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I think Bryan is an interesting dude and no matter if you think he is insane or not, it's interesting to follow and the message is a good one. He is literally

I think Bryan is an interesting dude and no matter if you think he is insane or not, it's interesting to follow and the message is a good one. He is literally telling people to sleep more, exercise more, eat better etc etc. How can you be against that?

nwah1 3y ago
He is also personally experimenting with things far more extreme than that. Like off-label pharmaceuticals, replacing his blood with blood from his son, and even gene therapy.
- ecmascript 3y ago
  Well yeah, but he doesn't say people should follow him but rather that everyone are free and should make changes to his "protocol" in order to make it fit their life. I still see no problem here..
  - GaryNumanVevo 3y ago
    > How can you be against that? Personally, I'm against using my children as blood banks
    - ecmascript 3y ago
      > Personally, I'm against using my children as blood banks C'mon dude. Stop the hate and grow up. If my father called me today and asked for my blood in order to live longer I would gladly help him. I want my father to be healthy and live as long as possible. Besides giving blood is not bad for you, it can even have positive health effects that several studies have shown. You also have to assume that the blood giving is consensual since there is no reason to assume otherwise. Also it was a trial in which he stopped when no positive effects were shown: https://www.businessinsider.com/millionaire-bryan-johnson-stops-blood-infusions-young-people-teen-son-2023-7?IR=T https://www.businessinsider.com/millionaire-bryan-johnson-st...
      - GaryNumanVevo 3y ago
        There's a massive gulf between "life saving blood donations" and "my father wants my blood for a vanity health project"
        ecmascript 3y ago
        So you're telling me you wouldn't donate blood to your family members if they believed they maybe would live longer? Even if it's just for a trial.
bawolff 3y ago
Seems a lot more extreme then that (e.g. he doesn't just tell people to sleep better he also tells people to buy special bed sheets with silver in them to ensure your bed is electrically grounded), and it seems likely he gets kickbacks from some of these products.
- ecmascript 3y ago
  Can you link me to a statement where he actually tells people to buy sheets with silver in them? Honestly, I've followed him for quite a while and pretty much all of his content is wholesome and while a bit culty, it's not like he is forcing anyone to do anything. For the stuff that actually makes him money, he is a lot less sales-pushy than the overwhelming majority of youtubers. You can get his protocol for free and follow as much as you want to, buy the supplements and silver sheets from wherever if you want to.
  - bawolff 3y ago
    In the section "Blueprint Protocol Starter Guide" he lists it under stuff he uses ("grounding sheets"). He doesn't explicitly say to buy it (and in fine print says its not an endorsement) but clearly the links are there to encourage people to buy these products. I dont know if he's getting a cut but half the products getting promoted have discount codes which is suggestive. > it's not like he is forcing anyone to do anything Snake-oil salesmen generally don't. > he is a lot less sales-pushy than the overwhelming majority of youtubers. Generally it is counter productive to be super pushy. It raises people's guard and makes them less likely to buy.
    - ecmascript 3y ago
      Oh wow. So he has an affiliate link, which he doesn't push anywhere except on his website. Such a criminal behavior. > Snake-oil salesmen generally don't. Dude. Snake-oil doesn't do shit for you while if you follow the blueprint protocol maybe you won't live longer but the probability increases (by being healthy). What I am saying is it's fine to make money of something you have spent so much time in researching and building. Who cares? He's giving out most of the advice, diet etc etc for free. Sure you will be able to buy some products in the future but you don't have to. It doesn't mean that lots of the advice is good advice for your health. I just don't understand the phenomena of hating on a guy that is super wholesome, tells people to be more healthy and live longer.
Cthulhu_ 3y ago
That's an appeal to emotion and / or straw man; nobody is against telling people to sleep more / exercise more / eat better. Anyone can say that, it's not unique. What else is this fellow saying / advocating? What are his motivations? Is there a catch? Is he selling or promoting something?
- ecmascript 3y ago
  > nobody is against telling people to sleep more / exercise more / eat better Actually, I am not so sure. People today are effing insane, especially on the internet. His motivations are as clear as a blue sky to me. He is building a company, the company will make money by selling products like meal replacements or good olive oil (maybe other things in the future, who knows). But in general that is probably just a way around the problem of financing the whole ordeal since he is obsessed with health and trying to figure out the optimal way to live in order to age the best way possible. Most diet studies are just as good or bad as his because the issue with diets is that there can be so many factors playing in so it's hard to know if it's the diet or other factors weighing in. He is just trying stuff with the help of doctors and dieticians (and probably others as well) and I applaud that. Maybe things work for him that will also work for the majority of people, in fact I think it is likely. Sure it is culty, but you kind of have to be in order to be able to live like he does. It's an extreme form of living and not for everyone but I think most people today can learn a lot from him by simply doing some of the things he does. Today we live in a world where many countries have like 50% of the population being fat and many are even obese. If you go to any store in many western countries at least they are optimized for you to pick candy and sugar water at the end. It's hard to find healthy products in many cases, you have to read the label on basically everything. If you go on a road trip, pretty much the only restaurants by the roads are fast food that is super bad for you. It is HARD to be healthy today and the statistics clearly shows it. So much so that in my country at least many clothing stores have started to display fat models in commercials because people (mostly women) demands it. We also have mukbangs on youtube, super obese people spreading their crap online but the one that gets a lot of hate is a guy that tells people to be more healthy. That is the insane part to me.

nwah1 3y ago

He is also personally experimenting with things far more extreme than that. Like off-label pharmaceuticals, replacing his blood with blood from his son, and even gene therapy.

ecmascript 3y ago
Well yeah, but he doesn't say people should follow him but rather that everyone are free and should make changes to his "protocol" in order to make it fit their life. I still see no problem here..
- GaryNumanVevo 3y ago
  > How can you be against that? Personally, I'm against using my children as blood banks
  - ecmascript 3y ago
    > Personally, I'm against using my children as blood banks C'mon dude. Stop the hate and grow up. If my father called me today and asked for my blood in order to live longer I would gladly help him. I want my father to be healthy and live as long as possible. Besides giving blood is not bad for you, it can even have positive health effects that several studies have shown. You also have to assume that the blood giving is consensual since there is no reason to assume otherwise. Also it was a trial in which he stopped when no positive effects were shown: https://www.businessinsider.com/millionaire-bryan-johnson-stops-blood-infusions-young-people-teen-son-2023-7?IR=T https://www.businessinsider.com/millionaire-bryan-johnson-st...
    - GaryNumanVevo 3y ago
      There's a massive gulf between "life saving blood donations" and "my father wants my blood for a vanity health project"
      - ecmascript 3y ago
        So you're telling me you wouldn't donate blood to your family members if they believed they maybe would live longer? Even if it's just for a trial.

bawolff 3y ago

Seems a lot more extreme then that (e.g. he doesn't just tell people to sleep better he also tells people to buy special bed sheets with silver in them to ensure your bed is electrically grounded), and it seems likely he gets kickbacks from some of these products.

ecmascript 3y ago
Can you link me to a statement where he actually tells people to buy sheets with silver in them? Honestly, I've followed him for quite a while and pretty much all of his content is wholesome and while a bit culty, it's not like he is forcing anyone to do anything. For the stuff that actually makes him money, he is a lot less sales-pushy than the overwhelming majority of youtubers. You can get his protocol for free and follow as much as you want to, buy the supplements and silver sheets from wherever if you want to.
- bawolff 3y ago
  In the section "Blueprint Protocol Starter Guide" he lists it under stuff he uses ("grounding sheets"). He doesn't explicitly say to buy it (and in fine print says its not an endorsement) but clearly the links are there to encourage people to buy these products. I dont know if he's getting a cut but half the products getting promoted have discount codes which is suggestive. > it's not like he is forcing anyone to do anything Snake-oil salesmen generally don't. > he is a lot less sales-pushy than the overwhelming majority of youtubers. Generally it is counter productive to be super pushy. It raises people's guard and makes them less likely to buy.
  - ecmascript 3y ago
    Oh wow. So he has an affiliate link, which he doesn't push anywhere except on his website. Such a criminal behavior. > Snake-oil salesmen generally don't. Dude. Snake-oil doesn't do shit for you while if you follow the blueprint protocol maybe you won't live longer but the probability increases (by being healthy). What I am saying is it's fine to make money of something you have spent so much time in researching and building. Who cares? He's giving out most of the advice, diet etc etc for free. Sure you will be able to buy some products in the future but you don't have to. It doesn't mean that lots of the advice is good advice for your health. I just don't understand the phenomena of hating on a guy that is super wholesome, tells people to be more healthy and live longer.

Cthulhu_ 3y ago

That's an appeal to emotion and / or straw man; nobody is against telling people to sleep more / exercise more / eat better. Anyone can say that, it's not unique. What else is this fellow saying / advocating? What are his motivations? Is there a catch? Is he selling or promoting something?

ecmascript 3y ago
> nobody is against telling people to sleep more / exercise more / eat better Actually, I am not so sure. People today are effing insane, especially on the internet. His motivations are as clear as a blue sky to me. He is building a company, the company will make money by selling products like meal replacements or good olive oil (maybe other things in the future, who knows). But in general that is probably just a way around the problem of financing the whole ordeal since he is obsessed with health and trying to figure out the optimal way to live in order to age the best way possible. Most diet studies are just as good or bad as his because the issue with diets is that there can be so many factors playing in so it's hard to know if it's the diet or other factors weighing in. He is just trying stuff with the help of doctors and dieticians (and probably others as well) and I applaud that. Maybe things work for him that will also work for the majority of people, in fact I think it is likely. Sure it is culty, but you kind of have to be in order to be able to live like he does. It's an extreme form of living and not for everyone but I think most people today can learn a lot from him by simply doing some of the things he does. Today we live in a world where many countries have like 50% of the population being fat and many are even obese. If you go to any store in many western countries at least they are optimized for you to pick candy and sugar water at the end. It's hard to find healthy products in many cases, you have to read the label on basically everything. If you go on a road trip, pretty much the only restaurants by the roads are fast food that is super bad for you. It is HARD to be healthy today and the statistics clearly shows it. So much so that in my country at least many clothing stores have started to display fat models in commercials because people (mostly women) demands it. We also have mukbangs on youtube, super obese people spreading their crap online but the one that gets a lot of hate is a guy that tells people to be more healthy. That is the insane part to me.