Bryan Johnson Says Folks Need Him to Die. However He Nonetheless Feels ‘Very Glad’ He Acquired a Latest Analysis
Biohacker Bryan Johnson is an extreme case, but interest in longevity is becoming more mainstream. Businesses are capitalizing on it.
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Extreme biohacker Bryan Johnson knows he isn’t popular. But even the tech entrepreneur and longevity enthusiast seemed surprised at the world’s reaction after he announced in July he had been diagnosed with an autoimmune condition.
“People really want me to die. Now, I get it: It’s funny, it’s ironic. I push a lot of buttons that people don’t like,” Johnson said.
He shared his thoughts with The Axios Show
He shared his thoughts with “The Axios Show” in a sneak peek of a coming episode released on Monday. The episode is expected to air in full this week.
Johnson originally made a name for himself as a serial entrepreneur. He founded and sold fintech company Braintree to PayPal for $800 million in 2013 prior to founding neurotech company Kernel and VC firm OS Fund. But he’s become better known in recent years for his claims that he can achieve immortality, not only for himself but for all of humanity—and in little over a decade, Fortune reported.
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He’s also become infamous for a roster of costly and extreme longevity practices. Among the most controversial was an 2023 experiment in which he injected himself with a liter of his then-17-year-old son’s plasma.
That’s why Johnson’s announcement that he had been
That’s why Johnson’s announcement that he had been diagnosed with autoimmune gastritis generated so much buzz—at least some of which was likely schadenfreude.
“In the 48 hours after I announced this, there were 1,800 articles written around the world, billions of impressions. It was like this global thing,” Johnson told Axios.
Source: www.inc.com
