Comment by MrSkelter
21 hours ago
Johnson is a rich “freak” and his coverage is identical to the attention lavished on other “freaks” who lack self awareness.
He’s a someone who has turned incredible good fortune into a reason to denude all simple pleasures from his life in a quest to extend it.
When he inevitably dies at a mundane age the hours of content he made will document his vanity and hubris.
The irony of course is that Johnson has already stated all of these things.
He consistently points out that he’s an n of 1, but since these experiments cannot be ethically performed on greater numbers of people the n = 1 is a start.
However, it’s very likely he will do things that will indeed hurt his health.
He’s also stated several times that he’s much more likely to die of something extremely mundane.
Finally, it’s a bit presumptuous of you to state he’s excluded simple pleasures from his life. He enjoys himself far more than he did earlier when he wasn’t healthier, and most importantly, has repaired relationships with both his father and his son. He considers being a dad the most important and enjoyable part of his life.
All of this may be bullshit, but unless one has evidence of it being bullshit, it’s pretty clear that he at least appears to understand what simple pleasures in life are better than most people and claims to be able to enjoy them more than most other people, and most jnportantly, more than he did when he hadn’t started on this journey.