New paper @GladstoneInst@UCBerkeley@nvidia reinforces the Information Theory of Aging (ITOA).
Looking at 175M single-cell gene expression patterns, AI found cells lose their identity over time.
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For those of you who have been following along with Blueprint and Donโt Die, here is an update.
0. Intent
1. Society is in a phase transition
2. Blueprint
3. Donโt Die
4. Warriors & Caretakers
5. Summary
0. Intent
My goal is to create the legal and biological right for a human to exist for as long as they wish. This is Donโt Die.
Why: because existence is the highest virtue. Society will be built around this objective.
1. Society is in a phase transition
AI is changing everything. To help understand whatโs happening, an example from physics will be helpful.
This is what a phase transition looks like: water at 99ยฐC is hot, stable, behaves like a liquid and follows the laws of hydrodynamics. At 101ยฐC, water becomes a gas, making it chaotic, expansive, and following a different set of physical laws.
The difference between 2026 and 203X is the difference between 99ยฐC and 101ยฐC.
To make this tangible. Imagine youโve become a proficient swimmer. Mastering your stroke, breathing and pacing. The water is a predictable substrate that you use to model your decisions. This is life at 99ยฐC.
At 101ยฐC the pool turns to steam. You stroke your arms but donโt move. You kick and donโt find resistance. Your swimming proficiency is no longer an asset, itโs a liability. Your muscle memory is a mismatch for the new environment. You have to unlearn to relearn.ย This is what life is going to feel like going forward.
Life will feel increasingly unnerving, out of control, and unfamiliar. Things will move faster than we can update our models about the world. Adapting to this new reality is our new objective.
2. Blueprint
As many of you know, I nearly shut down Blueprint last year because it wasnโt mission aligned to become critical infrastructure for this 99ยฐC to 101ยฐC transition. It wasn't structured to scale with Donโt Die globally at the speed AI is moving. It took too much of Kate and my time and distracted us from our primary Donโt Die objective.
Kate and I spent a few months deep soul searching and mapping out possible futures. We figured out a path where Blueprint could become an operating system for this new 99ยฐC to 101ยฐC world. We put that plan into action, raising $60M from world class people, building an exceptional team, and mapping a plan where Blueprint becomes foundational for human existence. Our first announcement comes next week and we have a jam packed year of exciting things to be launched.ย Iโll write more about this soon. Iโm very excited about it.
The tl:dr here is that with a new leadership team in place, Kate and I will be able to dedicate around 75% of our time to Donโt Die while Blueprint is dedicated to all of you in our shared pursuit.
If youโre into the future of existence and sit in the intersection of AI, biology and systems, join our team.
3. Donโt Die
Iโm most excited about Donโt Die progress. For two years weโve experimented with what to do with this new framework. We held summits around the world, gathering the community.
We stood up weekly gatherings in over 100 countries. We have an active online community of over 100,000. Iโve written about it becoming the next global ideology and religion.
We created videos. I wrote a book. We started a weekly Donโt Die fam with rituals, rights and practices. Weโve hosted private dinners at my house explaining the philosophy. Every technical revolution has a comparable ideological revolution.
Weโve been trying to figure out how Donโt Die becomes the next major philosophy and ideology. The answer to AIโs emergence.
Each helped us build our intuitions and models. We have our next iteration ready to go. Kate and I are finalizing our hand off to the Blueprint team so that we can launch this new phase. We love this iteration because itโs a systematic approach that scales at the speed of AI. This is the operating code for Blueprint. Very excited to share with you.
4. Warriors & Caretakers
Over the holiday break, I wrote a short book/long essay: Warriors & Caretakers of Existence. A new archetype of existence. Both humans and AIs can be Warriors and Caretakers. I hope to have it out in the next 30-60 days.
Right now, the entrepreneurial capitalist has the highest status in society. The pursuit of material resources is the primary game, the status creating metric, and the all-consuming objective. Devotion to the game, even at the expense of death, is the price of entry.
Warriors and Caretakers see the phase transition happening and know that values, status and ethics will change with it. Existence is becoming the highest virtue. Those who devote themselves to this cause will have the highest status.
This book explains whatโs happening in the world, how you can create mental models to make sense of it, and how you can apply your own abilities to the cause.
5. Summary
Like most, Iโve been on a roller coaster of emotion over the past few years trying to sort how to think, feel and act in a world that is AI dominant. Trying to create new mental models that match the landscape. I finally feel reconciled and stable in a fast-changing and turbulent world. Not because I submit and passively accept, but because my new mental models allow me to move forward amidst the shifting sands.
Iโm excited to share all of this with you and hope that you feel the same. The epic nature of this moment is beyond our comprehension. I only hope that we will rise above ourselves with wisdom beyond our natural capacity to be equal to this moment.
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