Bryan Johnson
A software entrepreneur who, after selling the payments company Braintree, invested heavily in the Project Blueprint anti-aging program. He is known for highly disciplined regimens of sleep, diet and supplement management and for experiments such as plasma exchange, and is a representative figure of the quantified-self narrative.
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A short piece from foreign media offered three geek Halloween costume ideas: disguise yourself as a seemingly harmless AI agent icon, dress up as a PHP vulnerability, or become a sleepy Bryan Johnson.
Bryan Johnson is a software entrepreneur who, after selling the payments company Braintree, invested huge sums in pursuing the "Project Blueprint" anti-aging program.
Bryan Johnson's anti-aging program includes a strict vegan diet, dozens of supplements daily, precise sleep monitoring, and regular plasma exchange, among other things.
Bryan Johnson turns his body metrics into data and makes them public, forming a narrative of highly disciplined "quantified self."
Bryan Johnson's extreme regimen is admired by some in the longevity tech circle and also viewed by outsiders as elite-style self-optimization.
The "sleepy time Bryan Johnson" meme captures the contrast of his "treating sleep as a project to execute," teasing the gap between the self-discipline narrative and ordinary people's sleepy daily lives.
Practical suggestions for those in a hurry include: for the AI icon route, use a solid-color top with a printed icon and slogan; for the PHP vulnerability route, print a vulnerability number or error page and pin it to your clothes; for the Bryan Johnson route, use pajamas, an eye mask, water, and a self-discipline schedule.
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A short piece from foreign media offered three geek Halloween costume ideas: disguise yourself as a seemingly harmless AI agent icon, dress up as a PHP vulnerability, or become a sleepy Bryan Johnson.
50%UnverifiedBryan Johnson is a software entrepreneur who, after selling the payments company Braintree, invested huge sums in pursuing the "Project Blueprint" anti-aging program.
50%UnverifiedBryan Johnson's anti-aging program includes a strict vegan diet, dozens of supplements daily, precise sleep monitoring, and regular plasma exchange, among other things.
50%UnverifiedBryan Johnson turns his body metrics into data and makes them public, forming a narrative of highly disciplined "quantified self."
50%UnverifiedBryan Johnson's extreme regimen is admired by some in the longevity tech circle and also viewed by outsiders as elite-style self-optimization.
50%UnverifiedThe "sleepy time Bryan Johnson" meme captures the contrast of his "treating sleep as a project to execute," teasing the gap between the self-discipline narrative and ordinary people's sleepy daily lives.
50%UnverifiedPractical suggestions for those in a hurry include: for the AI icon route, use a solid-color top with a printed icon and slogan; for the PHP vulnerability route, print a vulnerability number or error page and pin it to your clothes; for the Bryan Johnson route, use pajamas, an eye mask, water, and a self-discipline schedule.
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