There's a philosophy that I share with crypto where there's a basic premise of rejecting inflation

and aging has the same philosophical underpinnings, rejecting aging. And it's the slow death

of an intelligent system. So I think we align very closely on that. So I just philosophically,

we're very similar. Then I think also longevity has such close adjacency to crypto.

All right, Sam here. Welcome to Gen C. I'm really excited this year, new year and new philosophy, we are going to be

kicking off a slightly different track. Last year, we really focused on who were the builders

building crypto brands. The year before that was AI, gaming and crypto. This year I really wanted to

focus on kind of who are interesting people who are challenging us to think

differently, but also who are building the future when it comes to their own personalized and

they're offering when it comes to the brands and the companies that they're building.

And just like who are folks who are having an effect on others and really making a difference.

So with that, we are going to kick off this year with Brian Johnson. Brian Johnson

as a CEO of Blueprint. He has this philosophy around longevity that a lot of people pay attention to.

And we just ought to be fascinating to both discuss that and some of his early interactions in the

crypto and payment space, which really got him to the opportunity to take the life that he has now into sort of the future as he's designing it. So with that, come back after the break.

New Gen C, New World, Brian Johnson. We'll see you soon.

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All right. Welcome back to Gen C. I'm here with Brian Johnson. Brian, I have so many questions,

really excited to talk to you. Because we are a crypto publication, though, I wanted to start

actually with your payments background. And I thought it was really fascinating. The more I sort of

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