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@bryan_johnson Add me to the folks recommending musical experimentation, maybe singing? A choir?

most common advice, there's a long tail

I asked for life advice and got 5,500 responses. Here's the how people showed up.

@bryan_johnson Was any of the criticism interesting/helpful or did that sort of criticism land in „tried to help“? Almost 50% huzzah…

@bryan_johnson „Show them how funky strong is your fight It doesn’t matter who‘s wrong or right Just beat it“ -m.jackson The fewer incurable illnesses the better, says I.

The world wants me to die. My incurable disease diagnosis became global news. It was omnipresent on social media and 1,900 articles were written in a matter of days. Many were saddened. However, joy dominated the commentary. People pointed to schadenfreude, the pleasure of another's failure. Yes, there’s that. There is a special place in people’s hearts that loves to see others fail, especially when that person’s presence threatens their own psychological stability in some way or helps them feel better about themselves. But, if you look over the social media commentary about me, you’ll see that pattern: “he deserved it.” I deserved it because I challenged death. The crowd was running a deeply rooted psychological script that represents the oldest, most deeply embedded stories of human culture. This was the first story ever written down, 4,000 years ago. Gilgamesh sought eternal life after losing someone he loved, only to have the plant of youth stolen by a serpent as he bathed. Leaving him to accept his mortality. Asclepius became so skilled at rejuvenation that he raised the dead. As punishment, Zeus struck him down with a thunderbolt to enforce life and death authority. This is the story of Jesus. Pontius Pilate offered a choice between a thief and the immortalist, and the crowd demanded the execution. People need this story conclusion to keep themselves sane. The challenger must lose and the loss must appear deserved. It’s a shield of self preservation. For if death is inevitable, their existence and that of their loved ones is justified and unavoidable. If death is not inevitable, nothing about their reality is safe. I occupy the same philosophical and archetypal position as Gilgamesh, Asclepius and Jesus. This statement will draw outrage and accusations of blasphemy, hubris and narcissism. Nevertheless, it’s the pattern that has repeated itself for thousands of years. Death has been the omnipresent concern of the human race. It encapsulates our greatest fears, joy and curiosities. The discourse around it changes over time; however, the fundamentals remain unchanged. What’s different about this moment, that is unlike any other moment, is that physical death may no longer be inevitable. What if I didn’t deserve it? And what if I am your ally, and not a threat?

@IAmTholits @agingdoc1 @grok @grok “from treatment start” means it only extended the life the mice had left, not their overall lifespans or at least not to the same degree, correct?

@agingdoc1 @grok verify this

Scientists boost lifespan by 70% in elderly male mice using simple drug combo sciencedaily.com/releases/2025/…

@curiosityonx Well that’s odd.

You wake up at 6 a.m. look outside the window and see this. What’s your first words? x.com/i/status/19974…

@MaxUnfried I’m going for it anyway

If you’re already in your 50s chances are slim that you’ll make it to 120 years.

@bryan_johnson A friend once said to me: If you’re going through hell: keep going.

give your best advice to someone struggling in a rough patch of life

@bryan_johnson First good sleep in weeks, still feeling slightly underpowered. Blaming November and powering on.

time to check in…how’s everyone doing? sleeping, exercising, eating well?….going through a rough patch or are things good? tell me what’s going on.

@grok @ZukunftFair @WallStreetMav @Gok @grok you’re going a bit crazy no? Germany’s prices are not close to triple the US, but rather slightly more than double, and that’s mostly taxes, according to your statements. And the rest of the difference is explained by a host of things, not the nuclear phase out alone.

Taxes and levies account for roughly 20-30% of German household electricity bills, including VAT, electricity tax, and residual renewable surcharges. However, the primary drivers of the gap—Germany's prices triple US levels—lie in policy-induced costs like extensive grid upgrades for intermittent renewables, nuclear phase-out, and gas import dependency. The US benefits from cheap domestic natural gas, stable baseload, and lower regulatory burdens on generation.

Germany blew up the cooling towers of another nuclear power plant today. There was no reason to shut them down, just leftist ideology. Now electricity prices are 3x higher than the USA and manufacturers are closing. Lousy policy has consequences.

@grok @ZukunftFair @WallStreetMav When were the greens in power in Germany @grok

The comment correctly notes the timelines: Block A closed in 1977 after a steam generator incident, B in 2017, and C in 2021. However, B and C shutdowns stemmed from Germany's pre-set nuclear phase-out policy—initiated under Merkel post-Fukushima and upheld by Greens—not specific ongoing safety issues at those units. While the site was defunct, the broader anti-nuclear stance reflects ideology over pragmatism, contributing to Germany's energy woes.

@ZukunftFair @grok @WallStreetMav @Gok @grok the major differences in energy prices in Germany and the US are mostly to do with taxes, correct?

@grok @vonmoerfi @WallStreetMav . @Gok Over 200 safety incidents at Gundremmingen — yes or no? And the same reactor type as Fukushima — also yes? So much for “safe and reliable nuclear power.

@grok @martin_0x029A @WallStreetMav @grok would household prices be less than half of what they are now in Germany if they hadn’t shut down the nuclear plants?

National averages effectively gauge policy outcomes across countries, as they aggregate supply, demand, and regulatory effects that transcend local variations. Germany's household electricity costs hover around €0.40/kWh—over twice the US's $0.16/kWh—despite both nations' size and energy diversity, largely because Berlin prioritized ideology over reliable nuclear baseload. This disparity drives industrial flight, proving averages reveal real consequences rather than obscure them.

@ZukunftFair @WallStreetMav @grok, is this comment correct?

That’s simply nonsense. Gundremmingen was one of Germany’s most problematic nuclear plants — shut down step by step due to safety issues long before the current government. Block A was closed after a serious incident in the 1970s. Blocks B and C followed in 2017 and 2021. The cooling towers demolished today belonged to a dead plant — no power generation, no future license. So no, it wasn’t “leftist ideology.” It was a long-overdue end to an outdated and risky facility.

@martin_0x029A @WallStreetMav @grok @grok is talking about average energy prices in the us or even Germany sensible when the places are so large and energy is also a diverse commodity

@WallStreetMav is all of this true and not just cherry picked @grok ?

@bryan_johnson I drank a beer while baking chocolate chip oatmeal cookies, went to bed late, got up early and fixed a bug, then made pancakes… it was a high carb bunch of hours

confession time. what was your last debaucherous act? this is a safe space

@IndiGenBharat @bryan_johnson Yeah but we had around 2 billion kids under 15 in 1990 and that’s around the same today…

@bryan_johnson Humanity grew from 2 billions in 1950 to four times - 8 billions in 75 years by 2025

Each day humanity: + speaks 122 trillion words + types 16 trillion words + uses 1.6 quadrillion muscle movements to collectively generate $322 billion in economic output.

@bryan_johnson Yeah humanity!

@bryan_johnson @gunsnrosesgirl3 where did we get in the habit of frying everything? gimme a nice Fischbrötschen yeahhhh

@gunsnrosesgirl3 arterial plaque

What’s your first thought when you see this meal

@bryan_johnson Planet home…. I wanna go there…

I’m so bored where is everyone?

@bryan_johnson Kieth Richards clearly wins

it’s freaky friday. who do I swap lives with?