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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Entertainment
James Ball

The Immortalists by Aleks Krotoski review – the downsides of cheating death

Bryan Johnson
Who wants to live for ever … Bryan Johnson. Photograph: Courtesy of Netflix

If the name Bryan Johnson isn’t familiar, a picture of him might be. He is the somewhat alien-looking, strangely ageless 48-year-old Californian battling to defy death itself.

His efforts to do so have involved receiving a transfusion of blood plasma from his then 17-year-old son, an act that attracted headlines around the world, while Johnson’s own plasma was in turn transfused into his father. What was largely missed, but is documented in Alex Krotoski’s book, is that the procedure was deemed to be a failure. The tech entrepreneur will have to find another way to live for ever.

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