As a leader in the field of information technology, Silicon Valley's elites are also unwilling to be left behind in the medical field. In the three directions of becoming younger, thinner and smarter, they do everything they can, constantly trying to use technology and drugs to "hack" into the human body and make themselves stronger human beings.
The smartest people are incarnated as "creatures."ExtremeGuest".
In Silicon Valley, from programmers to entrepreneurs, to company executives and industry leaders, taking drugs has gradually become a daily routine. Some Silicon Valley employees bluntly said that mastering pharmacological knowledge is a necessary skill, and if you don't know how to choose or formulate the right drug for you, it will be difficult to move an inch. ”
For example, Musk took semaglutide to lose weight, and showed off on social ** that he lost 30 pounds in a short period of time (about 13.).6 kg);Neuroscientist Dr. Andrew Huberman uses peptides** to try to delay the onset of chronic diseaseEven Peter Thiel, a Silicon Valley investor who was condemned, tried to inject young people's blood into his body a few years ago to resist aging and regain his youth and vitality.
In the American drama "Silicon Valley", programmers like to eat a "smart drug" adderall, which can be programmed 48 hours a day, greatly improving concentration.
In the movie "Never End", the down-and-out writer reached the pinnacle of life by taking smart drugs.
For programmers struggling at the bottom of Silicon Valley, the desire to succeed has led everyone to default to the fact that taking smart drugs is not a foul in order to achieve fame earlier.
And once these Silicon Valley entrepreneurs realize their dreams, they all invariably pursue something higher - life extension. The search for a longer healthy life** has always been one of the most popular life sciences trends in Silicon Valley.
High-riseCircles are piled upPursue the "elixir of immortality".
In recent years, Revito, an oral aging inhibitor that uses Harvard's NAD+ (a key substance to inhibit aging) technology, has become very popular among the wealthy and entrepreneurial people in Silicon Valley.
David Sinclair, a professor of genetics at Harvard Medical School, is a world-renowned biological scientist who once said that human aging is not immutable, it is actually a disease that can be changed.
In experiments on mice, Sinclair's team found that increasing the NAD+ in the bodies of elderly mice for one week in a row brought their physical indicators back to the youthful state they were in at 6 months of age, and the average life expectancy was extended by about 1 3. The research results were published in authoritative academic journals such as Cell in 2013 and attracted wide attention.
Another popular technology is the Senolytics (targeted removal of senescent cells) technology pioneered by James Kirkland, a biologist at the Mayo Clinic in the United States.
James Kirkland's team successfully extended the lifespan of experimental mice by 36% with the Sino crack technique. Human clinical trial data showed that in just 11 days, the aging markers in the elderly decreased by 17%-62%.
In 2022, MaxScientific, a company jointly established by Harvard and Mayo, completed the successful integration of NAD+ promotion and "Sino crack" technology, and launched the Revigorator G4, which caused a strong response in the market.
Silicon Valley bigwigs bring fire biotechnology
In recent years, Silicon Valley bigwigs have raced to enter the life sciences: Oracle founder Larry Ellison has provided about 4$300 million in financial support;Zuckerberg, the founder of Facebook, co-founded the "Breakthrough Prize" to reward scientists who have made outstanding contributions to the field of life extensionThere are also Silicon Valley giants such as Amazon founder Jeff Bezos and PayPal founder Peter Thiel, who have invested a lot of attention and money in research to extend healthy lives.
At present, the hottest Silicon Valley "upstart" - Sam Altman, the founder of OpenAI, is also afraid of falling behind in this aspect, and his career is on a smooth road, throwing 1$800 million was invested in longevity companies with the aim of living for an additional 10 years.
In addition to taking pills, Sam Altman is also a "total health manager", such as avoiding particularly spicy foods that can "exacerbate" his digestion or cause inflammation;Drink protein shakes;Lift weights three times a week;And wake up with a "big glass" of espresso. He also insists on sleeping in "cold, dark, quiet rooms," which he once wrote in a blog post that can improve sleep quality.
Such crazy self-discipline also reflects the eager desire of Silicon Valley bigwigs to fight aging, and after getting enough money, their most important pursuit becomes time.
As more and more bigwigs squeeze into this field, the investment regardless of cost allows the most cutting-edge life extension technology to land, and gradually enter the consumption of the general population. It can be seen from Ruiweituo's Tmall and Jingdong stores that the current product price is about 1,500 yuan, which is already an acceptable level for high-net-worth individuals, which greatly lowers the use barriers between the bigwigs and Silicon Valley bosses.
The progress of science and technology and the extension of healthy life are the goals that human beings have been pursuing for thousands of years, and the geniuses of Silicon Valley are turning it into reality step by step. What they have in their medicine box is the desire for a better life for themselves, which is actually the dream of human beings.