Acharya: OpenAI is focused on health and finance
“Self-improvement, kind of health and finance are the two areas that OpenAI is focused on.”
Lyon: Novelty Is One of the Biggest Distractions for Health
“Humans love novelty, and novelty is one of the biggest distractions for health.”
Kirsten Green says 60% of consumers prioritize health over friends and family
“60% of the people describe health as being their number one priority, even above friends and family.”
Sampath: Functioning individuals should only optimize for health, not appearance
“Like people, as long as you're a functioning individual, the only thing you should optimize for is health.”
Bapu: HLTH conference attendance expanded 20x from 2019 to 2023
“Back in 2019 it was around 500 people in terms of attendance. It was at the MGM Convention Center, which is fairly small. This past year, it was 10,000 people in attendance so literally, 20 x'd in size”
Lanng: Founders inevitably sacrifice their health building startups
“So yeah, you absolutely sacrifice your health over, over this process.”
Weisbrot: Lost Layers of Health Are Almost Impossible to Recover
“What I found is when you lose a layer of health, it, it's almost impossible to get back.”
Zeevi: Maintaining metabolic health likely requires reducing blood glucose spikes
“In order to maintain health or to restore the, that the healthy phenotype, what you need to do is to probably reduce the glucose responses.”