‘Are we the first generation that won’t die?’: Bryan Johnson on his controversial lifestyle
The 47-year-old multimillionaire spends $2m a year on staying youthful and, in a new documentary, he explains why we should be following his lead
Bryan Johnson, the biohacking centimillionaire who made a fortune selling payment apps, knows what his biggest online skeptics have been saying about him ever since he went viral in January 2023. Critics seized on the way he spends his days eating sludge and a jumble of vitamins and minerals (more than 50 a day) while wired up to devices monitoring his heart rate, brainwaves and erections (because they signal good health), and experimenting with far-out treatments like blood transfusions from his teenage son, all in an effort to slow the ageing process, live longer and, as his motto turned branded campaign says, Don’t Die.
“When I started, people were looking at me like this ‘eccentric, vampire billionaire tech bro drinking his son’s blood’,” says Johnson, on a video call with the Guardian. “I was like, ‘Sure, yes. Also, I’m a professional rejuvenation athlete. I’m creating a new sport and a new way to understand reality. Death is always inevitable, but I’m asking this question: are we the first generation that won’t die?”
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