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One of the folks who I talked to told me that he was so insecure about being a ginger that he was looking for any way to stop it.

Rather than dyeing his hair, I suppose, he went for melanotan.

But then he said he also had a friend who accidentally took too much melanotan,

and people started reading him as being a different race than he was.

There's an episode about Seinfeld about this.

When Kramer got in the tanning bed and he stayed in too long,

scared his new black girlfriend's family.

So I'd be very curious to see how that plays out in Silicon Valley.

Over the past few years, Silicon Valley has become more than just the birthplace of groundbreaking technology.

It's also a hub of biohacking.

According to WebMD, biohacking is making changes to your body or lifestyle to improve something about yourself, like your health,

brain power, or athletic ability. So, eat a balanced diet, get sleep, move your body. Simple,

right? But biohacking is also notorious for bizarre hacks at best, and medical

misinformation at worst. Think tech giant Brian Johnson using his own son's blood to crack the

fountain of youth. But that hasn't stopped people from pushing the limits of the human body.

In fact, what if I told you the rise of prescription injectables like Ozenfic,

may have some biohackers turning to the unregulated injectable market.

And to help me out, we've got Jasmine Sun, an independent journalist who writes a substack

newsletter about Silicon Valley culture.

Thanks for having us on.

And Karen Mashke, editor-in-chief of ethics and human research. who writes a Substack newsletter about Silicon Valley culture. Thanks for having us on.

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