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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Politics
Joel Snape

‘My ultimate goal? Don’t die’: Bryan Johnson on his controversial plan to live for ever

‘What I said about myself is, do I really think that I can live my best life on my own?’ … Bryan Johnson.
‘What I said about myself is, do I really think that I can live my best life on my own?’ … Bryan Johnson. Photograph: Magdalena Wosinska

Bryan Johnson knows that you think he is weird. So much of his life occurs outside the realms of what most people consider normal that it would be odd if you didn’t. He rises at 4.30am, eats all his meals before 11am, and goes to bed – alone – at 8.30pm, without exception. In the intervening hours, he ingests more than 100 pills, bathes his body in LED light, and sits on a high-intensity electromagnetic device that he believes will strengthen his pelvic floor. This is all done in the service of slowing his rate of ageing until, he hopes, one year of chronological time can pass while his biological age stays the same. His ultimate goal? “Don’t die.”

Oh, and, incidentally, he wants as many people as possible to join him.

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