#27 – Farbood Nivi: Follistatin Gene Therapy, E/Acc, and Following Your Heart Arjun Khemani Podcast

Farbood Nivi is the founder of Grockit (acquired by Kaplan in 2013). He has been biohacking for 25 years. Recently, he became one of the first 200 people in the world to receive Follistatin gene therapy.
Topics we discuss are well captured by the timestamps below.
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Timestamps
0:39 - Biohacking for 25 years
7:23 - Follistatin gene therapy
11:15 - Farbood’s protocol and results after taking follistatin
15:38 - The FDA’s job is not to keep you alive and healthy
20:58 - Próspera and other startup cities
24:13 - Effective accelerationism
29:27 - On living forever
33:40 - The nine most terrifying words in the English language are “I’m an effective altruist and I’m here to help”
44:40 - Action is always selfish
50:53 - Tips for the average person to get started with biohacking
57:00 - The importance of mobility and flexibility
1:02:14 - Steve Jobs and following your heart
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