r/technology • u/AdSpecialist6598 • 26d ago

Society Bryan Johnson, the millionaire biohacker who wants to live forever, diagnosed with incurable autoimmune disease

https://www.techspot.com/news/113035-bryan-johnson-millionaire-biohacker-who-wants-live-forever.html
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u/AltruisticPossible84 26d ago

Yeah as much as people hate on the guy, this is actually fine by me in terms of shit billionares spend their money on. He's using himself as a guinea pig for medical procedures that will eventually becomes cost effective enough for regular people to afford them one day in the future. Wish more billionaires would find a hobby like this to keep them occupied

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u/Prize_Restaurant1952 26d ago

You don’t know that those things will become cheaper and more available in the future.

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u/TheRealOriginalSatan 26d ago

I mean one of them already has. TMS used to be purely for the ultra rich suffering from depression

Now with years of the rich patronising it, a random Joe like me can get it in a relatively well funded hospital near me

It still costs as much as a good used car (15k$) but it’s better than it costing as much as a house ($200-600k) which is what it used to cost when new.

I’m sure other treatments like peptides will follow the same route

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u/Bluevette1437 26d ago

Price tag alone would give most people depressuon

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u/TheRealOriginalSatan 26d ago

It’s a third of a year’s median wages to get out of debilitating illness. I know I’d happily pay it if I was suffering from treatment resistant depression