What would you have to do to live forever?

The question has long preserved throughout history and is asked by the many who wish to cheat death.

Billionaire Bryan Johnson believes he came close, but a recent betrayal from his body proved that immortality isn’t as near as he thought it would be.

He has spent an estimated 2 million dollars per year on what he calls “Project Blueprint” to hold off aging. The tech entrepreneur follows a strict diet, consuming little meat and a lot of vegetables, and a rigid routine that includes 54 supplement pills a day.

Part of Project Blueprint includes blood transfusion. In May 2023, Johnson announced on social media platforms that his 17 year old (at the time) son provided “the world’s first multigenerational plasma exchange.” The trio headed to a medical spa in Texas where the youngest Johnson got a full liter of his blood, about a fifth of the blood in a human’s body, removed and separated into a batch of liquid plasma, red blood cells, and white blood cells. Bryan followed the same process and had his son’s blood infused into his.

The extreme process that Johnson undergoes to pursue longevity for your body?

Concerns were voiced when the multimillionaire revealed that he has been diagnosed with autoimmune gastritis, a condition where your immune system attacks the healthy cells in your stomach. Or, as he put it, “My stomach is eating itself.”

Johnson rejected the possibility, in a recent interview, that his illness is caused by his longevity regimen and even states it might be related to his diagnoses of hypothyroidism.

Why is immortality so popular nowadays?

Is the fear of dying really so strong that it drives people to seek ways to live forever? To me, immortality can be seen more as a punishment than a gift. The thought of watching friends and family pass away, one by one, is excruciatingly painful. However, I can still understand people who would rather live forever. The fear of not having enough time to experience life to its fullest seems to be terrifying as well.

Immortality is not something that can be achieved as of right now, so we should really seize the time we have right now. Carpe diem.

Citations:

https://fortune.com/2023/05/23/bryan-johnson-tech-ceo-spends-2-million-year-young-swapping-blood-17-year-old-son-talmage-70-father/

https://people.com/who-is-bryan-johnson-netflix-dont-die-8767837