Video of my speech at Vitalia in February 2024 where I first sketched out a vision for Sophia DAO. You can also check out my November 2024 interview with Elias Schlie here.

Intelligence is the single strongest predictor of individual life success and national wellbeing. Solving intelligence is also central to solving all the other problems from making death optional to solving AI alignment.

Furthermore, the technological tools to transition human intelligence enhancement from sci-fi to reality are on the cusp of maturation.

Consequently, we consider it not just an economic but an ethical imperative to accelerate human intelligence enhancement, as I argue in The Biosingularity is Near.

To this end, we are announcing the launch of Genius DAO to accelerate human intelligence enhancement (“nooceleration”) and accomplish the following strategic goals:

• Funding fundamental research, acquiring IP-NFTs, and investing in public goods such as open biobanks with IQ test data.
• Provisioning access to the nooceleration/reprogenetics space for crypto investors, instead of just leaving it all to VCs.
• Offering discounts on relevant products or services, or other benefits, for staking the future token.
• Promoting nooceleration and reprogenetics tech in blogs and media.

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PS. This DAO was previously known as Sophia DAO before it merged with Genius DAO in March 2025.