Bryan Johnson and the Birth of the Blueprint Religion

Another part of what Johnson preaches is staying alive to witness the miracles of the future. Johnson has a long-running love-hate relationship with artificial intelligence. He both fears it and is interested in its power. (Join the club.) He argues that many humans currently walking around Earth will have the chance to live, if not forever, then m... See more

That said, Johnson is building a religion, and religions tend to come with leaps of faith, and people inclined to be into leaps of faith desire such commandments as turning your mind over to your body. As far as religions go, you could do so much worse than one that revolves around eating healthy and sleeping well.

Here in 2025, however, Blueprint appears to be humming along and building an ever-growing following.

Two years in, the mainstream critiques of Johnson’s health regimen remain the same, simple and amusing. It’s either that he’s too rich or too exacting in his lifestyle for any regular person to emulate and/or that he’s doing so much to his body in an... See more