The Cult of Eternal Youth: A Few Thoughts on Bryan Johnson's Anti-Ageing "Cult"
You may never have heard of Bryan Johnson - he's a billionaire tech entrepreneur who's ongoing mission is to live forever, and he's established a movement promoting healthy lifestyles which he believes may not only prevent ageing, but which could help us age backwards...
Johnson's followers are known as "Don't Die Citizens," and are encouraged to log every living bodily metric into his app.
This app offers a gamified regimen of health in which every aspect of daily living can be recorded... steps, sleep, calorie burn, biomarkers, even plasma infusions. The app pitches users against each other, offering them algorithmic rewards for being the most compliant and "youthful."
It's tempting to dismiss Johnson as just another Silicon Valley oddball. Tech moguls have been curious about life extension for decades. Peter Thiel for example has underwritten parabiosis experiments and Google has created Calico, a biotech company committed to "solving death."
What Johnson brings to the party is a sense of the evangelical!
In this movement (some may say 'cult') health becomes not so much a way of achieving an end, but an end in itself. Human experience spontaneity, indulgence, all of these are sacrificed for the goal of living longer.
More concerning maybe is the way ageing is pathologized, being treated as something to be cured, rather than just a natural process.
Final thoughts...
If we’re going to build a healthier future, it should be one that embraces ageing—not one that tries to outrun it.
However at the end of the day, I guess no one forces anyone to sign up for this sort of stuff, so if that's the lifestyle you choose, then so be it!
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They'll feel silly when they die of nothing. At least the rest of us will have an interesting cause of death.
“Health nuts are going to feel stupid someday, lying in hospitals dying of nothing.” — Redd Foxx
This is most true, I believe, for woman. It's marketable, too - for example, skin care that promises to make you look younger is a multi billion dollar industry, the advertisements of which make us feel inadequate. Men can age, and leave their wives for younger woman, and that's supported by the culture.
Aging is fucking shit tbh but it's a battle to fight it - a more gentle acceptance whilst looking after your health so you're still mobile and active is probably a better way to go.
In bed by 8.30? Easy. I don't need an app for that - I'm eyeing the clock at 6 pm..
Interesting. I was just reading in the Wall Street Journal about Ezekiel Emanuel, who is apparently an opponent of long life. He feels we shouldn't seek any medical attention after the age of 75, since the cost of aging past that is too much of a drain on our society. This wouldn't be so sinister if he wasn't the architect of America's Affordable Care Act.
I dunno. Folks on both ends of this debate can do what they like with their own lives. But I think a more moderate path might be, well, healthier for the rest of us.
Growing old is a demonstration of life and we are all going there. The search for eternal youth has been something that has occupied a part of society, but the reality is that this is nothing more than an aspiration and a myth.
The most intelligent, objective and important thing is to age in a healthy way, to look for ways to take care of our health and to do responsibly what we should do to have a healthy old age.
Life is like a rainbow and each color is a stage of your existence. Each one of them has its charm and it is important to live it as intensely as possible and old age is part of the rainbow, it has colors and it is also enjoyable.
Excellent publication.
Thanks for sharing.
Happy Monday and a better week.
Cheers and greetings.
Indeed, I don't think we should be too anti-ageing!
Craziest part is: he looks weak and miserable.
He is roughly in my age bracket.
Name the place and the weapon; I'd smoke that guy.
I saw some interviews of his, which did not make him seem that crazy, actually.
Certainly not like a cult leader.
Before forming on opinion of the guy just from secondary sources, I'd recommend to check his content out.
Lastly: He is fully aware that to stop ageing you are trading things in.
(That was part of an interview I saw)
To live longer, you might find that you have to stop doing things, that other would consider living.
He does look young for his age, but I know what you mean, I wouldn't say he looks thriving....
I've skimmed some of his work, I'll have a closer look if I can find the time!
Just one sentence
The truth is, aging is a natural part of life’s cycle.
Fingers crossed that the "assisted dying" bill will be placed on the statute books, but there will be too many habnd wringers and doctors wanting to play "god" opposing it.
My life My rules.
Quality over quantity
I hope it doesn't go through, I can't trust myself to not request assisted dying if I have a bad day.
LOl!!!! stick to beer
Fair Point, I mean who needs assisted dying when we've got Leaving Loss Vegas!
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