Bryan was originally known for founding a payments company that sold for ~$800m. After that, he set out on a project to make himself as healthy as possible with the explicit goal of living longer while publicly documenting everything he tried. He’s spent many millions of dollars at this point and has 2.2m subscribers on YouTube.
He deliberately courts media attention by saying outlandish things (like how he measures his nighttime erections, apparently a kind of health marker) but also generally manages to hit a pretty high standard for rigor, IMO.
I actually have never heard of Bryan Johnson. What’s the media storm around him?
Bryan was originally known for founding a payments company that sold for ~$800m. After that, he set out on a project to make himself as healthy as possible with the explicit goal of living longer while publicly documenting everything he tried. He’s spent many millions of dollars at this point and has 2.2m subscribers on YouTube.
He deliberately courts media attention by saying outlandish things (like how he measures his nighttime erections, apparently a kind of health marker) but also generally manages to hit a pretty high standard for rigor, IMO.
IIRC this is one of the first big pieces on him: https://time.com/6315607/bryan-johnsons-quest-for-immortality/
And:
https://www.vanityfair.com/news/biohacker-antiaging-lawsuits
https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-features/bryan-johnson-anti-aging-blueprint-algorithm-1234821163/
He gets enough attention now that his recent announcement that he has an autoimmune condition is being covered from dozens of different sources: https://www.foxnews.com/health/biohacker-hoping-live-160-reveals-alarming-diagnosis-stomach-eating-itself
His website, where he sells the supplement stack he claims to take: https://blueprint.bryanjohnson.com/
His YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@BryanJohnson
Apparently he got a Netflix documentary, I actually hadn’t seen this but: https://www.netflix.com/title/81757532
Fun fact: He also founded a neuro technology company in between these quests.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kernel_(neurotechnology_company)