Bryan Johnson is sad.
Not sad as in “Boo-hoo” sad. Not the “cry-me-a-river” type of sad.
But sad as in the “clueless” department.
So you might be wondering, “Who in the world is Bryan Johnson?” (No, I am not talking about the lead singer of AC/DC. Besides, he spells his name with an “i.”) You can Google his name or you can take my word for it in my short synopsis. Bryan was a tech millionaire who sold his BioHacking company to PayPal for $800million. Yeah, you read that right. That’s not a bad thing. I don’t begrudge that at all. More power to him.
Here’s what is sad. Bryan Johnson is on a quest for immortality. You read that right: I.M.M.O.R.T.A.L.I.T.Y. To accomplish that he has some strange habits. He takes 111 pills a day. He goes to bed every night at 8:30 and is up by 6:00. There is nothing in his bedroom besides his bed, except a laser face shield that shoots collagen into his face, and one unmentionable item I’ll let you research. He avoids the sun. He doesn’t go out at night. He drives 16 mph (He would be one who would put me in an early grave if I was following him). He has multiple other habits.
I’ve seen stickers on trucks that say, “Silly boy.Trucks are for girls!” I want to say to Bryan, “Silly Bryan. Immortality is for One.” He believes at age 46 (which he is as I write this) that he has a heart of a 37 year old and the bones of a 30 year old. His goal is to be 18…and to live forever.
Sadly, he is moving in the area of F.U.T.I.L.I.T.Y. There is only ONE who has conquered death and it isn’t and won’t be Bryan.
I hope Bryan learns soon enough, i.e. sooner than later, that he is wasting his time and $2million/year for nothing. Envious? Not a bit. One half of what he is spending is more than I’ll make my entire lifetime. Personally, I hope he learns the lesson of the rich man that Jesus taught about in Luke 12. It says the land of the rich man produced plentifully so he thought to himself, “What shall I do? I know. I’ll build bigger barns. You know…eat, drink and be merry.” But that night God said to him, “You fool! This night your soul is required of you.” What good was his money then?
I sincerely hope Bryan learns sooner than later that one thing is certain: we all die. He won’t cheat that. His money will not get him out of the one date we all will keep. No concoction will save him. There will come a day when Bryan will go the way of all of us. I just hope he finds out before it is too late.
To die in his lost condition? Now that would be sad.