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Biohacking Immortality and Bryan Johnson
from Andrew Schulz | The Tim Dillon Show #436 · #436
4 min
Andrew and Tim discuss the trend of people obsessed with living forever and biohacking, including Bryan Johnson, and question what purpose an endless life would even serve without meaning.
- Tim's interested in people obsessed with living forever and biohacking immortality through superfoods.
- The ultimate hubris is thinking you'll beat death, which Tim finds entertaining when humans get silly.
- He knows a producer in Santa Barbara trying to biohack immortality and live to 130.
- Bryan Johnson believes in his immortality project, which distinguishes him from con artists in Tim's view.
- Johnson appears to be replacing the void left by leaving Mormonism with a mission to live forever and help others do the same.
- People lack purpose and discipline; society tells them to get rich but should encourage genuine interests instead.
- Tim questions the quality of life in Johnson's quest for immortality—living forever seems pointless without it being worthwhile.
- There should be an accomplishment or goal where you can say you're done and ready to die.
- Not everyone has a dream or purpose, which is fine if they accept it and develop what they actually like.
- When liking something doesn't make money, people feel like losers with a hobby instead of potentially being the happiest people alive.
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