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    Zeroism

    By Bryan Johnson

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    The future is here. It's hiding in plain sight. Who can spot it?

     

    In the 21st century, humanity faces three existential risks. Artificial intelligence is improving faster than we can comprehend and in ways we cannot predict. The biosphere of our planet is in question, and we humans are dangerously at each other's throats. For the first time in history, we cannot look to the past to accurately model the future. Where then can we find answers?

     

    Introducing Zeroism. Zeroism embraces what we do not know, what we cannot see, and acting courageously nonetheless. It is the underlying philosophy that steers Blueprint, the Autonomous Self, and DON'T DIE. It's a philosophy that will serve a society that advances, not by each funeral, but at the speed at which it rejuvenates.

     

    Bryan Johnson is an entrepreneur and explorer of the new frontiers of being human. Johnson took stock of his health and realized that a decade of chronic depression and poor cognitive control earlier in life had affected every measure of his well-being. He decided it was time to evolve. Johnson's controversial ideas and methods have attracted both detractors and devoted followers around the globe. In Zeroism, Johnson shares the philosophical principles that aim to help humanity choose a path forward into the future now.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherCandy Wrapper
    Release dateAug 22, 2024
    ISBN9781940556215
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    Bryan Johnson

    Bryan Johnson and Maria Hartman are from Shasta County, California and have five children and three grandchildren. Our youngest child moved back home last year with a health condition, which required her to have a recommendation for the use of Cannabis. Starting the cooking of Cannabis was thru trial and error until the opportunity arose to write a cookbook from the requests of others that had tasted the foods we had prepared. Bryan being a Culinary Arts Major and Maria Hartman helping with the preparation of the foods to an delicious flavor they wrote the first book "Calm Effects, The Beginning which covers some sweets and treats, this book covers a different version of appetizers that came straight from their kitchen onto paper for you use, enjoy!

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      Book preview

      Zeroism - Bryan Johnson

      ZEROISM

      More Books by the Author

      DON’T DIE Dialogues

      A Novel

      Explore the future of what it means to be human.

      We the People

      A Novel

      The War has ended. The Children won.

      Children’s Books

      Code 7: Cracking the Code for an Epic Life

      (for ages 7-10)

      A suitable addition to any school library that is looking for short but fast-paced stories that reinforce pro-social behavior.

      – School Library Journal

      The Proto Project:

      A Sci-Fi Adventure of the Mind

      (for ages 9-12)

      Johnson keeps the middle school laughs going in this action-packed, accessible look at the pros and cons of advancing AI and technology, a contemporary tale certain to intrigue and entertain young readers.

      – Publishers Weekly

      Title-Zeroism

      ZEROISM

      Copyright © 2024 by Bryan Johnson. All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced in any form without written permission from the publisher, except as permitted by US copyright law. For permission requests,

      contact dontdie@bryanjohnson.com.

      Bryan Johnson has asserted his right to be identified as the author of this work.

      Library of Congress Control Number: 2024940987

      E-book ISBN: 978-1-940556-21-5

      Paperback ISBN: 978-1-940556-22-2

      Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-940556-23-9

      Published by Zero

      protocol.bryanjohnson.com

      A few times in my life, I’ve read books that have changed the way I understand my life and reality. I hope this becomes a book like that for you. Enjoy.

      - Bryan Johnson

      Contents

      1

      A People’s History of Zeroism

      2

      Firing Evening Bryan

      3

      What is Blueprint?

      4

      Zeroism as a Belief System

      5

      The First Supper

      6

      Dear Gen Zero

      DON’T DIE Excerpt

      We the People Excerpt

      The Proto Project (Ages 9-12) Excerpt

      About the Author

      1

      A People’s History of Zeroism

      Hello, everyone. My name is Bryan Johnson.

      In this book, I’m going to walk you through Zeroism, which is my personal philosophy of the future of being human. It will be a tour of the past, the future, and the interior of the human mind as it contemplates an existence so different, so unimaginable, that it drives many to an existential crisis.

      But first, I need to set the record straight.

      Yes, I did receive 1 liter of my 17-year-old son’s plasma.

      However, unlike what was widely reported in the media, my son is kept in a room that is 8’ x 8’, not 10’ x 10’.

      Also, I have high expectations of my son. Specifically, he must do the following things:

      Do well in school.

      Complete his household chores.

      Give me one liter of his plasma.

      And clean his room.

      I’m kidding about cleaning his room.

      You may have heard of me by now. Maybe you learned about some rich guy doing crazy things, trying to live forever, or maybe the YouTube algorithm brought you to me. Isn’t it funny how quickly we give decision-making authority to AI about where our minds should go next? Huh. More on that later. Or maybe you’re here because you read Ashlee Vance’s profile of me on Bloomberg: How to Be 18 Years Old Again for Only $2 Million a Year.

      I was born 46 years ago, but my left ear is 64, my heart is 37, and my cardiovascular capacity is in the top 1.5% of 18-year-olds. After working on the scientific frontiers of anti-aging for three years, I’m not really certain of my age anymore.

      My health endeavor, Blueprint, has been full of surprises. For example, I discovered that my left ear has a biological age of 64. I am basically deaf in that ear from 4,000 Hz to 12,000 Hz. I had no idea. As a kid, I shot a lot of guns and listened to a lot of loud music, and we never wore hearing protection. It turns out hearing protection is important!

      It was also surprising that after sharing, for free, everything I was learning about my own health and wellness, the global response was a tsunami of hate. Far-reaching corners of the globe detested me. People called me a narcissist. A vampire. An elf. Patrick Bateman. Dorian Gray. Surely, I must be an Illuminati lizard-person (shh, that’s true). No part of me was off limits to ridicule. I was accused of being too pale, too skinny, too vain, too muscular, too reptilian, too idiotic, too too, whatever that even means.

      Wild. What was happening?

      People confidently stated that Blueprint must exist because I am miserable and trapped in a cage of my own making. They said that in its implementation, I am missing the point of life. Why extend life? What’s the point?

      They psychoanalyzed me, diagnosing me with a crippling fear of death and more personality disorders than there are people. They suggested I was a fool on a vain quest for immortality. But for the record, I have never said that I am pursuing immorality. I have said, we no longer know how long and how well we can live.

      They said I was yet another arbitrary person, in yet another arbitrary time, on another arbitrary continent, on a failed quest for the Holy Grail.

      "He’ll do anything

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