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Zero: A Biography of a Dangerous Idea

Charles Seife

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

“i think it's my favorite book i've ever read”
“i read the book zero a biography of a dangerous idea and i i have a really good book by the way it's i think it's my favorite book i've ever read”— guest

The guest here is Bryan Johnson: Founder of Kernel, which builds non-invasive brain-measuring devices (Flow and Flux). Previously founded the payments company Braintree, which acquired Venmo and was itself acquired by PayPal/eBay. Kernel founder Bryan Johnson makes the case for non-invasively quantifying the brain to engineer better health, cognition, and human futures.

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