It feels like so much of the conversation around AI focuses on extremes—either you’re a doomer or believe in acceleration at all costs. I don’t really identify with either. As someone who wants to embrace technology while building for better human experiences, I’m drawn to people who actually live in this nuance.
Koshu Kunii is a General Partner at Lifetime Ventures, where he invests in human and planetary health solutions. He also writes the Substack Venture Humanist, where he explores what it means to live a deeply human, intentional life in a post-AI world.
Koshu is a Substack friend I’ve been drawn to because of what he subverts: a VC who is optimizing less in his life, embracing technology while deliberately choosing to live a slower life in Okinawa. He’s an incredibly intentional, meditative person who has managed to find coherence across all these different facets of his life.
In this conversation, we discuss:
[00:00:00] AI-defensible living in Okinawa
[00:12:20] “Yuntaku” conversations and creating better social infrastructure
[00:24:21] What activities pass the Infinity Test?
[00:32:35] Curating your information diet to find alpha
