The rich middle-aged enterprise capitalist, who spends around $2 million a 12 months to show his body clock back to 18, said he has been inundated with criticism on social media from trolls who accuse him of being a “narcissist.”
Bryan Johnson, the 45-year-old tech mogul who sold the Braintree payment processor to eBay a decade ago for $800 million in money, tweeted a listing of insults he’d received online since Bloomberg News published the profile on Wednesday, detailing his extreme anti-aging program.
“Should we tell him he doesn’t look 18?” commented a critic on social media. “How about getting a face transplant whilst you’re at it?” one other Twitter user remarked, adding: “He looks 91!”
“It’s loads of work,” one other Twitter user joked, responding to reports that Johnson also wants his internal organs – including his rectum – to operate youthfully.
“Can I actually have your prostate when you’re done with it?” wrote one other Twitter user.
“Don’t leave us hanging. Show us some stats,” one other said in response to Johnson’s admission that when he sleeps he is attached to machines that send electromagnetic pulses into his pelvis and count his nightly erections.
One person wondered if Johnson, who employs a military of 30 doctors and medical specialists to rejuvenate his organs, “will probably want to add a psychiatrist to his list of doctors.”
One other opponent opined, “Appears like a complete freak.”
Johnson’s routine consists of every day exercise, regular blood tests, and a strict vegan food regimen. He also wears specialized glasses that block blue light for 2 hours before bedtime.
His critics, nonetheless, were unimpressed.
“Looks like raw chicken,” one commenter wrote.
“Possibly he choked on a bit of broccoli or mushroom,” one Twitter user commented.
One other suggested, “He should eat a real-time cheeseburger for charity.”
Johnson is certainly one of several Silicon Valley tech moguls to have spent large sums of cash researching ways to extend human longevity.
However the vision of everlasting youth like pie within the sky seemed far-fetched to some.
“Eat right, exercise, die anyway,” one Twitter user commented. “That is narcissism gone mad.”
Despite the torrent of abuse, Johnson seemed unfazed.
“Today’s responses have been surprisingly mild,” he tweeted on Wednesday. “Haters, I do know you’re employed hard creating zingers, takedowns and insults.”
He added: I can not wait for them!”
Johnson told Bloomberg News that while constructing Braintree, he was chubby, depressed and nearly suicidal – consequently of the stress buildup and long working hours.
He recently founded one other startup, Kernel, which makes $50,000 apiece helmets which might be said to give you the chance to read brainwaves.
“What I’m doing could appear extreme, but I’m attempting to prove that self-mutilation and decay will not be inevitable,” Johnson told Bloomberg News.