The 2026 Immortality Protocol - Bryan Johnson - #1054

Modern Wisdom

Chris Williamson

Society & Culture, Health & Fitness

4.6 • 5.9K Ratings

🗓️ 2 February 2026

⏱️ 115 minutes

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Bryan Johnson is the founder of Braintree, Kernel, a futurist, biohacker and an author. Is it possible for humans to never die? In recent years, Bryan Johnson has drawn global attention for the extreme experiments he’s running on his own body in pursuit of radical longevity. So what does the latest science actually say about his quest to live forever, and how close are we really to immortality? Expect to learn why it is our human obligation to fight against death, the most life-changing pivots Bryan made that helped him the most, how to get perfect sleep, what it takes to build an anti-fragile routine, the most important treatments that help increase your changes of living longer, how to improve your vascular health, how Bryan deals with complex emotions life grief, Bryan’s strange prediction on how he might die and much more… Timestamps: (0:00) Is Morning Wood a Sign of Good Sleep? (11:14) How Will AI Change Longevity Science? (17:11) Are We Entering a New Moral Framework? (29:13) Why Longevity Fails Without Behaviour Change (35:46) How to Stop Optimisation Becoming Self-Sabotage (41:48) Is Existence the Highest Moral Virtue? (56:18) The One Tool Bryan Can’t Live Without (01:05:11) Does HBOT Actually Work? (01:20:32) Bryan’s Top Longevity Tips (01:26:12) Why We Need to Focus on Testosterone (01:30:08) Can a 15-Second Call Improve Relationships? (01:38:59) Does Bryan Wish He Started Longevity Earlier? (01:48:26) What’s Next For Bryan? Sponsors: See discounts for all the products I use and recommend: ⁠https://chriswillx.com/deals⁠ Get 35% off your first subscription on the best supplements from Momentous at https://livemomentous.com/modernwisdom New pricing since recording: Function is now just $365, plus get $25 off at https://functionhealth.com/modernwisdom Get a Free Sample Pack of LMNT’s most popular flavours with your first purchase at https://drinklmnt.com/modernwisdom Get up to $350 off the Pod 5 at https://eightsleep.com/modernwisdom Extra Stuff: Get my free reading list of 100 books to read before you die: ⁠https://chriswillx.com/books⁠ Try my productivity energy drink Neutonic: ⁠https://neutonic.com/modernwisdom⁠ Episodes You Might Enjoy: #577 - David Goggins - This Is How To Master Your Life: ⁠⁠⁠lnkfi.re/SN-Goggins⁠⁠⁠ #712 - Dr Jordan Peterson - How To Destroy Your Negative Beliefs: ⁠⁠⁠lnkfi.re/SN-Peterson⁠⁠⁠ #700 - Dr Andrew Huberman - The Secret Tools To Hack Your Brain: ⁠⁠⁠lnkfi.re/SN-Huberm - Get In Touch: Instagram: ⁠https://www.instagram.com/chriswillx⁠ Twitter: ⁠https://www.twitter.com/chriswillx⁠ YouTube: ⁠https://www.youtube.com/modernwisdompodcast⁠ Email: ⁠https://chriswillx.com/contact⁠ - Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:42.6	Sorry to report, I have a new bono record. Three hours, 49 minutes. The fellowship of the ring
0:48.4	is three hours 48 minutes. Is that a good thing? I mean, I guess from whose perspective? Pick. Yeah, your perspective. Is it good for you?
1:02.9	Yeah. I mean, yeah, it's substantially better than an elite 18 year old. What would an elite boner 18 year old be?
1:11.1	Around two hours and 45 minutes-ish.
1:13.2	What refers to elite?
1:14.5	Like, vasodilation, like...
1:17.1	Yeah, like take an 18-year-old in peak condition.
1:20.8	Okay.
1:21.3	And let's say, what would their nighttime erections be?
1:23.5	They probably hover somewhere around like high, two, nearly three hours. That would be
1:29.4	elite level. And so it just crushes that level. So yeah, I mean, from a like a pure biological
1:35.1	capacity, yeah, it's pretty, it's pretty good. Okay. What were you doing with it for three
1:41.5	hours and 49 minutes? So this is, it's kind of like it's news to people as I've been sharing this, that, I mean, people, men are generally familiar at the idea that when you are 12, 13, 14, you start having boners and they happen a lot. You know, like in class, you don't even ask for it. Gust of wind. Yeah, gust of wind.
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