Summary

Bryan Johnson, a 46-year-old tech multimillionaire focused on anti-aging, stopped using rapamycin—a supplement he took for five years—after research suggested it might accelerate aging.

Johnson cited side effects like skin infections and glucose issues, as well as findings from a recent study showing rapamycin could worsen epigenetic aging.

Known for extreme anti-aging experiments, Johnson also created the health startup Blueprint, which markets pricey supplements.

His controversial methods, including teenage blood transfusions and genital shock treatments, have raised skepticism about their effectiveness and safety.

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    3 months ago

    Rapamycin

    It’s not just “one of many” it was the big one that has a large online following swearing by it, and lots of idiots taking it.

    Also I can’t see a pic of this guy without thinking of Dennis Reynolds asking if he should wear a mask of his own face.

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      Every time I think of Dennis Reynolds, I’m reminded of the episode where he tries to sell his car that got stuck in water, and he berates the guy for mentioning how the car isn’t even runnable.

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    Hah, sounds like his “research” is trying it out on himself and deciding he didn’t like it. And now that he doesn’t like it, all of a sudden he finds the research valid. He’s still only listening to opinions he agrees with. What a shallow twat.

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    Watched the documentary with a friend; we were trying to guess his age. We agreed on “decent looking for 55”. He’s 47 lol.

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    this guy sucks. He’s conducting essentially a thousand uncontrolled trials on himself making them all useless unless he dies of a new contraindiction

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    I’m in my forties and he doesn’t look noticeably younger than I do except for my hair being salt and pepper. I don’t look exceptionally young or anything, it just doesn’t seem like his regimen is really doing anything that diet, exercise, and sunscreen can’t also accomplish.

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      I can imagine that having a hyperfocus on anti-aging and unstoppably aging at the same time, must be really stressful and at the end of the day, ends up contributing to a faster aging overall.

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      Yeah I remember seeing some stupid post somewhere about this guy saying “can you believe this man is only 45” and everyone in the comments saying “um yes that is what 45 year olds look like.”

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    This dude is just going to spend a bunch of money on shit that will eventually kill him. What a waste.

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        You have to see this guy’s routine. His life is built around attempting to extend his longevity. He lives like a luxurious lab rat being pocked, prodded, measured and eats/drinks/sleeps/exercises on a ultra-strick program.

        It seems miserable.

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        Nah some of the shit we buy sustains us, and some of the killer shit we buy at least provides joy. This guy is just a miserable, wasteful asshole.

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    I still can’t believe he took his kid’s blood to try to live longer.

    Is it wrong to wish him success in his quest for longevity with a side of quadriplegia?

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    Is this the trickle down economics everyone is talking about? shall we again start selling uranium, platinum etc beverages to the rich?

    He has a team for this?

    “Despite the immense potential from pre-clinical trials, my team and I came to the conclusion…"

    Forget trickle down economics, this is insane just bring the guillotines.

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    I see the proud tradition of drinking mercury concoctions is alive and well. I mean, not well, but…

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      Would be nice if the dude just went ahead and dove into taoist alchemy instead of trying to create a veneer of actual science.