Empathy for the optimizers
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Bryan Johnson, best known as the man who wants to live forever, has an incurable autoimmune disease. The internet's most famous biohacker made the announcement on June 30th, sparking a barrage of takes.
If you've never heard of Johnson, the CliffsNotes are that he's made it his personal mission to never die. That's not hyperbole - there's an entire Netflix documentary about how the man spends a veritable fortune turning himsel ...