LONDON — Bryan Johnson isn’t the only person that wants to live forever.
During London Tech Week, the viral biohacker joined Pippa Lamb, an angel investor and partner at Sweet Capital for an invitation-only panel talk at Maison Estelle.
For the majority of the talk, Johnson was standing to make sure his blood flow was circulating as he spoke to an intimate crowd of British, American and European entrepreneurs, investors and creatives.
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The buzz around Johnson hasn’t died down since his Netflix documentary “Don’t Die: The Man Who Wants to Live Forever” premiered earlier this year.
During his talk he touched upon the subjects of why sleeping is so important, deep tech, synthetic biology and work-life balance, as well as raising questions such as “Can AI make us more human?” and “Would you follow an algorithm that would tell you how to eat, sleep and live?”
Johnson compartmentalizes himself into different versions — there’s a Sleep Bryan, Ambitious Bryan, Anxious Bryan and Dad Bryan.
“You need to feel seen internally and speak to yourself in ways that you actually address your things, that’s why I found out I can really construct myself in these different states. We are different humans in the morning and evening,” he said.
Johnson has put a lot of his beliefs in algorithms to help him toward his goal of longevity.
“In the earlier days of AI, I thought it’s probably true that an algorithm is going to be better at taking care of me than I can myself. We trust algorithms because they have better access to data and they make better decisions in some domains,” he said, adding that he follows the mantra of “None is better than some because some leads to all.”
His advice for keeping a routine is to plan it out rather than putting together an idea last minute.
As summer plans take shape, Johnson’s word of wisdom was to approach a busy social life with caution — be it wearing earplugs to a rave or eating nibbles at a late dinner instead of a full meal.