Interviews

My whole life, I've been told that the first year of parenthood will be the hardest year of one's life...

That you'll be badly underslept all the time.
That the hectic overwhelm will devour every spare moment.
That you get not a spare second of "me time" to devote to staying sane.
That you get "new mom" or "new dad" brain: happy yet forgetful, irritable, and foggy.
That your productivity in your career or extra-curricular pursuits drops off a cliff as you muddle through each day.
But with almost four months under my belt as a brand new 40-year-old dad, my experience has been very different. Being a parent is easier than I expected.
This year, I've managed to write two books, my income has increased while my working hours have decreased, and I manage to work out and make love to my wife a few times a week.
This has got a lot to do with the productivity hacks I've had in place for years, but it's also due to my stack of health habits and the Nootropics almost constantly flowing in my blood. The obsessive Biohacking and self-care stuff that can seem, perhaps, self-indulgent becomes a 1000% validated when one embarks on the grand adventure of parenthood.

And this should have you questioning the other thing you've been told a thousand times: that with advancing age comes inevitable decline. Might that also be something that was once the non-negotiable human condition, but now - hackable?

Let's get wildly hypothetical and utopian...

Imagine an Anarcho-libertarian future wherein philosophy, reason, and science prevail.

The cathedrals of corruption looming over every nation, governments have been replaced by direct democracy on an unhackable blockchain. And with the absence of the state, perverse economic incentives, monopolies, and dogma in healthcare.
In that future, will traditional allopathic medicine and healthcare be relegated to the dustbin of history and replaced entirely by frequency medicine?

In this minisode interview with William Mulvaney, we discuss the rather insane feat he's undertaking (with his feat) - a 100-mile ultramarathon. We talk about injury workout prevention, share unconventional willpower shortcuts, and swap stories.

Is stoicism past its due date as a mindset?

The philosophy articulated by the embattled Marcus Aurelius as his personal life and empire threatened to collapse around him in 170 BC. It's over 2000 years old, and we are now living in a world utterly inconceivable to even the most imaginative Roman aristocrat in the midst of a psychedelic Dionysian fever dream. Modernity seems architected to conflict directly with every facet of evolutionary psychology and the philosophical values that have edified men and women for millennia. While new science, thinking, and practice from the fields of Biohacking and personal growth seem to offer pragmatic solutions in a world doing its damnedest to claw away our free will with digital talons.
In a world utterly corrupted by politics, big business, big government, and devouring ideology, is stoicism as a mindset an individualistic "cope" to keep your metaphorical hands off pitchforks that should be raised?
That's the question I'll be exploring today with Will R. Young, a behavioral finance strategist, philosopher, top-performing superforecasters in the Good Judgment Project, author of a new book, "The Enough Equation," and avid surfer - he knows a thing or two about dodging shark fins.

Dopamine is often misunderstood as the “pleasure” molecule, but its primary role is motivation, reward-seeking behavior, and reinforcement learning. It drives goal-oriented behavior, productivity, focus, and even longevity. Dopamine is essential in habit formation and performance optimization—but it’s also involved in addiction and burnout.

I'm joined by my friend, Lucas Aoun of Boost Your Biology. He's on the expert consulting team for our new flagship program, Anakainōsis, and we are going to go deep on the topic of dopamine here and how to Biohack it for a vigorous life of meaning, joy, and adventure.

So you're about to invest in a 30, 60, or 90-day supply of a high-quality Nootropic, like those by Ultra Human, to maximize the ROI on that investment I suggest that you plan a simultaneous productivity sprint of equal duration.

Hopefully, you're reading this just prior to (or just after) splurging a not-insignificant chunk of change on some high-quality Nootropics. If you're going to spend your hard-earned money on Nootropics there's an important question you should be asking...

How can I make more permanent the mindset and enhanced powers of cognition that this Nootropic imbues?

Methylene Blue is a seriously underrated, surprisingly effective, safe, and very affordable anti-aging agent along with being a subtle Nootropic.

In the cryptocurrency world where I spend some time, there seems to always be a trade-off between three desirable attributes; speed, security, and scalability. In Biohacking, similarly, we often have to choose between safe, effective, and affordable. But, after reading The Ultimate Guide to Methylene Blue by Mark Sloan (who I had a great deep-dive interview with) I was thoroughly convinced that Methylene Blue measures up in all three crucial dimensions, so I've added it to my daily stack.

I interviewed Professor David Williams - a Biohacker, chemist, writer, Gulf War veteran, and director of a research chemical company.

I interview fitness guru, Nootropics impresario, and large human, Neal Thakkar of Evolvere.

We discuss the downsides to bodybuilding, fitness hacks, Modafinil vs Mindfulness, and the potent Nootropic stack he's created - QUANTUMiND. Whether or not you should bring your smartphone to the gym. Why Modafinil is a problematic anti-empathy drug. We discuss the workout supplements HMB, Yohimbine, CBD, and Creatine. Neal warns about common mistakes to avoid making in the gym, like why...

“You shouldn't do cardio in the gym BEFORE lifting weights.”

In this conversation with Russell Symes of Infinite Age, we discuss why Entrepreneurs who don't Biohack may end up dead.

We also shed light on the minefield of mediocrity that the Biohacker faces when choosing anti-aging supplements or Nootropics along with delving into some high-risk, high-reward tools, exogenous Testosterone, and Nicotine.