How Google X’s Mo Gawdat Made 1 Billion People Happier - Including YOU  (Part 1) : 1230

How Google X’s Mo Gawdat Made 1 Billion People Happier - Including YOU (Part 1) : 1230

Can Happiness Really Be Engineered? Mo Gawdat Says Yes—And Here’s How.

I know what you’re thinking… ANOTHER episode on happiness? Haven’t we heard it all before? This one’s different. The code is cracked, and you’re about to learn exactly how it works.

Joining us today is Mo Gawdat, bestselling author of Unstressable and former Chief Business Officer of Google X. Mo sits down with Dave to deliver a practical, science-backed approach to hacking your mind and body for lasting joy.

Mo dives into the raw science behind happiness and stress—revealing how your brain runs on algorithms that you can actually reprogram. Discover why dopamine might be sabotaging your joy, how to decode the four types of stress, and biohacks that can flip the script on your mental and physical resilience.

He also shares the deeply personal story of how he turned unimaginable tragedy into a global mission for happiness and purpose. Mo’s insights will challenge everything you thought you knew about living a fulfilled life.

What You’ll Learn:

• The happiness algorithm—and how to make it work for you

• Why dopamine addiction is robbing you of joy (and how to fix it)

• The four stress modalities and how to regain control

• Biohacks that build resilience—like cold plunges, gratitude, and micro-habits

• How small mindset shifts can create major life transformations

And don’t miss Part 2, dropping in two days! Dave and Mo explore the intersection of happiness and AI, revealing how to get them both working FOR you instead of against you.


Resources:

2025 Biohacking Conferencehttps://biohackingconference.com/2025

Mo Gawdat’s Book: Scary Smarthttps://a.co/d/6DukqyW

Mo Gawdat’s Book: Unstressablehttps://a.co/d/hrbpY9O

Follow Mo Gawdat on Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/mo_gawdat/

Danger Coffeehttps://dangercoffee.com

Dave Asprey’s Websitehttps://daveasprey.com

Dave Asprey’s Book: Smarter Not Harderhttps://daveasprey.com/books

Dave Asprey’s Linktreehttps://linktr.ee/daveasprey

Upgrade Collective: Join The Human Upgrade Podcast Livehttps://www.ourupgradecollective.com

Own an Upgrade Labshttps://ownanupgradelabs.com

Upgrade Labshttps://upgradelabs.com

40 Years of Zen – Neurofeedback Training for Advanced Cognitive Enhancementhttps://40yearsofzen.com


Sponsors:

Neurohacker | Go to https://qualialife.com/dave and use code Dave for 15% off.

Quantum Upgrade | Go to https://quantumupgrade.io/Dave for a free trial.


Timestamps:

00:00 – Intro

00:31 – Introduction to The Human Upgrade

00:45 – Dave Asprey’s AI Background

01:13 – Introducing Mo Gawdat and His Work

01:51 – From Scary Smart to Unstressable

02:40 – The Journey to Happiness

13:10 – Understanding Stress and Its Mechanisms

17:26 – The Four Modalities of Stress

24:16 – Mental Stress and the Happiness Flowchart

31:34 – Sources of Stress: Trauma, Obsessions, Noise, and Nuisances

33:27 – Understanding Modern PTSD

34:09 – The Role of Obsessions and Noise

36:24 – Biohacking for Resilience

37:58 – The Power of Gratitude

40:12 – The Happiness Equation

54:37 – Dopamine vs. Serotonin

01:03:00 – The Benefits of Cold Therapy


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#51 Transhumanism, Technology & the Future with Natasha Vita-More

#51 Transhumanism, Technology & the Future with Natasha Vita-More

This episode stretches the boundaries of biohacking by looking at the futurist ideology and movement called transhumanism. Natasha Vita-More, an American designer, theorist and author, joined me on this episode to discuss the possible transformation of the human condition by developing technologies that enhance intellectual, physical, and psychological capacities.  Natasha Vita-more is co-editor and author of The Transhumanist Reader: Classical and Contemporary Essays on the Science, Technology and Philosophy of the Human Future and designer and author of "Primo Posthuman," a pioneering future whole body prototype. Vita-More is a professor at the University of Advancing Technology, and a Fellow of the Institute for Ethics and Emerging Technologies and the Hybrid Reality Institute. She is currently Chairman of the Board of Directors of Humanity+. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

23 Juli 201349min

#50 New Bulletproof iPhone App, Food Sensitivities & HRV with Ronda Collier from SweetWater Health

#50 New Bulletproof iPhone App, Food Sensitivities & HRV with Ronda Collier from SweetWater Health

The 50th episode of Bulletproof Executive Radio introduces you to a brand new free iPhone app called Bulletproof(R) Food Sense and to the scientist who made it all happen.  Today’s interview is with long time biohacker and founder of Sweetwater Health™, Ronda Collier. Ronda is putting her more than 25 years of experience in high tech to work at SweetWater Health™, where they are looking at the signal coming from the human heart, and instead of seeing beats per minute or simple heart rate variability, seeing a huge pool of big data just waiting to be analyzed using Ronda’s crazy advanced math skills. There is a lot more information in your heartbeat than you’d think – stress levels are just the beginning. By applying mobile health monitoring and stress management with medical research techniques, SweetWater Health is creating some very advanced, very easy to use biohacking technologies. My experience as a bio hacker who used to weigh 300 pounds and really struggled with food cravings, is that every single person has a set of things in their environment or their food that makes them weak. SweetWater Health and Bulletproof Executive just partnered to create the free Bulletproof(R) Food Sense iPhone app to help you find your personal kryptonite by using the phone’s onboard sensors to detect your hidden food sensitivities.   You can also get an amazingly full-featured version of the app that works with a chest strap to measure and track your heart rate variability all day long and use complex algorithms to quantify your food, stress, and overall health. Click here to download your free Bulletproof Food Sense app from the Apple iTunes store. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

16 Juli 201348min

#49 Q & A Eggs, Butter & Zen - Podcast

#49 Q & A Eggs, Butter & Zen - Podcast

About once a month, I set aside a whole podcast to answer questions from the Bulletproof community. It's all about answering your very best questions, sourced from e-mail, Facebook, Twitter, the Bulletproof forum and the blog! See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

10 Juli 201359min

#48 “Fat Burning Man,” Abel James and Bulletproof Exec Unite

#48 “Fat Burning Man,” Abel James and Bulletproof Exec Unite

This podcast is with Abel James – a #1 best-selling author, fat loss coach, musician, radio show host, and veritable health crusader. Abel also runs the extremely popular “Fat Burning Man” show – which is one of the top health podcasts on iTunes.  A former strategic advisor to the food and beverage industry, Abel now acts as a consumer advocate who exposes the truth behind deceptive marketing practices, misleading corporate propaganda, and powerful special interests that have accelerated the worldwide obesity epidemic and health crisis. Abel harnesses the techniques he developed for the Lean Body System to achieve extremely compelling results in fat loss and health for his clients and the community. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

3 Juli 201356min

#47 Biohacking Cows, Bulletproof Dairy and Probiotics with Natural Health Expert, Jordan Rubin

#47 Biohacking Cows, Bulletproof Dairy and Probiotics with Natural Health Expert, Jordan Rubin

Jordan Rubin is one of America’s most recognized and respected natural health experts. He is the author of the New York Times best selling book, The Maker’s Diet, as well as the author of 19 other health related titles, including his latest work Perfect Weight America. An international motivational speaker, Jordan hosts the weekly television show Extraordinary Health that reaches more than 30 million households worldwide. He is Founder and CEO of Garden of Life, a leading health and wellness company committed to empowering extraordinary health with whole food based supplements, functional foods, and founder of Beyond Organic. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

24 Juni 201349min

#46: Reichart Von Wolfsheild - Bulletproof Your Systems

#46: Reichart Von Wolfsheild - Bulletproof Your Systems

Reichart Von Wolfsheild, is a co-host on History Channel’s Invention USA.  He is a technologist, inventor, artist and futurist. Starting in his teens, he designed and built a computer CPU from scratch. In the early 1980s, while helping pioneer music videos for the then-fledgling network, MTV, he started his first successful technology company developing Artificial Intelligence applications. Blending his talents from several fields he made history conceiving one of the first multi-player modem video games, kicking off a franchise. He has designed everything from toys to weapons and developed more than 120 products for companies such as Boeing, Disney, Dreamworks and Mattel, and is always looking for the next fun challenge. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

20 Juni 201346min

#45: Q & A More on Coffee, Kale, & Adrenal Fatigue

#45: Q & A More on Coffee, Kale, & Adrenal Fatigue

Questions Asked in the Podcast:   1:20 What is the best way to store Bulletproof Coffee and can you pre-grind it and store it? 4:10 For people who like to do heavy workouts several times a week what do you recommend for  recovery and muscle building? 5:30 What's the deal with drugs, specifically marijuana? Is it Bulletproof? 7:14 What about marijuana by products like Hemp protein powder or Hemp seed oil? 8:44 How can I get a Bulletproof T-shirt like the one Dave had on the Joe Rogan Experience? (bulletproofexec.com/shirts) 10:01 What are the differences between the new Bulletproof Upgraded Brain Octane Oil and the Bulletproof MCT Oil? Does the Octane Oil replace the MCT Oil or is it mean to be an addition? 13:10 Can I add the Upgraded Whey into my coffee without pushing myself out of ketogenesis? 14:28 Why is there no Certified Organic label on the MCT Oil? 15:10 How do you make a proper iced ,and blended iced, Bulletproof coffee without the fat sticking to the sides or globbing together? 16:22 Is taking Bioidentical growth hormone safe? 17:34 In the Kale Shake you list raw eggs as a potential addition, would eggshells work as well? 18:49 I massage my kale before blending or sauteing it, do I still need to stew this before steaming, or should I just cut the massage out altogether? Also are the oxalates in baby kale less? 19:43 Should I make a kale shake in addition to or in lieu of Bulletproof coffee? 20:35 Are kale chips Bulletproof? 22:19 Why is Bulletproof Coffee NOT affected by the coffee fungus problem? 24:21 Changing your diet making you stinky? 26:40 Activated charcoal and its benefits 30:24 How do I recover if I have a cheat meal from the Bulletproof Diet? 32:03 How to schedule Bulletproof Coffee and Diet around a crazy sleep schedule 35:30 Can I substitute kale with broccoli to avoid the toxins? 35:50 Adrenal Fatigue, how do you know you have it, what are some common causes, and how do I make it better? 39:35 How do you gain weight while Bulletproof? 42:35 Biohacks of the week and other conversation...   See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

10 Juni 201349min

Bonus: Client Review with Jonathan Kos

Bonus: Client Review with Jonathan Kos

Jonathan Kos is an IT professional and a recent follower of the Bulletproof Diet.  He is a 44 year old IT professional . At 6' 3" and a former college athlete that played football, competitive ice hockey up until the age of 25 he was an extremely fit 220 lbs and my coaches wanted me up to 275 or so to play the defensive line so I was eating literally non stop to put weight on. After college he dropped down to around 200 lbs and eventually settled at for me was a healthy 235.  As he got older and more settled in his job, his weight climbed and he couldn’t keep his weight in check with exercise alone and he started to have to diet he was up to 300 lbs and was exercising more that ever but the weight didn’t come off. After he met his wife, exercise was out the window, a carb heavy diet was in, and his weight ballooned up to 365lbs. He was about to give up until he heard Tait Fletcher on Joe Rogan's podcast mentioning Bulletproof ® Coffee and he gave it a shot. He lost 45lbs in 45 days, and is here to share his experience with you.  See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

3 Juni 201311min

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