It’s taken me a few days to recover from the crescendo that was DOC last week. Planning and executing a magical three-day gathering of 300+ brilliant scientists, investors, entrepreneurs, and policy leaders is both exhausting and exhilarating. It’s a bit like throwing a wedding, or a 72-hour long dinner party. The goal is to give every single guest a massive return on their most precious resource: Time.
Given DOC’s core focus on the science of longevity, time is the appropriate focal point. The room buzzed with extraordinary breakthroughs that are improving and expanding our healthspan — the period we spend engaged in a healthy, happy life. Consistent with DOC’s brand, we eschewed bullshit, focused on the evidence, and had a lot of fun along the way. DOC operates under Chatham House rule, which means I can’t directly quote most of our speakers, but there were plenty of insights to share — as well as some great photographs.
If you want to follow the debate about crypto’s impact on society, which I believe is one of the most important topics in tech today, you better sharpen your Twitter skills – most of the interesting thinking is happening across Twitter’s decidedly chaotic platform. I’ve been using the service for nearly 15 years, and I still find it difficult to bring to heel. When following a complex topic, I find myself back where I started – in a draft blog post, trying to pull it all together.
My first prediction: Disinformation becomes the most important story of the year. At the time I wrote those words, Trump’s Big Lie was only two months old, and January 6th was just another day on the calendar. A year later, that Big Lie has spawned countless others, culminating in one of the most damaging shifts in our nation’s politics since the Civil War. The Republican party is now fully captured by bullshit, and countless numbers of local, state, and national politicians are busy undermining democracy thanks to the Big Lie’s power. A significant percentage of the US population has become 
