The Ledger

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why aren't all 7 resolved? a statement only gets an assessment when the public record can support or contradict it. opinions and what-ifs never can, and 0 checkable ones are still open, waiting for their date. predictions held up or didn't; assertions are supported or contradicted. on every card: ▮▮▮▮▮ certainty · ▮▮▮▮▮ debate potential. speakers are clickable

Assertion Not checkable as stated
Johnson: My 17-year-old son follows my exact identical biological health protocol
“My 17 year old is, he does the identical things I do.”
Bryan Johnson Nov 22, 2022 ▶ 54:44 How I Sold My Company To PayPal For $800 Million | Bryan Johnson (#388)
Assertion Supported
Johnson: I age 277 days per year, giving me three months free
“I'm currently aging at .76. So I, for every 365 days a year, I age 277. So I basically get like October, November, December for free.”
Bryan Johnson Nov 22, 2022 ▶ 59:19 How I Sold My Company To PayPal For $800 Million | Bryan Johnson (#388)
Assertion Supported
Johnson: Braintree built Uber's original invisible checkout payment infrastructure
“We helped Uber do their no the payment experience where you get in the car, you arrive at your destination, you leave the car, no exchange of payment information, no signing of receipts, no printing out receipts.”
Bryan Johnson Nov 22, 2022 ▶ 5:26 How I Sold My Company To PayPal For $800 Million | Bryan Johnson (#388)
Assertion Supported
Johnson: Braintree's first product was a background credit card vault for OpenTable
“The first product was for OpenTable. It was just allowing someone to make a reservation, put in their credit card number and have it stored. So to the user, it appeared as if I was entering my credit card information in the OpenTable system, when in fact they'…”
Bryan Johnson Nov 22, 2022 ▶ 11:00 How I Sold My Company To PayPal For $800 Million | Bryan Johnson (#388)
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Johnson: At 11 months, Braintree was doing $59k in monthly processing revenue
“At the 11 month mark, my portfolio of customers were generating, I think it was like 59,000 a month of revenue.”
Bryan Johnson Nov 22, 2022 ▶ 11:34 How I Sold My Company To PayPal For $800 Million | Bryan Johnson (#388)
Assertion Supported
Johnson: Ginkgo Bioworks was an early OS Fund investment that worked on mRNA vaccines
“Ginkgo Bioworks, one of my first investments, I ended up working on the mRNA vaccine.”
Bryan Johnson Nov 22, 2022 ▶ 23:44 How I Sold My Company To PayPal For $800 Million | Bryan Johnson (#388)
Assertion Partly supported
Johnson: Kernel built a light-based neuroimaging helmet that sets up in one minute
“What we, at Kernel what we've done is we've built a neuroimaging helmet. Like you said, Sam, you just put it on your head. It takes one minute to set up. It uses light to measure the brain activity.”
Bryan Johnson Nov 22, 2022 ▶ 28:56 How I Sold My Company To PayPal For $800 Million | Bryan Johnson (#388)
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