Daniel Burger, Founder of Eightsix Science - Solving death through brain replacement

Описание: Daniel Burger is a neuroengineer and founder of Eightsix Science, a company working to solve death as an engineering challenge. He recently raised funding from Draper and is working on cutting-edge brain tissue engineering. His background spans neuroengineering, organoid development, and what might be the most ambitious technical challenge in biotech: keeping human brains alive indefinitely.

In this episode, we discuss bio-hybrid brain replacement, whole brain explantation, and the Ship of Theseus approach to gradually replacing brain tissue without losing yourself. We explore cortical reorganization as proof that memories can shift between substrates, why you can't just swap brains like hearts, the inverse Neuralink strategy of printing brain tissue around electrodes, and the SpaceX-style commercialization roadmap that could make this financially viable decades before the final goal.

Useful Links:

Not Sure If Obvious HQ: https://notsureifobvious.substack.com/

Guest:
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/danburonline/
Website: https://danielburger.online/
EightSix Science: https://eightsix.science/
Essay: Death is an Engineering Challenge: https://danburonline.substack.com/p/death-...

Longevity:
For anybody interested in deepening their knowledge of biotech longevity (as in, increase of healthspan and lifespan through direct intervention rather than slight improvement due to lifestyle ), I suggest visiting the following:

Longevity Biotech Fellowship, the best fellowship to get inside the industry: https://www.longevitybiotech.com/
Celine Halioua, Founder of Loyal, probably the best example of B2C x Biotech Longevity: https://loyal.com/
Draper, VC fund that has invested into the company (special mention to my dear friend Santiago who made their beautiful website): https://www.draper.vc/
NFX, another Tier-1 fund with a strong thesis on Biotech Longevity: https://www.nfx.com/

This podcast and blog:
The conversation with my somatic coach, Aleks Kop: I am fully for full human flourishing. One of the ways to do that is through understanding your emotions and being more in your body, we dive exactly into this: https://notsureifobvious.substack.com/p/al...
You can write whatever you want: one essay where I give 30+ examples of things you could write publicly if you wanna start self-expressing in public. After recording conversations on longevity, spirituality, and somatic practises, I'll soon write an essay about "You can talk about whatever you want": https://notsureifobvious.substack.com/p/wr...

Timestamps:

(00:00:00) – Introduction to Neuroengineering and Eightsix Science
(00:05:14) – Understanding Bio-Hybrid Brain Replacement
(00:10:14) – The Feasibility of Brain Explantation
(00:16:56) – Exploring Memory and Emotion in Brain Replacement
(00:21:33) – The Mechanisms of Brain Functionality
(00:28:58) – Exploring Biohybrid Brain Integration
(00:36:13) – The Journey to Neurotechnology
(00:47:43) – Building a Company in Neurotech
(00:58:48) – Vision-Driven Fundraising Strategies