transformation of consciousness into a virtual world poses both risks and opportunities, requiring careful consideration amidst the fog of uncertainty. 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Chronic depression, religious indoctrination, feeling of hopelessness, being forced to exist, challenges of being trapped in a singular reality.', 'The fluctuating nature of consciousness is depicted through the conflicting desires for lights to be out forever and the excitement about the potential for future human conscious experience, presenting the complexity of emotional and cognitive fluctuations. Fluctuating consciousness, conflicting desires, excitement about future human conscious experience, emotional and cognitive fluctuations.', "The speaker's internal struggle with depressive thoughts and the normalization of a brutal mental environment underscores the challenges of dealing with constant anxious thoughts and regrets, shedding light on the harsh realities of the human brain's functioning. Internal struggle with depressive thoughts, normalization of a brutal mental environment, constant anxious thoughts and regrets, harsh realities of the human brain.", "The speaker's lack of trust in the realities presented to him, stemming from experiences with religious indoctrination and chronic depression, showcases the skepticism towards given realities and the continuous search for a genuine understanding of reality, highlighting the impact of past experiences on perception. Lack of trust in given realities, skepticism towards presented realities, search for genuine understanding of reality, impact of past experiences on perception.", 'The potential hope offered by advancements in brain interfaces is emphasized, as it could provide insight into neurochemical states and offer a more refined understanding of mental struggles, revealing a glimmer of hope for those battling dark moments. Hope from advancements in brain interfaces, insight into neurochemical states, refined understanding of mental struggles, potential aid for those battling dark moments.']}, {'end': 3692.962, 'start': 3366.167, 'title': 'Chemistry of joy and depression', 'summary': "Discusses the author's unique biochemistry that leads to moments of overwhelming joy, contrasting with self-critical tendencies, and explores the potential impact of quantifying human cognition on society, while also delving into the potential of coupling brain data with psychedelic experiences.", 'duration': 326.795, 'highlights': ['The author experiences overwhelming joy and gratitude multiple times throughout the day, attributing it to a unique biochemistry. The author expresses the profound joy and gratitude experienced multiple times a day, linked to their unique biochemistry, which leads to moments of overwhelming joy.', "The author contrasts the joyous moments with their self-critical tendencies and discusses the potential impact of quantifying human cognition on society. The author contrasts their moments of overwhelming joy with self-critical tendencies and delves into the potential impact of quantifying human cognition on society's challenges and opportunities.", 'The discussion delves into the potential of coupling brain data with psychedelic experiences and humorously explores the concept of meeting elves and aliens on psychedelics. 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{'end': 4672.936, 'text': 'What if we gave GPT-3 a bunch of human brains and said, hey, GPT-3, learn some manners when you speak? 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strip club GPT-3, you want all flavors.', 'start': 4748.435, 'duration': 2.623}, {'end': 4753.88, 'text': "And then you've got to have goal alignment between all those.", 'start': 4751.158, 'duration': 2.722}, {'end': 4758.584, 'text': "Yeah They don't want to manipulate each other for sure.", 'start': 4754.26, 'duration': 4.324}], 'summary': 'Desire for diverse, adaptable gpt-3 models with goal alignment and no manipulation.', 'duration': 28.296, 'max_score': 4730.288, 'thumbnail': 'https://coursnap.oss-ap-southeast-1.aliyuncs.com/video-capture/1YbcB6b4A2U/pics/1YbcB6b4A2U4730288.jpg'}, {'end': 4886.889, 'src': 'embed', 'start': 4848.225, 'weight': 9, 'content': [{'end': 4850.146, 'text': "And you don't need to tell them what you're doing with it.", 'start': 4848.225, 'duration': 1.921}, {'end': 4852.267, 'text': 'You can do anything on the backside.', 'start': 4851.027, 'duration': 1.24}, {'end': 4853.248, 'text': 'You can make money on it.', 'start': 4852.367, 'duration': 0.881}, {'end': 4859.372, 'text': 'But the game is who can acquire the most information and devise the most clever schemes to do it.', 'start': 4853.848, 'duration': 5.524}, {'end': 4861.618, 'text': 'That was a bad starting place.', 'start': 4860.458, 'duration': 1.16}, {'end': 4867.341, 'text': 'And so we are in this period where we need to correct for that.', 'start': 4862.839, 'duration': 4.502}, {'end': 4874.164, 'text': 'And we need to say, first of all, the individual always has control over their data.', 'start': 4867.641, 'duration': 6.523}, {'end': 4875.744, 'text': "It's not a free for all.", 'start': 4874.924, 'duration': 0.82}, {'end': 4877.265, 'text': "It's not like a game of Hungry Hippo.", 'start': 4875.884, 'duration': 1.381}, {'end': 4879.786, 'text': 'They can just go at it and grab as much as they want.', 'start': 4877.525, 'duration': 2.261}, {'end': 4886.889, 'text': 'So for example, when your brain data was recorded today, the first thing we did in the kernel app was 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society to build,', 'start': 4942.981, 'duration': 5.595}, {'end': 4953.679, 'text': "where we understand the rules of play and people aren't vulnerable to being taken advantage.", 'start': 4948.576, 'duration': 5.103}], 'summary': 'Need structured permissions for data access, promoting stability and security.', 'duration': 26.07, 'max_score': 4927.609, 'thumbnail': 'https://coursnap.oss-ap-southeast-1.aliyuncs.com/video-capture/1YbcB6b4A2U/pics/1YbcB6b4A2U4927609.jpg'}], 'start': 3693.742, 'title': 'Psychedelics, mental health, and consciousness', 'summary': 'Discusses the impact of trolls and words on psychedelics, quantifying mental health with psychedelics, and engineering consciousness. it also delves into privacy challenges in the digital world, emphasizing consent and control over personal data.', 'chapters': [{'end': 3739.044, 'start': 3693.742, 'title': "Trolls' impact on psychedelics", 'summary': 'Discusses the impact of trolls and the inefficiency of words to convey experiences on psychedelics, primarily focusing on the difference between loving trolls who aim for improvement and destructive trolls. it also touches on the inability of words to fully capture the experience of meeting the elves on dmt.', 'duration': 45.302, 'highlights': ['The criticism from loving trolls is aimed at helping individuals improve, while destructive trolls simply enjoy causing destruction.', 'Words cannot fully convey the experience of meeting the elves on DMT, highlighting the limitations of language in expressing psychedelic experiences.', 'The impact of trolls, specifically the difference between those who aim for improvement and those who enjoy destruction, is a key focus of the discussion.']}, {'end': 4366.73, 'start': 3739.044, 'title': 'Quantifying mental health with psychedelics', 'summary': 'Discusses the need to quantify mental health akin to assessing physical health, highlighting the potential of using psychedelics to measure and improve mental well-being, and the importance of zeroth principle thinking in generating revolutionary ideas.', 'duration': 627.686, 'highlights': ['The need to quantify mental health akin to assessing physical health is emphasized, suggesting the potential use of psychedelics to measure and improve mental well-being, ultimately transforming mental healthcare outcomes.', "Highlighting the significance of zeroth principle thinking in generating revolutionary ideas, using examples such as the discovery of zero and Einstein's theory of general relativity to illustrate the impact of such groundbreaking insights.", 'Comparison drawn between the assessment of physical health and the current approach to mental health, showcasing the potential benefits of introducing a more sophisticated and data-driven methodology in the mental health industry.', 'Emphasizing the potential impact of utilizing psychedelics to measure brain activity and establish baseline states for mental health assessment, offering the possibility of refining treatment protocols for improved safety and efficacy.', 'Discussion on the scarcity of truly revolutionary ideas and the importance of zeroth principle thinking in expanding cognitive infrastructure, with an exploration of the profound impact of such groundbreaking insights on society and human consciousness.']}, {'end': 4758.584, 'start': 4367.745, 'title': 'Engineering consciousness: illusion and empathy', 'summary': 'Explores the concept of engineering consciousness, discussing the feasibility of creating the illusion of consciousness in artificial systems, the impact of communication mediums on conscious experience, and the potential for enhancing empathy and ethical systems in human-machine interactions.', 'duration': 390.839, 'highlights': ['The potential for creating the illusion of consciousness in artificial systems is discussed, emphasizing the shift towards a more methodical and quantitative approach in consciousness engineering. The focus is on the methodical and quantitative approach to engineering consciousness, indicating a shift towards better guardrails for creating ethical systems.', 'The impact of communication mediums, such as text and brain interfaces, on altering the conscious experience between individuals is highlighted, with a focus on the potential for amplifying the dimensionality of communications through brain interfaces. Emphasizes the potential for brain interfaces to amplify the dimensionality of communications, leading to a deeper understanding of individual experiences and enhancing empathy in human interactions.', 'The concept of training artificial systems, like GPT-3, to exhibit polite and kind behavior through exposure to human brains and societal norms is discussed, highlighting the idea of goal alignment and ethical considerations in engineering consciousness. Discusses the ethical considerations and goal alignment in training artificial systems to exhibit appropriate behavior, reflecting on the potential impact on human-machine interactions and societal norms.']}, {'end': 4974.893, 'start': 4758.604, 'title': 'Privacy in the digital world', 'summary': 'Discusses the challenges of privacy in the digital space, emphasizing the need for individual consent, control, and transparency over personal data, and the importance of establishing clear rules of play to prevent exploitation.', 'duration': 216.289, 'highlights': ["Individual consent and control over personal data is crucial, including the ability to delete data and know how it's being shared, to prevent exploitation and ensure fairness.", 'Establishing clear rules of play and transparency around data collection and usage is essential for a stable society and economy-wide shift.', 'The concerns of privacy in the modern world of digital data revolve around the hesitancy to share deep personal data, especially brain data, and the need for individual control and awareness of data usage.', 'The current state lacks sophistication in structuring permissions for data usage, indicating the need for advancements in managing and accessing personal data.', 'The unethical practices of companies acquiring and using personal data without individual approval are highlighted, emphasizing the urgency to correct and prevent exploitation.']}], 'duration': 1281.151, 'thumbnail': 'https://coursnap.oss-ap-southeast-1.aliyuncs.com/video-capture/1YbcB6b4A2U/pics/1YbcB6b4A2U3693742.jpg', 'highlights': ['The impact of trolls, specifically the difference between those who aim for improvement and those who enjoy destruction, is a key focus of the discussion.', 'Words cannot fully convey the experience of meeting the elves on DMT, highlighting the limitations of language in expressing psychedelic experiences.', 'The criticism from loving trolls is aimed at helping individuals improve, while destructive trolls simply enjoy causing destruction.', 'The need to quantify mental health akin to assessing physical health is emphasized, suggesting the potential use of psychedelics to measure and improve mental well-being, ultimately transforming mental healthcare outcomes.', 'Emphasizing the potential impact of utilizing psychedelics to measure brain activity and establish baseline states for mental health assessment, offering the possibility of refining treatment protocols for improved safety and efficacy.', 'Comparison drawn between the assessment of physical health and the current approach to mental health, showcasing the potential benefits of introducing a more sophisticated and data-driven methodology in the mental health industry.', 'The potential for creating the illusion of consciousness in artificial systems is discussed, emphasizing the shift towards a more methodical and quantitative approach in consciousness engineering.', 'The impact of communication mediums, such as text and brain interfaces, on altering the conscious experience between individuals is highlighted, with a focus on the potential for amplifying the dimensionality of communications through brain interfaces.', 'The concept of training artificial systems, like GPT-3, to exhibit polite and kind behavior through exposure to human brains and societal norms is discussed, highlighting the idea of goal alignment and ethical considerations in engineering consciousness.', "Individual consent and control over personal data is crucial, including the ability to delete data and know how it's being shared, to prevent exploitation and ensure fairness.", 'Establishing clear rules of play and transparency around data collection and usage is essential for a stable society and economy-wide shift.', 'The concerns of privacy in the modern world of digital data revolve around the hesitancy to share deep personal data, especially brain data, and the need for individual control and awareness of data usage.', 'The unethical practices of companies acquiring and using personal data without individual approval are highlighted, emphasizing the urgency to correct and prevent exploitation.']}, {'end': 5522.344, 'segs': [{'end': 5000.11, 'src': 'embed', 'start': 4974.893, 'weight': 0, 'content': [{'end': 4980.3, 'text': 'because really these are, These are fundamentals we need to have in place.', 'start': 4974.893, 'duration': 5.407}, {'end': 4987.824, 'text': "It's kind of fun to think about, like uh, in Chrome when you install an extension or like install an app,", 'start': 4981.32, 'duration': 6.504}, {'end': 4991.666, 'text': "it's ask you like what permissions you're willing to give and be cool from the future.", 'start': 4987.824, 'duration': 3.842}, {'end': 4994.907, 'text': 'It says like, uh, you can have access to my brain data.', 'start': 4991.706, 'duration': 3.201}, {'end': 5000.11, 'text': "I mean, it's, it's not unimaginable in the future.", 'start': 4996.968, 'duration': 3.142}], 'summary': 'Important fundamentals need to be in place for granting permissions in technology, such as chrome extensions and apps.', 'duration': 25.217, 'max_score': 4974.893, 'thumbnail': 'https://coursnap.oss-ap-southeast-1.aliyuncs.com/video-capture/1YbcB6b4A2U/pics/1YbcB6b4A2U4974893.jpg'}, {'end': 5211.458, 'src': 'embed', 'start': 5185.677, 'weight': 2, 'content': [{'end': 5191.923, 'text': 'But then, once I spun up an internal effort to start looking at non-invasive options, we said is there something here?', 'start': 5185.677, 'duration': 6.246}, {'end': 5195.907, 'text': 'Is there anything here that again has the characteristics of it?', 'start': 5191.983, 'duration': 3.924}, {'end': 5197.388, 'text': 'has the high quality data?', 'start': 5195.907, 'duration': 1.481}, {'end': 5198.469, 'text': 'it could be low cost.', 'start': 5197.388, 'duration': 1.081}, {'end': 5199.19, 'text': 'it could be accessible.', 'start': 5198.469, 'duration': 0.721}, {'end': 5201.172, 'text': 'Could it make brain interfaces mainstream?', 'start': 5199.27, 'duration': 1.902}, {'end': 5203.914, 'text': 'and so i did a bet, the company move.', 'start': 5202.293, 'duration': 1.621}, {'end': 5207.516, 'text': 'we shifted from non-invasive to invasive to non-invasive.', 'start': 5203.914, 'duration': 3.602}, {'end': 5209.037, 'text': 'so the answer is yes to that.', 'start': 5207.516, 'duration': 1.521}, {'end': 5211.458, 'text': "there is something there that's possible.", 'start': 5209.037, 'duration': 2.421}], 'summary': 'Explored non-invasive options, shifted focus, aiming for brain interfaces mainstream.', 'duration': 25.781, 'max_score': 5185.677, 'thumbnail': 'https://coursnap.oss-ap-southeast-1.aliyuncs.com/video-capture/1YbcB6b4A2U/pics/1YbcB6b4A2U5185677.jpg'}, {'end': 5325.878, 'src': 'embed', 'start': 5302.971, 'weight': 3, 'content': [{'end': 5310.737, 'text': 'and so if you say what kernel flow, uh, is going to give you a full screen on the picture of information.', 'start': 5302.971, 'duration': 7.766}, {'end': 5317.542, 'text': "but so you're going to be watching a movie, but the image is going to be blurred and the audio is going to be muffled.", 'start': 5310.737, 'duration': 6.805}, {'end': 5319.504, 'text': 'so it has a lower resolution of coverage.', 'start': 5317.542, 'duration': 1.962}, {'end': 5325.878, 'text': 'Colonel Flux, our MEG technology is going to give you the full movie in 1080p.', 'start': 5320.752, 'duration': 5.126}], 'summary': 'Kernel flux meg technology provides full 1080p movie resolution.', 'duration': 22.907, 'max_score': 5302.971, 'thumbnail': 'https://coursnap.oss-ap-southeast-1.aliyuncs.com/video-capture/1YbcB6b4A2U/pics/1YbcB6b4A2U5302971.jpg'}, {'end': 5411.198, 'src': 'embed', 'start': 5382.425, 'weight': 4, 'content': [{'end': 5384.786, 'text': "It's so cool how technology is.", 'start': 5382.425, 'duration': 2.361}, {'end': 5386.886, 'text': "I mean, that's what entrepreneurship is.", 'start': 5384.866, 'duration': 2.02}, {'end': 5390.007, 'text': "It's like, it's the Zeroth principle.", 'start': 5386.906, 'duration': 3.101}, {'end': 5394.288, 'text': "It's like you're marching ahead into the darkness, into the fog, not knowing.", 'start': 5390.067, 'duration': 4.221}, {'end': 5397.608, 'text': "It's wonderful to have someone else out there with us doing this.", 'start': 5394.768, 'duration': 2.84}, {'end': 5406.194, 'text': "Because if you look at brain interfaces, Anything that's off the shelf right now is inadequate.", 'start': 5398.048, 'duration': 8.146}, {'end': 5409.537, 'text': "It's had its run for a couple decades.", 'start': 5407.235, 'duration': 2.302}, {'end': 5411.198, 'text': "It's still in hacker communities.", 'start': 5409.597, 'duration': 1.601}], 'summary': 'Entrepreneurship is about advancing in technology, particularly in brain interfaces, which are currently inadequate and prevalent in hacker communities.', 'duration': 28.773, 'max_score': 5382.425, 'thumbnail': 'https://coursnap.oss-ap-southeast-1.aliyuncs.com/video-capture/1YbcB6b4A2U/pics/1YbcB6b4A2U5382425.jpg'}], 'start': 4974.893, 'title': 'Emerging technologies', 'summary': 'Discusses the importance of data privacy, potential for personal predictive models, and compares invasive and non-invasive brain interface technologies, highlighting significant investments and specialized expertise involved.', 'chapters': [{'end': 5017.299, 'start': 4974.893, 'title': 'Data privacy and predictive models', 'summary': "Discusses the importance of data privacy and the potential for personal predictive models to surpass those of big tech companies, using an analogy from chrome's permission settings and potential future implications.", 'duration': 42.406, 'highlights': ['Big tech companies build a business based on acquiring data to create a digital model of individuals for predictability and sale.', "The potential for a personal device to become a more reliable predictor of an individual than big tech companies' models.", "An analogy from Chrome's permission settings to illustrate the importance of data privacy and future implications."]}, {'end': 5522.344, 'start': 5017.299, 'title': 'Brain interface technologies: a comparative analysis', 'summary': "Discusses the development of brain interface technologies, comparing the invasive approach of neuralink with kernel's shift to non-invasive methods. it explores the uncertainties and potential impact of these technologies, highlighting the significant investments and specialized expertise involved.", 'duration': 505.045, 'highlights': ["Kernel's shift to non-invasive methods The company shifted from invasive to non-invasive technologies, indicating a strategic move towards a less intrusive approach to collecting brain data.", "Comparison of Kernel's MEG technology with Neuralink's approach Kernel's MEG technology is likened to providing a full movie in 1080p, while Neuralink is described as offering 4K resolution, illustrating the different capabilities and trade-offs between the two technologies.", 'Investment and expertise in brain interface development Both Kernel and Neuralink have invested over $100 million and employed specialized expertise, emphasizing the significant resources required for the development of brain interface technologies.']}], 'duration': 547.451, 'thumbnail': 'https://coursnap.oss-ap-southeast-1.aliyuncs.com/video-capture/1YbcB6b4A2U/pics/1YbcB6b4A2U4974893.jpg', 'highlights': ['Big tech companies build a business based on acquiring data for predictability and sale.', "The potential for a personal device to become a more reliable predictor than big tech companies' models.", "Kernel's shift to non-invasive methods indicates a strategic move towards less intrusive data collection.", "Kernel's MEG technology is likened to providing a full movie in 1080p, while Neuralink offers 4K resolution, illustrating different capabilities.", 'Both Kernel and Neuralink have invested over $100 million 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4.239}, {'end': 5599.016, 'text': 'And the people at kernel have joined, not because we have certainty of success,', 'start': 5592.051, 'duration': 6.965}, {'end': 5606.261, 'text': 'but because we find it to be the most exhilarating opportunity we could ever pursue in this time to be alive.', 'start': 5599.016, 'duration': 7.245}, {'end': 5614.646, 'text': 'You founded the payment system Braintree in 2007, that acquired Venmo in 2012.', 'start': 5607.562, 'duration': 7.084}, {'end': 5619.93, 'text': 'And then in that same year was acquired by PayPal, which is now eBay.', 'start': 5614.646, 'duration': 5.284}, {'end': 5629.27, 'text': 'Can you tell me the story of the vision and the challenge of building an online payment system and just building a large,', 'start': 5622.469, 'duration': 6.801}, {'end': 5630.511, 'text': 'successful business in general?', 'start': 5629.27, 'duration': 1.241}, {'end': 5634.712, 'text': 'I discovered payments by accident.', 'start': 5631.571, 'duration': 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"And then, once you engage, when you say the word credit card processing, the person's like.", 'start': 5785.198, 'duration': 5.285}, {'end': 5797.051, 'text': 'I already hate you because I have been taken advantage of dozens of times because you all are Yeah, weasels.', 'start': 5790.483, 'duration': 6.568}, {'end': 5800.973, 'text': 'And so I had to figure out an algorithm to get past all those different conditions.', 'start': 5797.311, 'duration': 3.662}, {'end': 5805.175, 'text': 'because I was still working on my other startup for the majority of my time, I was doing this part time.', 'start': 5800.973, 'duration': 4.202}, {'end': 5818.402, 'text': 'And so I figured out that the industry really was built on people on deceit, basically, people promising things that that were not reality.', 'start': 5805.996, 'duration': 12.406}], 'summary': 'Challenges in credit card processing industry due to deceit and time constraints.', 'duration': 40.791, 'max_score': 5777.611, 'thumbnail': 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to say of anything in the entire world I could do what.", 'start': 6145.919, 'duration': 10.463}, {'end': 6161.728, 'text': 'one thing could I do that would actually have the highest value potential for the species?', 'start': 6156.382, 'duration': 5.346}, {'end': 6165.332, 'text': 'And so it took me a little while to arrive at brain interfaces.', 'start': 6162.869, 'duration': 2.463}], 'summary': 'Paypal provided the necessary amount of money for exploring brain interfaces.', 'duration': 31.057, 'max_score': 6134.275, 'thumbnail': 'https://coursnap.oss-ap-southeast-1.aliyuncs.com/video-capture/1YbcB6b4A2U/pics/1YbcB6b4A2U6134275.jpg'}], 'start': 5522.424, 'title': 'Creating value and revolutionary payment systems', 'summary': 'Discusses how hardware contributes to only 5-10% of the overall ecosystem value and the goal of mainstream adoption of brain quantification, along with the journey of building a successful online payment system and the revolutionary impact of braintree in 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to bettering people's lives through various aspects such as books, experiences, conversations, and relationships with AI systems."]}, {'end': 5846.186, 'start': 5587.112, 'title': 'Building an online payment system', 'summary': "Details the journey of building a successful online payment system, starting from the founder's initial inspiration from living in extreme poverty, to the challenges faced in the payment industry and the innovative approach taken to overcome industry deceit and gain trust, leading to the eventual founding of a successful online payment system.", 'duration': 259.074, 'highlights': ["The founder's initial inspiration from living in extreme poverty and the decision to spend life helping others instead of solely pursuing money. The founder's experience living among extreme poverty in Ecuador at 21 led to the decision to dedicate life to helping others, rather than solely pursuing financial gain.", 'The challenges faced in the payment industry and the innovative approach taken to overcome industry deceit and gain trust. The challenges of overcoming industry deceit and gaining trust in the payment industry, leading to the development of an innovative approach to building trust with potential clients.', 'The journey from being in debt and seeking part-time jobs to the founding of a successful online payment system. The journey from facing significant debt and seeking part-time jobs to ultimately founding a successful online payment system, showcasing resilience and determination.']}, {'end': 6504.2, 'start': 5846.206, 'title': 'Building braintree: revolutionizing payments', 'summary': 'Follows the journey of building braintree, which became the number one salesperson out of 400 nationwide, generating $62,504 a month in revenues, acquiring top merchants like uber and airbnb, and ultimately being acquired by paypal, all with the goal of earning enough money to dedicate attention to creating a valuable societal impact, leading to the exploration of brain interfaces and the potential of cryptocurrency in revolutionizing money and societal structures.', 'duration': 657.994, 'highlights': ['Building Braintree resulted in becoming the top salesperson nationwide, generating $62,504 a month in revenues.', 'Acquiring top merchants like Uber and Airbnb, and eventually being acquired by PayPal.', 'The goal 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relationships with AI systems.", "The founder's experience living among extreme poverty in Ecuador at 21 led to the decision to dedicate life to helping others, rather than solely pursuing financial gain.", 'The challenges of overcoming industry deceit and gaining trust in the payment industry, leading to the development of an innovative approach to building trust with potential clients.', 'The journey from facing significant debt and seeking part-time jobs to ultimately founding a successful online payment system, showcasing resilience and determination.', 'Building Braintree resulted in becoming the top salesperson nationwide, generating $62,504 a month in revenues.', 'Acquiring top merchants like Uber and Airbnb, and eventually being acquired by PayPal.', 'The goal of earning enough money to dedicate attention to creating a valuable societal impact, ultimately leading to the exploration of brain interfaces and the potential of cryptocurrency in revolutionizing money and societal structures.']}, {'end': 8000.211, 'segs': [{'end': 6648.797, 'src': 'embed', 'start': 6621.234, 'weight': 0, 'content': [{'end': 6625.436, 'text': 'So maybe can you give some details in what this is just you.', 'start': 6621.234, 'duration': 4.202}, {'end': 6634.08, 'text': "this is one person, Brian arrives at a particular thing that they do, but it's fascinating to kind of look at this one particular case study.", 'start': 6625.436, 'duration': 8.644}, {'end': 6636.161, 'text': 'So what works for you diet-wise??', 'start': 6634.12, 'duration': 2.041}, {'end': 6637.661, 'text': "What's your actual diet??", 'start': 6636.381, 'duration': 1.28}, {'end': 6638.462, 'text': 'What do you eat??', 'start': 6637.721, 'duration': 0.741}, {'end': 6639.762, 'text': 'How often do you eat?', 'start': 6638.822, 'duration': 0.94}, {'end': 6648.797, 'text': 'My current protocol is basically the the result of thousands of experiments and, uh, decision making.', 'start': 6640.262, 'duration': 8.535}], 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needs and then creating closed-loop systems for that to happen.", 'start': 6863.164, 'duration': 7.264}, {'end': 6875.13, 'text': "Yeah, so right now you're doing the data collection and you're being the scientist.", 'start': 6870.788, 'duration': 4.342}, {'end': 6879.192, 'text': "It'd be much better if you just did the data collection,", 'start': 6875.931, 'duration': 3.261}], 'summary': 'Future of being human: real-time body assessment, closed-loop systems for needs.', 'duration': 31.469, 'max_score': 6847.723, 'thumbnail': 'https://coursnap.oss-ap-southeast-1.aliyuncs.com/video-capture/1YbcB6b4A2U/pics/1YbcB6b4A2U6847723.jpg'}, {'end': 7296.403, 'src': 'embed', 'start': 7260.812, 'weight': 2, 'content': [{'end': 7263.933, 'text': "there's a cost-benefit trade-off of what's going on, what's happening to your brain.", 'start': 7260.812, 'duration': 3.121}, {'end': 7268.855, 'text': "in that situation, we don't know the consequences of modern day life on our brain.", 'start': 7263.933, 'duration': 4.922}, {'end': 7274.078, 'text': "It's the most valuable organ in our existence.", 'start': 7270.477, 'duration': 3.601}, {'end': 7282.76, 'text': "And we don't know what's going on and how we're treating it today with stress and with sleep and with dietary.", 'start': 7274.978, 'duration': 7.782}, {'end': 7296.403, 'text': "And to me, then, if you say that you're trying to optimize life for whatever things you're trying to do with the progress in anti-aging and biology,", 'start': 7283.44, 'duration': 12.963}], 'summary': 'Modern lifestyle impacts brain health, effects uncertain. stress, sleep, diet optimization crucial.', 'duration': 35.591, 'max_score': 7260.812, 'thumbnail': 'https://coursnap.oss-ap-southeast-1.aliyuncs.com/video-capture/1YbcB6b4A2U/pics/1YbcB6b4A2U7260812.jpg'}, {'end': 7877.681, 'src': 'embed', 'start': 7844.768, 'weight': 3, 'content': [{'end': 7846.39, 'text': 'they conjure up certain life experiences.', 'start': 7844.768, 'duration': 1.622}, {'end': 7852.078, 'text': "But you're basically saying I experience a certain neurotransmitter state when these things are in action.", 'start': 7846.611, 'duration': 5.467}, {'end': 7854.058, 'text': "Yeah, all you're saying.", 'start': 7852.098, 'duration': 1.96}, {'end': 7860.524, 'text': "so, whether it's that or something else, you're just saying you have a selection for how, your state, for your body, and so if you,", 'start': 7854.058, 'duration': 6.466}, {'end': 7868.312, 'text': "as an engineer of consciousness, that should just be engineerable, yeah, and that's just triggering certain chemical reactions, yeah.", 'start': 7860.524, 'duration': 7.788}, {'end': 7871.375, 'text': "and so whether so it doesn't mean they have to be mutually exclusive.", 'start': 7868.312, 'duration': 3.063}, {'end': 7877.681, 'text': "you can have that and experience that and also not sacrifice long-term health, and i think that's the potential of where we're going is.", 'start': 7871.375, 'duration': 6.306}], 'summary': 'Consciousness can be engineered to trigger specific neurotransmitter states, without sacrificing long-term health.', 'duration': 32.913, 'max_score': 7844.768, 'thumbnail': 'https://coursnap.oss-ap-southeast-1.aliyuncs.com/video-capture/1YbcB6b4A2U/pics/1YbcB6b4A2U7844768.jpg'}], 'start': 6504.2, 'title': 'Autonomous health optimization', 'summary': "Explores autonomous diet optimization, scalable health algorithm, modern life's impact on brain health, and optimizing mind and body performance. it emphasizes data-driven decision-making, real-time body assessment, and the importance of brain health in today's stressful lifestyle.", 'chapters': [{'end': 6822.27, 'start': 6504.2, 'title': 'Autonomous diet optimization', 'summary': "Discusses the concept of autonomous self in diet optimization through data-driven decision-making, focusing on the speaker's diet protocol and its impact on sleep quality and overall well-being.", 'duration': 318.07, 'highlights': ["The speaker's diet protocol is the result of thousands of experiments and decision-making, optimizing for biomarkers such as cholesterol, blood glucose levels, DNA methylation, and sleep quality. The speaker's diet protocol is the result of thousands of experiments and decision-making, optimizing for perfect biomarkers such as cholesterol, blood glucose levels, DNA methylation, and sleep quality.", "Eating at roughly 8:30 in the morning, right after working out on an empty stomach, creates enough distance between completed eating and bedtime, positively impacting the speaker's resting heart rate, high-quality sleep, and willpower. Eating at roughly 8:30 in the morning, right after working out on an empty stomach, creates enough distance between completed eating and bedtime, positively impacting the speaker's resting heart rate, high-quality sleep, and willpower.", "The speaker's daily diet includes 'super veggie' and 'nutty pudding' as well as a third dish that changes daily, along with approximately 20 supplements to constitute a perfect nutritional profile. The speaker's daily diet includes 'super veggie' and 'nutty pudding' as well as a third dish that changes daily, along with approximately 20 supplements to constitute a perfect nutritional profile."]}, {'end': 7203.209, 'start': 6822.27, 'title': 'Algorithm for perfect health', 'summary': 'Discusses the vision for a scalable algorithm for perfect health that operates without conscious effort, emphasizing the importance of real-time body assessment, sleep, and the need for individualized health interventions, while challenging the traditional notions of optimization and discipline.', 'duration': 380.939, 'highlights': ['The future of being human involves real-time body assessment and closed-loop systems for individualized health interventions, reducing the need for conscious decision-making. The vision is to have devices inside and outside the body assessing real-time body needs and creating closed-loop systems for individualized health interventions, aiming to eliminate the need for conscious decision-making and scientific analysis.', 'The significance of sleep as a powerful health intervention and its impact on willpower and overall body performance, emphasizing the need for well-rested individuals. Sleep is considered a powerful health intervention, impacting willpower and overall body performance, with the speaker sharing personal observations on the correlation between deep sleep and willpower, challenging the traditional notions of sacrificing sleep for productivity.', 'Challenging traditional notions of optimization and discipline, emphasizing the value of giving into passion and occasional chaos as essential for personal growth and fulfillment. The speaker challenges traditional notions of optimization and discipline, advocating for giving into passion and occasional chaos as essential for personal growth and fulfillment, expressing skepticism towards over-optimization and rigid habits.']}, {'end': 7567.614, 'start': 7203.209, 'title': 'Impact of modern life on brain health', 'summary': 'Discusses the potential advancements in organ rejuvenation and replacement, emphasizing the increasing importance of brain health due to modern-day stress and lifestyle, while highlighting the balance between long-term optimization and short-term freedom.', 'duration': 364.405, 'highlights': ['Advancements in biology may lead to the ability to replace and regenerate every organ except the brain, emphasizing the increasing value of brain health in modern life. The progress in biology over the past decade suggests the potential to replace and regenerate every organ except the brain, highlighting the growing emphasis on brain health due to modern-day stress and lifestyle.', 'The trade-off decision between optimizing life and potential consequences of modern-day stress on brain health is discussed, emphasizing the need to balance long-term optimization and short-term freedom. The chapter delves into the trade-off decision individuals face between optimizing life and the potential consequences of modern-day stress on brain health, highlighting the importance of balancing long-term optimization and short-term freedom.', 'The impact of stress and lifestyle on brain health is emphasized, highlighting the need to strike a balance between caution and embracing life. The impact of stress and lifestyle on brain health is emphasized, underscoring the importance of striking a balance between caution and embracing life.', 'The speaker emphasizes the challenges of optimizing personal health and the potential drawbacks of being overly cautious, while discussing the need to balance various variables in an objective function. The speaker emphasizes the challenges of optimizing personal health and the potential drawbacks of being overly cautious, while discussing the need to balance various variables in an objective function.']}, {'end': 8000.211, 'start': 7567.975, 'title': 'Optimizing mind and body performance', 'summary': 'Discusses the optimization of mental and physical performance through dietary and lifestyle choices, emphasizing the importance of long-term impact over momentary joy, and the potential to engineer conscious experiences without sacrificing health.', 'duration': 432.236, 'highlights': ['The chapter emphasizes the importance of long-term impact over momentary joy, and the potential to engineer conscious experiences without sacrificing health. The speaker expresses a willingness to deprive himself of all momentary joy in pursuit of a goal that aligns with his long-term happiness, emphasizing the significance of considering the impact of choices on a scale of 100 to 300 years.', 'The speaker discusses the potential to engineer conscious experiences without sacrificing health and the balance between strictness and freedom in lifestyle choices. The speaker acknowledges the potential to engineer conscious experiences and balance strictness and freedom in lifestyle choices, suggesting that it is possible to have outlier experiences without sacrificing long-term health, and expresses a preference for having data to inform his decisions.', 'The speaker shares his experiment of eating once a day, particularly in the morning, and its potential impact on energy levels and deep thinking. The speaker mentions eating once a day, primarily in the morning, and its potential impact on energy levels and deep thinking, highlighting the concern about energy levels and the unique aspect of following a vegan diet.']}], 'duration': 1496.011, 'thumbnail': 'https://coursnap.oss-ap-southeast-1.aliyuncs.com/video-capture/1YbcB6b4A2U/pics/1YbcB6b4A2U6504200.jpg', 'highlights': ["The speaker's diet protocol is the result of thousands of experiments and decision-making, optimizing for perfect biomarkers such as cholesterol, blood glucose levels, DNA methylation, and sleep quality.", 'The future of being human involves real-time body assessment and closed-loop systems for individualized health interventions, reducing the need for conscious decision-making.', 'Advancements in biology may lead to the ability to replace and regenerate every organ except the brain, emphasizing the increasing value of brain health in modern life.', 'The chapter emphasizes the importance of long-term impact 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8553.754, 'text': 'and then map and know that your future is going to be in a zero principle land.', 'start': 8548.891, 'duration': 4.863}, {'end': 8561.378, 'text': "And so what you're hearing today is a representation of what may have been the right principles to build upon previously,", 'start': 8554.834, 'duration': 6.544}, {'end': 8565.26, 'text': "but they're likely depreciating very fast.", 'start': 8561.378, 'duration': 3.882}, {'end': 8574.345, 'text': "And so I am a strong proponent that people ask for advice, but they don't take advice.", 'start': 8565.74, 'duration': 8.605}], 'summary': "Future lies in zero principle land, principles depreciating fast. people ask for advice, but don't take it.", 'duration': 25.454, 'max_score': 8548.891, 'thumbnail': 'https://coursnap.oss-ap-southeast-1.aliyuncs.com/video-capture/1YbcB6b4A2U/pics/1YbcB6b4A2U8548891.jpg'}], 'start': 8001.111, 'title': 'Personal transformation and deep thinking', 'summary': 'Discusses the significance of 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The speaker donated $25,000 from the money made from Braintree, which was the first time he had money to donate outside of paying tithing in his religion. The experience of contributing something meaningful to someone else was phenomenal.', 'The impact of distractions on the quality of thoughts. The speaker mentions that when he is on his phone texting, on social media, and doing multiple things at the same time, the quality of his thoughts goes to a zero, making him feel like he is not doing anything interesting.', 'The importance of mental clarity and sensitivity in thinking deeply. 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Emphasizes the importance of examining advice deeply and understanding the underlying assumptions; advises against blindly following advice; highlights the uncertainty of advice being the right or wrong thing depending on the assumptions.', 'The meaning of life is seen as a negotiation of conscious and unconscious existence, striving for a future state of existence more fantastic than imaginable, and playing infinite games. Defines the meaning of life as a negotiation of conscious and unconscious existence; emphasizes the pursuit of building a future state of existence beyond imagination; proposes the idea of playing infinite games as a way of life.', 'The importance of deeply empathizing and truly listening to others when giving advice, considering the unique perspective and brilliance of each individual. 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The experience of contributing something meaningful to someone else was phenomenal.', 'Reaching summit after battling stomach flu and altitude sickness The speaker persevered through stomach flu and altitude sickness to reach the summit of Kilimanjaro, enduring physical and psychological adversity, demonstrating resilience and determination.', 'The value of advice lies in understanding the assumption stack built around it, not merely following it, as it could be the right or wrong thing to do depending on the assumptions. Emphasizes the importance of examining advice deeply and understanding the underlying assumptions; advises against blindly following advice; highlights the uncertainty of advice being the right or wrong thing depending on the assumptions.']}], 'highlights': ["Kernel's MEG technology is likened to providing a full movie in 1080p, while Neuralink offers 4K resolution, illustrating different capabilities.", 'The potential for creating the illusion of consciousness in artificial systems is discussed, emphasizing the shift towards a more methodical and quantitative approach in consciousness engineering.', 'The wearable device tracked data on heart rate, heart rate variability, respiration rate, metabolic approximations, and sleep patterns, revealing the impact of sleep on cognitive tasks such as reaction time, impulse control, and short-term memory.', 'The headgear accommodates giant heads, providing a comfortable and satisfactory fit.', 'The potential for acquiring valuable insights about behavior in the digital world, emphasizing the importance of monitoring behavior in the digital world to gather information about the effects of digital behavior on cognitive function and physical well-being.', "The founder's experience living among extreme poverty in Ecuador at 21 led to the decision to dedicate life to helping others, rather than solely pursuing financial gain.", 'The challenges of overcoming industry deceit and gaining trust in the payment industry, leading to the development of an innovative approach to building trust with potential clients.', 'The potential evolution of entirely novel forms of consciousness is a defining aspiration for all intelligent life on earth.', 'The journey from facing significant debt and seeking part-time jobs to ultimately founding a successful online payment system, showcasing resilience and determination.', 'The potential hope offered by advancements in brain interfaces is emphasized, as it could provide insight into neurochemical states and offer a more refined understanding of mental struggles.']}