A billionaire tech guru whose goal is to “live forever” has revealed how he hacked his complex everyday life to extend his life as long as possible.
Bryan Johnson, 45, a California-based tech mogul who sold his Braintree Venmo company to PayPal for $800 million nearly 10 years ago, spoke with Steven Bartlett in a CEO podcast diary this week.
He believes that sleeping at the same time, never eating after 11 a.m. and taking 111 pills are the keys to eternal youth.
The mogul added that his main goal in the 21st century is “not to die” and that he is doing everything possible to prolong life – which includes injecting his 17-year-old son’s plasma.
“I revolt against the culture of death,” he said on the podcast.
A billionaire tech guru whose goal is to “live forever” has revealed how he hacked his complex everyday life to extend his life as long as possible. Pictured having his breakfast
Bryan Johnson (right) had his plasma taken and injected into his father, while his teenage son (left) donated his plasma to Bryan to try to “reverse aging.”
“I was born to introduce this new idea to humanity,” he told Dragon’s Den star Steven.
“In the 21st century, the only goal is not to die.” It’s the battle cry of the 21st century, those two words: “Don’t die,” he added.
In his speech this week, he also revealed how being a Mormon by birth and struggling with depression and suicidal thoughts led to his current success – but said he fears it may have done harm if he didn’t take care of himself earlier in life.
Bryan added that he believes it’s “perfectly possible” to “live forever” and that he makes all of his decisions using algorithms, so he doesn’t give his mind “authority” to make decisions.
Bryan also said that sleep is the most important thing to him and that he measures the quality of his sleep and gets 100 percent quality for six months.
The mogul added that his main goal in the 21st century is “not to die” and that he is doing everything possible to prolong life – which includes injecting his 17-year-old son’s plasma
The mogul revealed he goes to bed at 8:30pm every day, which can be detrimental to his social life – but said it was worth it.
When he wakes up, he often doesn’t speak to anyone for four or five hours so he can “think.”
“I try my best, but it’s easy to get blown away.”
“Someone who says, ‘How are you, how did you sleep’ can blow my mind.”
The father of one child also eats 2250 calories a day that are purely plant-based and eats everything between 6am and 11am.
Wine, he says, should also be drunk in the morning and limited to 3 ounces a day.
“I’ve built my life around sleep,” he explained.
“It’s the opposite of cultural norms. Most people waste their bedtime when they want to go out with friends.”
Tech mogul Bryan Johnson, 45, spends $2 million a year on a project to reverse the aging of every organ in his body
Johnson undergoes regular tests that specifically target his kidneys, prostate, thyroid and nervous system
“I made the difficult decisions.” There are a lot of little things.
“My last meal of the day is at 11 a.m., by the time I go to bed I have over eight hours to digest.
“I have done a few hundred experiments on this. “I sleep best on an empty stomach.”
He added that he “never shares a bed with anyone” and will not have sex after 8:30 p.m.
“I’m single, I’ve tried dating before, I gave them a list of 10 things that make it impossible for them to like me.”
Bryan also said that he grew up “typically American” and “not healthy” and ate lots of sugary cereals, but now no longer eats cane sugar because it “has no benefits.”
His company, Kernel, makes helmet sensors that attach to the head and record brain activity
Since the beginning of the project, he has undergone a significant change. He is pictured here in 2017
“We’re only a few steps away from creating superintelligence, we can’t model what the future will be like in any way, shape or form,” he explained.
“The only thing we can play is don’t die, don’t kill each other.” And don’t underestimate the AI.”
As for his diet, Bryan said he eats 2,250 calories a day and “every calorie has to fight for life.”
He starts his day with a bowl of “super veggies” that includes broccoli, cauliflower, garlic, ginger, and hemp seeds with extra virgin olive oil and cocoa. He doesn’t add any salt or spices other than potassium chloride.
He eats about a kilogram of vegetables a day and says he adds the dark chocolate to quell sweet cravings.
This is followed by a “dessert” of macadamia nuts mixed with berries and proteins.
He believes that sleeping at the same time, never eating after 11 a.m. and taking 111 pills are the keys to eternal youth
Johnson’s Venice, California home was remodeled to include a full medical suite
Three tablespoons of extra virgin olive oil and a “Green Giant” drink are also part of the menu – as are 111 tablets.
Bryan spends $2million (£1.6million) a year on a team of more than 30 doctors and medical experts who monitor and test nearly every organ in his life. Her goal is to transform his body into that of an 18-year-old.
He took 33,537 pictures of his intestines and monitors everything from bone weight to the number of nightly erections he has.
He and his doctors claim that in two years he has reduced his overall biological age by more than five years and now has the heart of a 37-year-old, the skin of a 28-year-old, and the lung capacity and fitness of a 28-year-old an 18-year-old. year old His medical team is led by Oliver Zolman, a 29-year-old doctor researching aging therapies at Cambridge.
In his 30s, the entrepreneur founded Braintree Payment Solutions, a highly successful company that he sold in 2013 for $800 million.
The tycoon in 2019 with his ex-girlfriend, director Taryn Southern
Bryan began his anti-aging research when, after selling his business and a messy divorce from the mother of his three children, he realized he was 60 pounds overweight
However, the lifestyle he once led while starting this business left him feeling depressed and suicidal, leading him to embark on a journey to understand how his body works.
Along the way, the father of three launched several bio-startups before embarking on what might be his most ambitious project of all—reshaping his body—two years ago.
As part of what he calls “Project Blueprint,” Johnson lives by what looks more like a full-time job.
He has had his pelvic floor treated with electromagnetic pulses to improve muscle tone in hard-to-reach places, and he wears blue light-blocking glasses for two hours before going to bed at the same time each day.
Johnson was born in Utah into a large Mormon family. He was raised by his mother and stepfather, who worked as truck drivers. At 19 he went on a two-year mission to Ecuador.
As a student at Brigham Young University, he ran a business selling cell phones to other students to fund his college education. He then attended the University of Chicago, where he earned an MBA and later founded Braintree.
The transfusion took place at a Dallas clinic, but it wasn’t the first time Johnson had received plasma from young, healthy donors
Richard received a transfusion from one of the healthiest people in the world – his son. He said, “I won the lottery.” There must be some benefit to getting that much volume from him.
He also founded the OS Fund, a venture capital fund whose mission was to “invest in entrepreneurs and scientists working on quantum leap discoveries that promise to rewrite the operating systems of life.”
He later invested $54 million in his new venture, Kernel, Dirt reported, a company with the no-nonsense goal of “building the world’s first neuroprosthesis to enhance human intelligence.” The company makes helmet sensors that attach to the head to record brain activity.
Johnson now resides in Venice, California, in a home he bought for $5.7 million and later remodeled in advance of Project Blueprint to include a full medical suite.
His lifestyle and obsessive attempt to subvert the effects of time has drawn widespread criticism, with many viewers of his online content comparing him to American Psycho’s Patrick Bateman.
“That’s to be expected and it’s okay,” he says of the criticism he’s received.
“What I’m doing may sound extreme, but I’m trying to prove that self-harm and decay aren’t inevitable,” he told Bloomberg.
Johnson’s son Talmage (above) lost out: Bryan wins by getting blood that, based on somewhat limited conclusive studies, will rejuvenate him from the inside out.
Though the details aren’t known, his doctors hinted to the outlet that he’s about to embark on far more experimental procedures, including gene therapies.
“There has to be a better way than what is happening now,” he said.
Most recently, he underwent a plasma exchange. Before Johnson did this with his father and son, he had undergone plasma transfusions from a young, healthy, anonymous donor whom he carefully screened to ensure the person had an ideal body mass index, was living a healthy lifestyle and was disease free.
After Talmage plasma was drawn, the process was repeated with Richard having some of his blood drawn and infused with some of Bryan’s blood.
The science behind plasma transfusion as a cure for aging is far from understood and has its roots in experiments in mice.
I ask Bryan if he feels younger now after having a quart of blood administered to him by his son, a star high school athlete (pictured together).
Bryan’s goal is to be 18 again biologically. He trains at least an hour every day and has the heart of a 37-year-old
In 2005, a group of scientists at the University of California, Berkeley made the shocking discovery that mating young and old mice altered their cell ages.
After bringing an old mouse and a young mouse together so that they could share blood and organs, they studied the mice for five weeks. The muscles of the old mice healed at about the same rate as the young mice, while the old mice regenerated liver cells at a youthful rate.
A later study would show that transferring blood from an older mouse to a younger one would actually speed up the aging process.
Talmage has the short end of the stick while Bryan wins by getting blood that, based on somewhat limited conclusive studies, will rejuvenate him from the inside out.
Richard, on the other hand, is likely to emerge as the biggest winner as he receives a blood transfusion from one of the healthiest people on earth. Richard and Bryan had a strained relationship, and the former sees the transfusion as a family renewal and a deepening of the bond with his son.
Richard told Bloomberg, “Yes, I won the lottery. There must be an advantage to getting that much volume from him.”
When Bryan’s plasma was drawn from his veins, he noticed the yellow-gold hue that indicates healthy blood.
He said, “Hey, look at this.” That’s how you can tell if I’m a scammer or not. The color is beautiful. It’s flawless.’