So of course some aspects of ‘optimal’ will include pain or suffering or hardship. We all know that’s how this works. - Bryan Johnson

Lifting heavy things is one of the best things you can do for your health.

stability is now a liability, we need plasticity. for thousands of years, success meant creating stability (i.e. building walls, storing grain). with AI, stability is death. success will be rapid adaptation which humans are very good at (though makes them very grumpy).

Zeroth Principle thinking is discovering something that wasn’t known to exist.

The future is a horizon of zeros. Open mindedness+adaptability will be prized personal traits.