![]() Johnson is not the only ultra-rich middle-aged man trying to vanquish the ravages of time. Johnson thinks of any act that accelerates aging-like eating a cookie, or getting less than eight hours of sleep-as an “act of violence.” During that time, he’s spent more than $4 million developing a life-extension system called Blueprint, in which he outsources every decision involving his body to a team of doctors, who use data to develop a strict health regimen to reduce what Johnson calls his “biological age.” That system includes downing 111 pills every day, wearing a baseball cap that shoots red light into his scalp, collecting his own stool samples, and sleeping with a tiny jet pack attached to his penis to monitor his nighttime erections. Johnson, 46, is a centimillionaire tech entrepreneur who has spent most of the last three years in pursuit of a singular goal: don’t die. This is where Bryan Johnson is working on what he calls “the most significant revolution in the history of Homo sapiens.” Halfway down the street, there’s a cavernous black modern box. You don’t have to live forever, you just have to live.In a neat little neighborhood in Venice, Calif., there’s a block of squat, similar homes, filled with mortals spending their finite days on the planet eating pizza with friends, blowing out candles on birthday cakes, and binging late-night television. ![]() Quote: “Don’t be afraid of death be afraid of an unlived life. Plus, you can also watch the Disney movie version, which is well made in my mind, and they explored more the whole Winne/Jesse thing which I absolutely loved! Oh and Alexis Bledel plays Winnie and I loved her in Gilmore Girl and Jesse is played by Jonathan Jackson, who also played Kyle Reese in Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles, so what’s there not to love? I mean, how better can things get?Īll in all, this is a seemingly short book that has very nice descriptions, and shares very nice thoughts and I think is worth being put in your reading list. He likes Winnie and wants her to join him when she’s a bit older to travel the world with him. He’s such a cute character and I’ve got to say his propositions were very appealing to say the least. You see it throughout the story, following Winnie pretty much everywhere, and it can also be taken as a symbol to change or even metamorphosis.Īnd then you also have Jesse. You’ve also got your usual bad guy in the man in the Yellow Suit, which is there to show that being greedy will only end badly for you, so you’ve got the usual nice moral there.Īnother ‘character’ in this book that I also find important is the toad-and no, this is not a talking toad, just a normal toad. We’re all part of this great circle of life, and death is as much a part of life that living is. Winnie’s conversation with Tuck on the rowboat is a very touching one, and it really makes you reconsider whether actually being immortal is something you should want if you were ever given the possibility. And this book gives a very nice outlook on immortality. ![]() Why? Because with all the vampires and what-not invading our books these days, the whole ‘immortality’ issue seems to come up pretty often. But I still think everyone should read it at least once. And to know the rest, you’ll have to read. It’s the story of ten years old Winnie Foster, who feels stifled by all the rules her parents set on her, so she decides to run away in the Woods and that’s where she encounters the Tucks Mae, Angus, Myles and Jesse, who are all immortal. ![]() This is the first book I ever read in English, so I’m a little biased about it, but I still think it’s a book worth being read. ![]()
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