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Bryan Johnson invests $100M in Kernel to unlock the power of the human brain

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Re: Bryan Johnson invests $100M in Kernel to unlock the power of the human brain

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PeCaN wrote: post #52
the_watcher wrote: post #34

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So we should just quit. Do you actually find the best way to get hard things done to be quitting because others failed?

Let's keep doing the same thing even though it's not working, because the only alternative is to quit! Are you real or a markov chain

No, the alternative is for you to invest $100M of your own money into a company to do things in this other alternative instead of the reflexive negativity that's going on here. I know it's easier to complain about how someone else spends their own money though.

Re: Bryan Johnson invests $100M in Kernel to unlock the power of the human brain

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the_watcher wrote: post #70
nickpsecurity wrote: post #40

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"A guy bootstrapped a company and got rich doing it: the best possible inspiration to future bootstrappers" Oh no. That's one possible inspiration. Another would be Braintree IPOing or continuing as a company providing an alternative to Paypal's BS I constantly read about while guy continues to make tons of money or get rich. Then he invests in hard problems we're likely to solve where we have the necessary foundatio…

You're correct. There are more inspirations. But the fact that he didn't cash out in the way that you wanted doesn't make him a failure.

Im presenting alternatives for others to aspire to. Ive given him props for his success and still use his company as a positive example in several ways. I would never call him a failure.
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