New Delhi: Billionaire Bryan Johnson, known for spending millions on his attempts at ‘biohacking’, has a problem with the headline for his recent interview in The Telegraph.
‘I’m in the same lineage as Jesus,’ the British daily quoted Johnson in its headline.
While Johnson stood by his religious analogy—placing himself in a long line of spiritual leaders attempting to understand life and death—he disputed the headline.
“I did not say that,” Johnson posted on X. “What I said: first time in 2,000 years, we’re having a fresh conversation about life & death. Not abstract debate, but practical things bc radical life extension is at the doorstep. That means meaning, purpose, spirituality and culture are up for grabs.”
“If you go back through time, any religious figure who has tried to say this is how you understand life and death, here’s what you do to solve life and death. I’m in the same lineage,” Johnson said.
He called his technological quest for immortality the “first opening in 2000 years”, or a “thawing of how humans think about: ‘Do I believe in an afterlife? Do I not?’”
Johnson also dispelled rumours that his recent diagnosis of autoimmune gastritis had anything to do with his longevity regime, and explained that he is “trying to solve it”.
“Why do I need to defend that life is good?” he asked.
Most people have a desire to watch a protagonist fail or stumble, he claimed.
“They’re like ‘Ah, there it is, this guy who dared to challenge death, the thing no one’s ever been able to beat, to have the hubris to do it, and he’s rich and you know whatever,’” Johnson added. He is sure that seeing him stumble would bring people immense satisfaction.
Quest for immortality
Johnson, 48, is obsessed with becoming the healthiest person in the world.
“Online, people refer to me as ‘immortal unc.’,” he wrote on the website for his longevity protocol, Blueprint.
Johnson’s unorthodox health interventions include swapping his blood out with his 21-year-old son’s, taking dozens of pills a day, sticking to a strict vegan diet, and even monitoring his night-time erections. He compares this data with that of his son’s, shares it online with millions of followers, The Telegraph noted.
Johnson, an entrepreneur and venture capitalist, is also the founder of Kernel, a neurotechnology company that measures and records brain activity, monitors cognitive health, and understands neural codes.
(Edited by Prasanna Bachchhav)
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