Don't Die
The survival guide
Will be published approx. on 26. October 2027
Book
Hardback
240 pages
978-1-0374-2439-7 (ISBN)
Description
Six years ago, Bryan Johnson, at age 42, had poor life habits and the Dad bod to show for it. Now 48, Bryan has the physique of a Marvel superhero, and he's competing for the best biomarkers in the world as the most measured person in history. He wants to become the healthiest person alive, and he has an unshakeable vision: we may be the first generation of humans who won't die.
Bryan, the founder of Blueprint, is using AI to build an autonomous system that takes better care of him than he can himself. His mission? Discover the next iteration of being human. Don't Die: The Survival Guide will share everything he has learned about slowing the aging process, optimizing our health, and extending our lives. For those who don't have Johnson's multi-million-dollar lab or a team of doctors, Don't Die distills the method, the protocols, the metrics, and the tools that readers can leverage at home to develop their own blueprint to not die based on their budget, desired level of effort, and time.
In a world increasingly dominated by anxiety and burnout, addictive algorithms, and toxic social division in the face of rapid technological change, the book is a practical, one-stop-shop guide that provides a new approach to personal transformation. Don't Die is simple, scientific, and systematic, organized by the major pillars of health and wellness-sleep, nutrition, fitness, personal care, mental and social-wellbeing, and our "six" senses, the most underrated pillar of all. Within the protocols, Johnson also includes the latest science on cutting-edge topics that have now become mainstream, such as microplastics, air and water quality, and heavy metals.
The book shares the rationale, the studies, and the realistic ways readers can mitigate risk and make better choices in their own lives. Johnson rebukes the destructive cycle of what he terms "Die Culture," a culture that celebrates late-night parties, binge-drinking, and junk food. Johnson believes that when people are asked, "Do you want to live until tomorrow?" the answer most people give is yes.
Don't Die: The Survival Guide will help readers accomplish just that, so that they may reclaim their health and their time, as well as gain the energy and focus needed to pursue their deepest aspirations for today, tomorrow, and tomorrow's tomorrow.
Bryan, the founder of Blueprint, is using AI to build an autonomous system that takes better care of him than he can himself. His mission? Discover the next iteration of being human. Don't Die: The Survival Guide will share everything he has learned about slowing the aging process, optimizing our health, and extending our lives. For those who don't have Johnson's multi-million-dollar lab or a team of doctors, Don't Die distills the method, the protocols, the metrics, and the tools that readers can leverage at home to develop their own blueprint to not die based on their budget, desired level of effort, and time.
In a world increasingly dominated by anxiety and burnout, addictive algorithms, and toxic social division in the face of rapid technological change, the book is a practical, one-stop-shop guide that provides a new approach to personal transformation. Don't Die is simple, scientific, and systematic, organized by the major pillars of health and wellness-sleep, nutrition, fitness, personal care, mental and social-wellbeing, and our "six" senses, the most underrated pillar of all. Within the protocols, Johnson also includes the latest science on cutting-edge topics that have now become mainstream, such as microplastics, air and water quality, and heavy metals.
The book shares the rationale, the studies, and the realistic ways readers can mitigate risk and make better choices in their own lives. Johnson rebukes the destructive cycle of what he terms "Die Culture," a culture that celebrates late-night parties, binge-drinking, and junk food. Johnson believes that when people are asked, "Do you want to live until tomorrow?" the answer most people give is yes.
Don't Die: The Survival Guide will help readers accomplish just that, so that they may reclaim their health and their time, as well as gain the energy and focus needed to pursue their deepest aspirations for today, tomorrow, and tomorrow's tomorrow.
More details
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Pan Macmillan
Target group
Interest Age: From 18 years
Product notice
Laminated cover
Dimensions
Height: 234 mm
Width: 153 mm
Thickness: 13 mm
Weight
337 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-0374-2439-7 (9781037424397)
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Schweitzer Classification
Person
Bryan Johnson is best known for his n=1 anti-aging, longevity experiment Project Blueprint, which has led to him amassing over four million followers across multiple platforms in less than three years. Johnson, the subject of the Netflix documentary Don't Die, has become the most measured person in human history and has slowed his speed of aging to 0.50, which means he celebrates a birthday every two years, instead of one.
After selling his company Braintree Venmo to PayPal for $800 million in 2013, Johnson, only 34 years old, should have been on top of the world. But even after the sale, Johnson fought the urge to end his life. He was chronically depressed, and though he had millions in the bank, he had nothing left in the tank. He was raising three young children, dealing with a failing marriage, and a break from the Mormon Church that had been brewing since his 20s. While Johnson searched for an answer to his depression, it finally dawned on him-his mind was not capable of helping him live. In fact, it was the opposite. There were versions of himself that encouraged him to forgo sleep for work, binge-eat brownies, and skip a workout to sit at his desk for hours without moving. That realization planted the seed that would later become Blueprint. Johnson would give the governance of his body over to science. He would let the protocols run things for him, with the data and research to support them.
From there, Johnson hired a team of 30-plus medical experts and built a $2MM lab in his own home. Johnson's team measured every organ of his body and developed the algorithm that would run his body better than he could. Blueprint was a direct response to what Johnson has termed our "Die Culture," which celebrates late-night parties, binge drinking, and junk food. To Johnson, it's a race against time. The Don't Die movement seeks to give humans the chance to survive and thrive long into our future.
In addition to Blueprint and Don't Die, Johnson has demonstrated his commitment toward the betterment of humanity and the planet by creating the OS Fund, which has invested over $100 million to solve the world's most pressing problems in fields like AI, genomics, synthetic biology, ecology, computationally derived therapeutics, material science, and health care diagnostics. He is also the founder of Kernel, creator of the world's first mainstream non-invasive neuroimaging system, which has the potential to unlock the human brain, and is now used by research universities all over the world. Johnson lives in Venice, CA.
After selling his company Braintree Venmo to PayPal for $800 million in 2013, Johnson, only 34 years old, should have been on top of the world. But even after the sale, Johnson fought the urge to end his life. He was chronically depressed, and though he had millions in the bank, he had nothing left in the tank. He was raising three young children, dealing with a failing marriage, and a break from the Mormon Church that had been brewing since his 20s. While Johnson searched for an answer to his depression, it finally dawned on him-his mind was not capable of helping him live. In fact, it was the opposite. There were versions of himself that encouraged him to forgo sleep for work, binge-eat brownies, and skip a workout to sit at his desk for hours without moving. That realization planted the seed that would later become Blueprint. Johnson would give the governance of his body over to science. He would let the protocols run things for him, with the data and research to support them.
From there, Johnson hired a team of 30-plus medical experts and built a $2MM lab in his own home. Johnson's team measured every organ of his body and developed the algorithm that would run his body better than he could. Blueprint was a direct response to what Johnson has termed our "Die Culture," which celebrates late-night parties, binge drinking, and junk food. To Johnson, it's a race against time. The Don't Die movement seeks to give humans the chance to survive and thrive long into our future.
In addition to Blueprint and Don't Die, Johnson has demonstrated his commitment toward the betterment of humanity and the planet by creating the OS Fund, which has invested over $100 million to solve the world's most pressing problems in fields like AI, genomics, synthetic biology, ecology, computationally derived therapeutics, material science, and health care diagnostics. He is also the founder of Kernel, creator of the world's first mainstream non-invasive neuroimaging system, which has the potential to unlock the human brain, and is now used by research universities all over the world. Johnson lives in Venice, CA.