Billionaire biohacker Bryan Johnson, known for his $2 million-a-year anti-aging experiment Project Blueprint, has made a new proclamation: “Defeating death must be humanity’s number one objective.”
In a long post shared on X (formerly Twitter), Johnson argued that as artificial intelligence races toward superintelligence, humankind stands at a crossroads. According to him, while governments and corporations compete for dominance in the AI revolution, our collective goal should shift — from technological supremacy to biological survival.
“Superintelligence is in the birth canal on planet Earth,” Johnson wrote. “If control is limited, the only rational act is alignment. We align with life itself.”
From Anti-Aging to Anti-Extinction
Johnson’s latest appeal builds upon his long-standing fascination with reversing the aging process. The 47-year-old entrepreneur, who sold his payments company Braintree to PayPal for $800 million in 2013, has since transformed himself into the world’s most measured human.
Through Project Blueprint, he follows a five-hour daily regimen involving hyperbaric oxygen therapy, red light exposure, plant-based meals, and data-tracked sleep cycles. His quest, he says, is not vanity but “evolution, not deterioration.”
Now, Johnson has extended his mission from personal longevity to species-wide preservation — urging humanity to reimagine its moral compass before creating machines that may outthink their makers.
The ‘Don’t Die’ Doctrine
In his detailed post, Johnson outlined what he calls the “Four Layers of Don’t Die” — a framework that places life at the core of every individual, cultural, political, and technological decision.
Individual: Reject what he calls “Big Die” — fast food, doom scrolling, smoking, and habits that trade vitality for dopamine. Capital and Culture: Redirect global capital toward industries that promote life instead of depletion — “make health the new GDP.” Political: Redefine governance to prioritize the “right to persist and the duty to preserve existence.” Technological: Teach AI to value life by showing it what human alignment with vitality looks like. Johnson believes that the way we “raise” artificial intelligence will reflect the society that births it — a peaceful civilization could produce a guardian, while a destructive one might create a predator.
Philosophical Revival or Futurist Fantasy?
Critics have long questioned Johnson’s longevity science, arguing that biology and genetics still place firm limits on human lifespan. Yet his latest manifesto shifts the debate from science to existential philosophy.
By framing “defeating death” as a collective awakening, Johnson draws parallels with historic revolutions — from Copernicus’s heliocentric theory to the abolition of slavery and the recognition of universal human rights.
“If history is a record of awakenings, this is the next,” he wrote. “A civilization that chooses not to die teaches intelligence what it means to live.”
As AI systems grow increasingly autonomous, Johnson’s message strikes a chord with both futurists and ethicists: if machines learn from us, what kind of teachers will we be? By calling for life — not profit, power, or progress — to become humanity’s guiding principle, Johnson reframes the AI race as a moral mirror.
In his words, “Our task is not to predict the future, but to preserve the possibility of one.”
In a long post shared on X (formerly Twitter), Johnson argued that as artificial intelligence races toward superintelligence, humankind stands at a crossroads. According to him, while governments and corporations compete for dominance in the AI revolution, our collective goal should shift — from technological supremacy to biological survival.
“Superintelligence is in the birth canal on planet Earth,” Johnson wrote. “If control is limited, the only rational act is alignment. We align with life itself.”
From Anti-Aging to Anti-Extinction
Johnson’s latest appeal builds upon his long-standing fascination with reversing the aging process. The 47-year-old entrepreneur, who sold his payments company Braintree to PayPal for $800 million in 2013, has since transformed himself into the world’s most measured human.
Through Project Blueprint, he follows a five-hour daily regimen involving hyperbaric oxygen therapy, red light exposure, plant-based meals, and data-tracked sleep cycles. His quest, he says, is not vanity but “evolution, not deterioration.”
Now, Johnson has extended his mission from personal longevity to species-wide preservation — urging humanity to reimagine its moral compass before creating machines that may outthink their makers.
Defeating death must be humanity’s #1 objective.
— Bryan Johnson (@bryan_johnson) October 5, 2025
Big things are happening right now in our small corner of the galaxy. The most important: super intelligence is in the birth canal on planet earth. Companies and countries are racing towards it. The financial, military, and…
The ‘Don’t Die’ Doctrine
In his detailed post, Johnson outlined what he calls the “Four Layers of Don’t Die” — a framework that places life at the core of every individual, cultural, political, and technological decision.
Philosophical Revival or Futurist Fantasy?
Critics have long questioned Johnson’s longevity science, arguing that biology and genetics still place firm limits on human lifespan. Yet his latest manifesto shifts the debate from science to existential philosophy.
By framing “defeating death” as a collective awakening, Johnson draws parallels with historic revolutions — from Copernicus’s heliocentric theory to the abolition of slavery and the recognition of universal human rights.
“If history is a record of awakenings, this is the next,” he wrote. “A civilization that chooses not to die teaches intelligence what it means to live.”
As AI systems grow increasingly autonomous, Johnson’s message strikes a chord with both futurists and ethicists: if machines learn from us, what kind of teachers will we be? By calling for life — not profit, power, or progress — to become humanity’s guiding principle, Johnson reframes the AI race as a moral mirror.
In his words, “Our task is not to predict the future, but to preserve the possibility of one.”
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