Modern Wisdom #1054 - Bryan Johnson - The 2026 Immortality Protocol
Bryan Johnson, entrepreneur, biohacker and futurist known for founding Braintree and Kernel, pursues radical longevity through intense self-experimentation. He discusses sleep as a top therapy, AI-driven longevity tools, the moral 'Don't Die' philosophy, sauna and HBOT protocols, vascular and reproductive health tactics, and practical behavior-change and community rituals to support long-term health.
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Erections As A Global Health Signal
- Nighttime erections are a strong, involuntary biomarker of overall physiological health.
- Bryan Johnson uses them as an aggregate indicator that sleep, cardiovascular and hormonal systems are functioning.
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Change Status To Change Culture
- Cultural status shapes health behaviors; reframing status can change mass behavior.
- Bryan intentionally tries to invert 'death culture' by making healthy choices high-status signals.
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Past Longevity Laws May Shift With New Tech
- Longitudinal lifestyle findings remain valuable but may be reshaped by future therapies.
- Bryan expects AI and new biomedical interventions could change which factors predict longevity.
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Intro
00:00 • 2min
Nighttime Erections as a Health Marker
02:10 • 4min
Making Healthy Habits High Status
06:16 • 6min
Longevity, AI, and the Harvard Study
11:57 • 2min
Don't Die: A New Moral Philosophy
14:21 • 6min
Ad break
20:40 • 1min
Clarifying the 'Don't Die' Mission
21:44 • 8min
High-Yield Longevity Lessons: Do Less
29:55 • 2min
Bryan's Sleep Rules
32:07 • 3min
Ad break
35:10 • 1min
Avoiding Ritual Fragility
36:24 • 6min
Behavior Change: Firing 'Evening Brian'
42:31 • 12min
Ad break
54:30 • 3min
Sauna Experiments and Detox
57:03 • 7min
Sauna Protocol & Testicular Icing
01:04:10 • 2min
Hyperbaric Oxygen: Broad Benefits
01:05:43 • 5min
Ad break
01:11:07 • 4min
HBOT Practicalities and Skin Rejuvenation
01:15:11 • 4min
Vascular Health, Testosterone, and Hope
01:18:47 • 6min
Top Longevity Priorities
01:24:47 • 6min
Social Practices: 15-Second Calls
01:30:51 • 7min
Community, Rituals and Don't Die Summits
01:37:39 • 2min
Reframing Regret into Agency
01:39:39 • 4min
On an Epic, Ironic Death
01:43:34 • 6min
What's Next: Blueprint and the Book
01:49:10 • 5min
Outro
01:54:09 • 35sec
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Bryan Johnson is the founder of Braintree, Kernel, a futurist, biohacker and an author.
Is it possible for humans to never die? In recent years, Bryan Johnson has drawn global attention for the extreme experiments he’s running on his own body in pursuit of radical longevity. So what does the latest science actually say about his quest to live forever, and how close are we really to immortality?
Expect to learn why it is our human obligation to fight against death, the most life-changing pivots Bryan made that helped him the most, how to get perfect sleep, what it takes to build an anti-fragile routine, the most important treatments that help increase your changes of living longer, how to improve your vascular health, how Bryan deals with complex emotions life grief, Bryan’s strange prediction on how he might die and much more…
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