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Earlier this month, Tech multimillionaire and anti-aging Obsessionist Brian Johnson invited 2,500 people to apply for a spot in his latest endeavor.

Project Blueprint is a 90-day watered-down version of Johnson's Extreme 2 million a year anti-aging

regiment.

The project's goal is simple.

Don't die.

In addition to a $999 entry fee, those accepted will spend $333 a month on food products that make up about

400 calories of a daily diet. Those interested in tracking their progress more closely can purchase

quote more advanced biomarker measurements for an additional 800 or $1,600 depending on the desired

tier.

Now spending at least $2,000 on a three-month self-experimentation study that does not include

daily groceries, that's a heavy lift for most people.

However, in less than 50 hours, 8,000 people had applied. In addition to his

celebrity status, one of the primary factors making Johnson's immortality experiment so compelling

to so many, is the myth of progress that still

holds significant sway over the modern world. With that myth comes an illusion that

eventually somehow we will gain mastery over our mortality.

After all, thanks to modern medicine, deadly diseases like measles, mumps, and polio, diseases

that once devastated mankind are now largely preventable.

Others like smallpox have been declared, quote,

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