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The Upgrade by Lifehacker

How to Hack Your Brain, With the Bulletproof Exec Dave Asprey

The Upgrade by Lifehacker

Lifehacker

Tech News, News, How To, Education, Self-improvement

4.6688 Ratings

🗓️ 10 April 2017

⏱️ 57 minutes

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Summary

Dave Asprey, otherwise known as the Bulletproof Exec, has spent decades experimenting with ways to optimize his mind and body. You might know him best as the guy who says you should put butter in your coffee, but that’s just one part of a whole lifestyle he’s created for himself and his enthusiastic followers. This week we’re talking with him about his latest book and what we can do to almost literally hack our brains. You can find the show notes and all episodes at http://lifehacker.com/theshow See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

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I'm Melissa Kirsch, editor-in-chief of Lifehacker. And I'm Andy Orne, editor with Lifehacker.com, where we help you improve your life one week at a time. I'm Melissa Kirsch, editor

1:11.7

and chief of Lifehacker. And I'm Andy Oren, editor with Lifehacker. And today we're talking to the

1:17.0

biohacking Bulletproof exec himself, Dave Asprey. Dave is probably best known as the guy who

1:23.0

wants you to put butter in your coffee. He's a Silicon Valley tech entrepreneur and investor who,

1:28.4

according to his official bio, has spent two decades and hundreds of thousands of dollars to

1:33.3

hack his own biology. He describes how he did it in his New York Times best-selling book,

1:38.5

The Bulletproof Diet. His new book, Headstrong, The Bulletproof Plan to activate untapped

1:43.7

brain energy to work smarter and think faster in just two weeks, came out loud. His new book, Headstrong, The Bulletproof Plan to Activate Untapped Brain Energy to Work

1:44.8

Smarter and Think Faster in just two weeks came out last week.

1:49.3

Hi, Dave.

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I'm so happy to be here.

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