“Understanding our cognitive flaws and overcoming them is the lowest-ha...” — Bryan Johnson Quote

Understanding our cognitive flaws and overcoming them is the lowest-hanging option to leveling up.

When we aren't well, society isn't well; and the technology we build mirrors that.

I feel fortunate to live in a time when a formerly unimaginable possibility of predictably programming the atoms comprising our existence is now within reach.

Before Europeans learned about zero, Descartes could not have come up with Cartesian geometry. All anyone had ever tried was to do better and better Euclidean geometry. We need more such insights.

I burn inside with an ambition that feels out of place in the early 21st century.

Economists who have studied the relationship between education and economic growth confirm what common sense suggests: The number of college degrees is not nearly as important as how well students develop cognitive skills, such as critical thinking and problem-solving ability.

I try to do everything I can to protect myself from cognitive decline as I play tennis, I walk and I cycle. I keep my brain busy with reading, jigsaws and by continuing to work.

I tend to work on the principle that much humour relies on cognitive dissonance - on the foreground not matching the background, on the protagonist's response to a situation being inappropriate, and so on.

From a cognitive standpoint, I'm very aware that you have no room for error in a picture book. Every word counts.