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Bryan Johnson

American entrepreneur and venture capitalist, Don't Die

Search every verified Bryan Johnson interview, podcast appearance, and on-the-record quote — each transcript cross-checked by AI and human review to confirm speaker identity. Bryan Johnson, the entrepreneur and venture capitalist known for his "Don't Die" longevity project, has continued to promote his philosophy through a series of media appearances in recent months. He has stated that he believes his generation could be the first that does not die and has described his work as an effort to shift societal values away from power, wealth, and status toward prioritizing existence. Johnson has also discussed his recent diagnosis of autoimmune gastritis, saying he plans to try to cure the condition, and has described his project as fundamentally about artificial intelligence and its potential to transform human life expectancy. He has expressed optimism about GLP-1 drugs for healthy people and has said he views social media as a form of pollution. In interviews, Johnson has addressed criticism that his longevity pursuits are disconnected from the realities of people living paycheck to paycheck, citing his own background growing up without money and struggling with depression and obesity. He has also clarified the circumstances around his previously publicized plasma exchange involving his son and father, stating that he performed the procedure to help his father, who was experiencing cognitive decline. Johnson has described himself as a "meme" and a "concept" to most people, and has said his singular objective is to make a slight tweak to the human value system so that existence is valued above all else. He has also discussed his partnership with Kate Tolo, including their shared efforts to address their respective "incurable" diagnoses and their plan to cure endometriosis.

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“It's not really about people believing in what I do. It's about the zeitgeist. And so humans are social creatures. Humans do things that other humans do. And what I'm signaling is that we are in a moment where the values of society says making money and getting high status and having power is the greatest trophy one can get. And so people dedicate all their time and attention to these objectives, even at the cost of ”

“I think the world is absolutely sleeping on how fast the don't die revolution will happen. Like I think that once you once AI makes the first couple breakthroughs, we have our first anti-aging drugs and people feel like there's a hope there's I think the society will snap from like wanting to put all of our efforts into status seeking wealth accumulation to don't die. So I think that I do. I think it is going to be a”

“We have a master plan to cure endometriosis. So like first I'm going to give to the haters. So you know Kate and I do this documentary on Netflix. We are bright-eyed bushy tails. We're like we're going to you know take on death and then within a year we both have a diagnosis of an incurable disease. It's so delicious. So there you go haters. Like autoimmune disease for you, endometriosis. Yeah. uh you know karma is a”

“The reason why this works is modern society is built to kill you. Companies make money when they kill you. It is the craziest thing of our time and place. They get rewarded with the peak reward money when they actually kill you.”

“I personally think that social media is going to be viewed as pollution. The same way we view lead or asbestos or microplastics or any kind of pollution. I think that's how history will view this moment for us. It is inherently toxic and it pervades anything.”

“The only conversation happening right now on a planetary scale is a value question. And right now the ultimate values we have as a species is power, wealth, status. We will pursue those three objectives at any cost, including our own life. The don't die philosophy is don't die individually. Don't kill each other. don't kill the earth and align AI with don't die.”

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