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title: 'Build Your Autonomous Self - Episode 3'
source: 'https://youtube.com/watch?v=zurO5EHZ9z8'
video_id: 'zurO5EHZ9z8'
date: 2026-07-30
duration_sec: 3508
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# Build Your Autonomous Self - Episode 3

> Source: [Build Your Autonomous Self - Episode 3](https://youtube.com/watch?v=zurO5EHZ9z8)

## Summary

Bryan Johnson hosts a live Q&A session discussing his Blueprint health protocol, the philosophy of self-autonomy, and societal issues. He addresses personal updates on his appearance, diet, and longevity biomarkers while engaging with callers on topics like social media friction, AI, and the future of humanity.

### Key Points

- **Personal Update** [00:01] — Bryan explains his swollen face is due to a fat transfer procedure and caloric restriction (2,000 calories/day).
- **Caller's Existential Questions** [02:05] — Natalie, a recent graduate, feels torn between industry expectations and personal health goals, seeking the truth of existence.
- **Feedback on Show Format** [13:54] — Bryan asks viewers if these conversations are helpful and what format they prefer, contemplating the value of the live Q&A.
- **Future Scenario: Sugar as a Drug** [15:06] — Bryan imagines a future where citizens vote to classify sugar as a Category 1 drug to combat self-destructive behaviors.
- **Blueprint Diet: 33% Carbs** [19:01] — Bryan explains the Blueprint macro split: 48% fats, 33% carbs, 19% protein, based on evidence and his biomarkers.
- **Reduced Carb Cravings** [22:42] — Bryan confirms that reducing carbohydrates eliminates cravings, leading to a steady, non-turbulent relationship with food.
- **Blueprint as a Movement** [24:18] — Bryan discusses the philosophy of 'Zeroism' and envisions Blueprint as a global movement for species-level health evolution.
- **Blueprint as Proof of Concept** [26:35] — Bryan likens Blueprint to the Wright brothers' flight: demonstrating what's possible, not necessarily easy for mass adoption.
- **Productization of Blueprint** [28:37] — Bryan mentions upcoming products like olive oil, dark chocolate, and a simplified supplement stack to bridge the gap for followers.
- **Caloric Restriction and Longevity** [36:27] — Bryan explains his lean physique is from caloric restriction and maintains body composition with MRI scans.
- **No Cheat Days** [39:02] — Bryan strongly advises against cheat days, calling them a 'bad state of mind' that train you to oscillate between extremes.
- **Hair Protocol Details** [50:09] — Bryan describes his hair regimen: 312-diode laser hat (6 min/day), custom minoxidil 5% compound, PRP with dutasteride and exosomes.

### Conclusion

Bryan Johnson's live Q&A offers a mix of personal health updates, philosophical discussions on self-autonomy, and practical insights into the Blueprint protocol for longevity. The episode underscores the importance of measurement, evidence-based choices, and societal shifts toward healthier behaviors.

## Transcript

Hey, Utah. That's where I'm from. Russia, Germany, Greece, India, Iowa, Slovakia, Denmark. Hey, Ireland, Germany. What an amazing group worldwide. Your face looks so different. Yeah. Okay. So, there's a there's a my
face going on. So, one is I I'm on caloric restriction. I love everyone Kurdistan, uh Hungary. This is amazing, you guys. Uh yeah. So, maybe let me comment on my face real quick. Is uh you know, I'm on caloric restriction. So, I
eat 2,000 calories a day and that has caused me to be pretty lean. So, uh I'm caused me to be pretty lean. So, uh I'm Yeah. So, some facial volume and there's two ways to restore I guess not two ways to restore facial volume. Most people
get fillers as they age to rebuild volume in their face. uh I did an alligraphed uh fat transfer and so what I did is I took a donor uh because I don't have any fat on my body to inject on myself otherwise I and so I injected
at my face and my face is swollen from that and then I have some other uh micro needling stuff but yeah my face is pretty beat up today and it's pretty pretty beat up today and it's pretty so I I nicknamed myself something else
um so the swelling will be down in a few days but I'm trying to uh rebuild facial That's kind of a significant thing is because when you lose the uh the facial volume uh people will automatically associate older age because you know
associate older age because you know facial fat is okay. All right, let's get started for this the end. Audio is cutting in and out. Team see that? Hi China.
Am I lying or am I actually in a caloric deficit? Uh I'm in a Yeah, I'm I'm doing thing. I really can't lie. I mean, all my I measured by hundreds of biomarkers. my I measured by hundreds of biomarkers. So, if I try to the true story, I just
can't lie. Okay. Long video on hair. There's a lot Okay. Long video on hair. There's a lot of stuff on here. All right. My grandma loves your work. Give your grandma my best.
Hey, Natalie, are you there? All right. Natalie, I have a little bit life, but uh Yes. mind. Yes. mind. My mind is like I'm in just a generic
form or just here right now type of my mind. you want. Any path. You know what? I'm in an observational mode in my life and I would just like to know where to go.
would just like to know where to go. Like I just finished university. Uh I just finished college this December. I did the whole fang journey in Atlanta. It's it's it's an illusion I realize and I'm just like where do I go next? Trying
to be my autonomous self. Meaning I want to do things based on the totality of being a better person, feeling good, but as well trying to fit in and exist in
this world we're living in. So I came here and the biggest thing that I'm going through is I want to be healthy. I want to be optimal health without the want to be optimal health without the tyrannical form of well, you know, like
this culture around food and fitness and I want to be healthy and think about my years for the 10 year reunion. I'm like, "Oo, you need to start thinking of that when you get to these ages because you're eventually just going to become
older and be these ages." And um I truly want to think about that. probably my answer. Like I said, I'm in an observational mode in my life and
this may be the path I need to go in for a long term wherever I go because I need to think about my health and even when I think about my my my job in um the think about health being a correlating thing. So I
think the question for all of us as we're having a convers on this is we all together all of us are talking at the same time. So the concepts we're going
minds and we're going to map our own decision-m. So what Natalie what I like think the most interesting thing happening in 2023 is after billions of years of evolutionary um
we are here we're steps away from creating uh super intelligence and to me extraordinary existence in all of the galaxy potentially and I don't want to
miss out on that show I want to be present now it could end badly yes but we basically I want a ticket of admission to the future Which means that die. Like be around for this future because it could be more marvelous than
peeling back that the layers of the onion on doing that, we can say, well, me. Do I have a donor for breakfast? Do I try to do something healthy? And then there's decisions. Do I go to bed on time or do I, you know, skip it? And all
the immediate things. Then there's certain layers up. Which friends do I Another layer of what what pro what career do I choose? And then what pressures those career choices uh have on me? And then the other one is like
you're saying this meta awareness of like where are you in the system of things like um in this context and place like the the bigger trying to really capture yourself in this context and for all of us it's probably a process of
identifying each of these individual layers of the highly specific what do I do in this very moment to these bigger concepts. I understand you feel some concepts. I understand you feel some friction in your desire to be healthy
and like step to the step into the future and the expectations that people in your industry have of you. Is is that a primary point of friction? It is and it's so interesting because I see both worlds. I see the people who
work on like the people work on set and do the the industry and then you have the consumer. So onset uh the friction and and level of insanity for me that you know um the people who consume like the the movies and TV is that when they
the the movies and TV is that when they go on like social media like they expect you to be there and then when you're on the set you know that it's like a marketing job thing. So when I went back to college, it was really frictional
because I got off of social media because I needed a level of sanity and it was just too much for me. And then it was just like you can feel people of authority judging you because you didn't have social media but you see it from a
industrial way. So like the industry expects one thing from you which is your that are in I guess you can say the free world they expect you just to have it because that's just what humans do. And uh that's the biggest friction is where
do I go like you said going with the evolutionary of humans. What is the truth? Because I hear economy. I see you know these these things recession and things and I'm like okay this can transform the like you said last week it
was uncomfortality of the human civilization. And I'm like so how do I survive? How do I just want to be alive? Because it may just be no longer Natalie but human flesh just existing on this planet earth. So that's the friction I
have and I rather just know hard facts right now than to and be 28. So when I'm 38, if there is a 38 and we're in this if if if that even exists in the cosm
cosmos, but you know, I just want to be alive and I want to be yeah, happy being alive, but be just there to live through it because be just there to live through it because if something like if AI takes over my
job, then there's no more of that. I just like I said I want to be I want to to have resources and I just have to go with that then you know so I hope that answers about the friction because I do experience friction in the industry and
who consume the industry and those who work on it so I'm okay uh yeah so let's just say all of us are imagining that we uh we feel over by the
systems that surround us because we're part of a larger mesh of society that they have certain expectations of us and that we also we want to be involved in society in in their activities. We want to activities and
then we feel the strain between these expectations that have us go all the way self-destructive behaviors but then also uh pulling ourselves out of that uh a desired outcome. So let's just try to narrow the to something hypersp
specific. So is it are you feeling the tension in your job or are you feeling it in your personal relationship or what specific thing are you trying to solve? specific thing are you trying to solve? I want to solve what is the truth of
I want to solve what is the truth of existence because on in my job I am educating myself about social media from a social media marketing perspective. I mean, this is like a job, meaning you're not going to post just a random thing
without it correlating to promoting what you're doing. So, I just don't see it like, hey, what are you up to today? It's more of a, okay, there's promotion going on. That's what the image is going to be. Meaning, if it was modeling,
you're just promoting like your job, your whatever your you're booking. And it's hard because when I got signed like 10 years ago, I would have never thought that me working as a curve model, you know, you think it's a dream. Your
contract says, "Oh, you're going to go to Europe and stuff like that." And then media, which isn't like aligned with your contract at all. It is. And models people saying, "Well, you're skinny mini, you're not really plus-siz." And
you know, I got hospitalized because of that idea of people just harassing you. And so that's one thing is that idea in my job. And then you try to better try to get a college. You know, maybe a college degree didn't help me cuz like I
worked in the industry before I went back at 23. So when I went to school, you have people who are at level of authority with social media looking at you online and saying, well, you know, do you have a social media presence? and
it's the person that I'm working for at school and I'm like wait what? So it's just very contradicting about how do you exist? So you go in free world, you try then people are on social media. They say it's a private life and then I'm
like no it's not a private life when you get to the social media marketing and then when you do I'm sorry but um but when you so a lot of friction about what how do you like exist because industry is saying it's marketing but free world
is saying it's socialization but I don't know and that's where so you sound it sounds like you've got there's a a fundamental conflict between the expectations that your job has of you uh or that your industry slash your
contract has then there are things that you want to do and you feel the tension between the two it so you see these two worlds fighting and it sounds like you feel trapped in the commercial side of your business of what they want or
backlash for this thing which you don't want and then you have this other way yes is that is that the crux of the issue that's the truth and it's like if you don't behave the way I guess not free
roll but like people who are not in the industry then you're weird. You're the one that's strange. Like, you don't have a social media account. What? And it's just like, yeah. And and and and that's the biggest pull about trying to be my
autonomous self is like, I'm trying to have my own thoughts, my own sanity, but Yeah. Okay, cool. All right. Now, let's hang out in the um in the comments just
for a second. Hi, everybody. So, everyone, again, the reminder is be nice to Natalie. If you want to be mean or you want to hurl insults or, you know, send it my way. The New York Times vote Trump in 2024.
Wait, we're on Natalie, everyone. Okay. Uh, Ashwagandha, ketone levels. Yeah, social media is very stressful. Yep. Yep. Confronting grind culture. Yep. Yep. Confronting grind culture. Exactly. Yep.
Yep. Okay, cool. So, Natalie, it's is um I think the uh you probably options. One is to um maintain your current disposition where you've got conflict between what you're personally doing, what the and uh what you want to become
and just be with that that conflict. Two is to try to uh reconcile it. So like figure out some mind space to be within both worlds where you're at. Or three is to try probably choose a different path. I
mean there's uh don't know if uh if continuing to do the is going to net you anything in a positive fashion. Uh but yeah, sounds everyone experiences life is this constant tension between social
expectations and then what you really want to do. And so if you if we look at the things that are holding us back, uh, you know, often times these are the fingerprints we're going to find and they're layers and layers of so very
hard to to deal with. Cool. All right. So Natalie, thanks for being Thank you. Thank you. And wishing you the best. Yeah. Wishing Cool. Thank you. Bye. Bye.
Yeah. Yeah. This is uh just the um the challenge. Thank you, there. This is the I guess the challenge of this format is I've been trying to things worth doing on a regular basis like are these conversations helpful for
people? Is it is it useful to think out loud with others? Uh you know is if would there be something better uh specific topics instead of doing these uh more generalized conversations. So I feedback if we should continue
these if we if so in what format. How is this useful to any of you? So please let me know what you think. Yeah. Okay. Ari, let's go. Thank you. So uh by the way you look great. U you know I don't know on my
camera it doesn't doesn't really show up all that uh all those all those tests you're doing they don't really show up that well on the camera. So I had team helped me narrow narrow them down and um you know they were kind of from
and um you know they were kind of from different areas. So uh uh I had actually like almost 40. Your team narrowed down to six and I think they I think the audience will be glad to hear them. So number one today is the 20 uh June
2026. The uh and this has been the best three years of your life. What has happened for the last three years? Oh, this is That's for you. Oh, okay. Um,
uh, okay. I'll just make up a scenario. I'll say that, um,
in the United States of America have voted to make sugar a c uh, what is it? voted to make sugar a c uh, what is it? Category 1 or category 2 drug. and that um that humans did this. Uh citizens of the states, the government did not do
this. Uh citizens of the United States did this and other countries because they said um we as a species are in a difficult situation with our climate changing and with uh all kinds of problems we have.
And these self-destructive behaviors we have that permeate society are at the have that permeate society are at the root cause. And we humans choose life over choosing our vices and addictions. And so it's not like the prohibition uh
movement uh where it comes from a form of righteousness or moral cause. It just says we are a species that is going to survive or die based upon how fast we evolve and we can't evolve when we're addicted and we can't choose our vices
over life. And so we choose to start eliminating these things in society that are killing us. I see. So I hear sugar essentially categorized as a drug to help people understand that it's not uh you know you
it right. Well I mean it's yeah it's like this contemplation. So we we see the there's these increasingly uh world like we have a we have a very serious problem on our hands. We don't
know how serious it is. don't know what the compound effects are going to be and uh and but then we when we look at the problem we say what do we do about it you know there's like what is in my power I can I can recycle my Amazon
boxes but actually I'd say what's interesting to me is that the power is a different vector let's eliminate um you know I put sugar in there as a placeholder like as the substance that is inviting this self-destructive
behavior that we are powerless to resist and then our capitalistic system you drip. Like we're all addicted. And so it's more of a species uh level contemplation. Look, we to do something that increases our
probability of survival. And even though we can't change immediately, you know, the transition from petroleum based products to cleaner energy, we can do other things that are in our control. And so it' be this uh this broad-based
action uh that we as a species are taking affirmative yeah taking specific action for the success of our species. Yeah, the way I see it um uh I want to just to comment on that, the way I see it is that uh the um food industry has a
tight grip on what we see on the TV screens and that really affects a lot of our actions are affected by the the food industry and right and what is advertised on the TV. So, and it's it's kind of hard to kind of hard to break it
because it's it's a cycle, right? You you have multiple factors that factor into that. It's not just it's not just my decisions like you know I I go home I on TV most likely what they promote they
promote pizza they probably promote some other some other things which you know other some other things which you know inevitably will will make our choices so so there are multiple factors that go into that so it's not uh
yeah but uh obviously it starts with me I need to make a decision yeah so my second question is did your team conclude 33% carb calories is optimal for you. How did you get to that number? The blueprint
get to that number? The blueprint website says 48% fats, 33% carbs, 19% of calories from proteins. USDA recommends 45 to 65% calories from carbs. So, why 33%. Yeah. So, let me pull this up.
blueprint which I think are really helpful to understand.
is blueprint.bbrrianjson.co. So, you can see here uh I have my entire protocol uh online. And so, this is what is referencing here. So, the first principle of blueprint is that this is not the only way uh one can achieve uh
other paths to try to achieve these markers and this is just and so the way we've gone about doing this is I I have a team of of scientists and they've reviewed extensively the literature of how someone can slow their speed of
aging and rejuvenate aging across the board. And so if you look at my markers, let me go to the top here. If you look at my uh data over the past couple accomplishments, the things we've the things I think that are most significant
that we've over this this two and a half year time period. So slow I think the speed my speed of aging by the equivalent of 31 years. Now aging is slower than the average 10-year-old. Um my recent V2 max score of 58.7. And so
my recent V2 max score of 58.7. And so blueprint not uh a um to say it's the only thing that works. It's one thing that works. Uh number two, uh we haven't So there's a bunch of things that could potentially work that we haven't tried.
And then three is because we base this on evidence, we do things that uh have been clinically tested. Now other things can be effective in doing in accomplishing these objectives and not have evidence. That's totally fine. And
We just don't do it because we focus on the things that have evidence. And so in terms of that ratio that uh what what I like about that is I can say um that's what we've chosen and here's my data. So there's not a an opinion in
there. It's just uh protocol to data and then you see in me what this has produced over that 2 and a half year time period. So to me that's the more one of the more persuasive ways of approaching this versus now trying to
triangulate 10 different opinions which are all going to uh differ um depending on the topic. I see. So so essentially it does work right. So I assume this 33% carbs uh calories from carbs really over extended
period of time it's not just one month two months it's more like a I I assume it's somewhere between one to two years you consistently on that level of uh right? Yeah that's right. Yep. And so the
um you in my experience in this world you can you can engage in five anti-aging scientists you can give them all the same papers and ask you ask them you'll get a different protocol from every scientist. They will not agree.
And so this is the thing is is if you try to go out and reconcile your own plan based upon the disparit ops of various experts, like it's impossible. It's like good luck. You need measurement. It's the only way to settle
the score is measure. Either an end of one or in a larger study, but otherwise you're really just throwing darts and you have no idea where you're going. Yeah. So my my uh follow-up question is kind of from the same category. So I
personally experienced after I reduced carbohydrates. I mean I still eat uh you once in a while I would like let's say have a slice of pizza but when I made a decision to reduce carbohydrates I kind of realized that intuitively I'm I'm
less craving carbohydrates meaning sweets uh bread pizza pasta rice potatoes. So uh did you experience something similar? where you that reduction in carbohydrates make you less crave
pasta, rice, potatoes and stuff like that. Yeah. A lot of people look at the what I do and they'll say uh that's like no way to live. You know, they they think it's like dystopic or somehow undesirable.
And I look back at my former self when I was chasing my next hit, just what you're saying, my next piece of bread or my or pizza or ice cream or whatever. And it was always a contemplation. When am I going to eat that next thing? And
it was awful being on this roller coaster of emotional expectation. And now I'm just steady. I love it so much. It I don't have these huge cravings. I'm not whipped back and forth. I don't have the immeral
uh you know turbulence. So no, I it they're gone. I'm steady and I'm so grateful because it's there. That's great. Yeah. So I I have similar experience. Uh but my experience is very recent. You know, I kind of uh decided
recent. You know, I kind of uh decided to cut down on carbs and it does uh from my uh my personal experience is that it does uh make me um like essentially I crave less anything that has with carbohydrates. So my next question is
how can I get involved with or volunteer for blueprint movement? Because it's you know it's more than it's more than just a company. It's more than just a few products. It's it's more of a kind of mindset, right? Because ultimately
collectively we should get together and make a decision to well how can we uh focus on health span meaning living healthy not living u uh not just not just living longer right I mean statistically we're living longer but
most people basically on pills pills have side effects and it just not a good uh situation I'm I'm reading this book right now on prohibition and it you know that took place uh in
you like 1917 time frame and well I mean for a few decades before that there was this um effort to try to curb alcohol consumption because it was just rampant in society and it makes me uh it's
in society and it makes me uh it's really a fresh that we are no different than humans who lived 50 years ago and 100 years ago and 300 years ago. We have the same biochemical processes. We have the same thoughts. We have the same
desires. They're just manifest different in our cultural context. But we are exactly the same now. We because we're living in this moment, we think our experience is novel. We think it's somehow new, but we're just repeating
these same thought patterns and and whatnot that's had before. And it's really fresh. And so what I think is really I mean artificial intelligence is planet Earth. It's going to restructure our society. It's going to create this
Like it's just going to be like electricity. It's going to be electricity. It's going to be everywhere. And um blueprint to me I I just finished writing this draft of uh what I the
philosophy behind blueprint which is zeroism. And to need a framework to understand ourselves in this larger context of how we move forward as a species. And so it does start tangibly with diet and sleep and exercise. But we
framework to say where are we going as a species and what are we trying to achieve? So, I agree with you. Um, and I I'm working on this right now. I mean, doing these. I This is the fourth one of the four-week one we were talking about.
I'm trying to figure out what to do and and how to bring this about. So, I agree with you. I have the same desire and um I think this really warrants being a global movement of where we want to go as a species and uh it that really one
that relies upon process for all of us to become our better selves independent to become our better selves independent of ideological uh preference and independent of marketing on TV right because yeah mo most people form their
opinion based on marketing and and unfortunately what what is marketed by let's say food industry does not necessarily in the best interest of health. Yeah, I agree. Cool. All right, I'm if
things up there and then take a few comments. what what you represent I think generally is you've got great questions. You're trying to do your very best. This thing is very complicated. Uh I guess
the short answer here on blueprint is uh I I blueprint to basically show flight was possible or a 4-minute mile or flying across the Atlantic. I endeavored to be
across the Atlantic. I endeavored to be an a an explorer say nobody thought this was possible before and I want to show it's possible and when once person once one person shows it's possible many others can do it. I didn't uh design
blueprint to be a really easy thing to do because that's that wasn't the objective. The objective was be at the absolute frontier of health and wellness and then you know so it wasn't designed to be dead simple to do and so it's why
at blueprint it's like oh my goodness there's like a hundred questions I have so there gap with where I'm at what I'm trying to achieve and something easier. We are working on a few things that could make it easy for people to do. But
there's that bridge we have to cross where it's like okay I buy into this I I agree with this con easy and we need to close that gap. close that gap. Okay. Okay. So I uh so last question,
monthly subscription, do do you plan on doing anything like that? Uh where will be some kind of a kit that you mail sort of like a HelloFresh style but instead of focusing just on food or more of a supplies for what you call rejuvenation
athletes? Yeah, we we've tried to knock out the more complicated things. So we we have an olive oil solved. We're working on dark chocolate and we're trying to get the what basically the 100 pills I take
the what basically the 100 pills I take every day into a um an easy to take So, we're trying to knock out the big ones. In terms of the food, that's just a bigger business. It's like uh it's a whole thing to to deliver that kind of
fresh food. And so, we haven't taken on that one. So, we've really just tried to take the more complicated ones that are hardest for people to implement and uh my intent to start a business on blueprint. My intent was really uh to
blueprint. My intent was really uh to demonstrate um anti-aging is herely. side projects of trying to solve a problem people have. So do do you plan on like training the trainers kind of where so so you don't
question? Yeah, exactly. I mean I'm in touch with dozens of founders that are doing something blueprint related. So there's there's so much activity going on and we'll start seeing it manifest in the
there's so much happening in health and wellness right now and it will be touch with a lot of people who are commercializing this exact bridge. Like every people so many people are saying like yes, I would do this. I'll pay
blank per month. I just want to show up and be easy. And that is like the universal thing everyone says. And so uh people are definitely stepping into fill. Okay. So, so, uh, do you have any any
goals in terms of like, uh, like like athletic goals? Like I know you push push 800 with your legs and and the bench press 240. Like, is is it the goal or is it or the goal is really kind of progress further?
Like the the So, like today, uh, my son Tal and I, we're going to go bowling. We're going to go to the park and throw the Frisbee. We're going to go golfing. Uh we're going yeah we're just going like a full day of physical activities
I'm going to have energy all day long and I'm going to do everything and so that's the win is I'm going to be doing my son and we're going to have a blast
and so that to me is the biggest payoff. That's great. Yes. Okay. Well, thanks. Thanks. Uh yeah, there were more questions. I know your team has it. Uh addressing some of those questions
to meet you. Thanks. Thank you. Thanks. Thank you. Okay. Okay. Hi everybody. Let's see out Okay. Okay. Hi everybody. Let's see out on this.
Yeah, I I mean, yeah, I agree. This is complicated around the world. Looks like someone hit me in the head with a with a bat in the head. Yep. I agree. You need a billion dollars. How's colonel? Colonel's great. The the uh technologies
and clinical trials were looking at depression and cognitive decline. So, it's on its way. It just takes some time. Yes, I completed several sperm time. Yes, I completed several sperm tests recently. We did three. We did D
tests recently. We did three. We did D then we did normal uh sperm analysis.
Sometimes I'll take a day or two off, but mostly seven days a week. Uh porn, I agree. Porn is not good at all. So, I try to avoid porn at all costs. I don't
brain. Yeah, after two treatments, my pores are improved. So, they are working. I have genetically large and we're trying to get the pore size down and so we're down I think 20 some odd percent. So that's
favorable. We just did a an MRI looking at bone density. So we're looking at some uh some therapies to increase bone density. I just started uh barefoot
shoes. Yep. A lot of people have been saying that and I just started it and I like it a lot. So thank you for that. love to you India. HIV therapy, you going back and forth. We we discontinued HIV therapy for a few weeks do a uh a
pallet cleanser on this and my HIV actually stayed pretty steady. So, I HIV therapy is. I know in acute situations, like when I got COVID, it helped on the recovery very quickly. And also, it can um in acute situations, but
yet. Yeah, to get over a divorce, I mean, choosing, you know, to have to get a divorce was one of the most significant decisions in my life. And it's one like you you just kind of know it needs to be
for a long time. And then once you do it, it's the best decision of your life. But that's typically how hard life decisions are is you just kind of know decisions are is you just kind of know it's on that inevitable track.
I'm on caloric restriction. when you eat 2,000 calories a day and you have my activity level, uh you go down in testosterone and so you just need to supplement it. Uh rid of my depression. That that's a a
much longer a longer topic which I love to talk about because I it's so bad. Um
Yeah, I do a lot of knees over toes. Ben's a friend of mine. Uh, Parisim, I stopped using it every day. Yeah, we we did the we discontinued it to see what would happen. My HRV stayed pretty steady.
much help more helpful to me than meditation. At least I'm actually I can do it more methodically and and I like it a lot more.
Yeah, my my swollen head probably makes my neck look really small right now. Ice baths are not part of the blueprint protocol. Not because they're not have evidence that they achieve our singular objective of ex of slowing my
speed of aging. Yeah, I'd like I'd love to talk to Andrew. Andrew is a friend of mine, Huberman. So, it'd be cool to talk to Huberman. So, it'd be cool to talk to him.
We have air uh air filters in every room. Yeah, NAC. It's uh we take a lot of NAC. That's just what the evidence shows. So, every time uh something's in have something with evidence to back it up. We we uh never do anything
arbitrarily. Looking younger. Thank you. I hope so. Trying. I hope so. Trying. I've been vegan for three years.
delusional framework I mean honestly building a potentially delusional like I don't know that's really an interesting question. Uh my mind is you know like insane when I watch my mind operate in an observing mode. I'm like
god that that thing's just out of control. My son's talage is in the other work out. I just heard the door close. Why am I so I just heard the door close. Why am I so lean? Uh yeah, I'm uh that is uh
evidence for longevity. It's caloric restriction. And we maintain we measure my body fat and muscle with MRI all the time. You love my mind. Thank you. I work very hard on it. I work harder on my mind
than anything in my entire life. Thank you for that. That it's my favorite. I don't wear earphones. I my earbuds I wear these when I do this and but I don't otherwise put anything in my ears
but I still look 40. Why is that? Yeah, because I I trashed my body for the everything bad. Like literally everything bad to trash my body. So I've been doing this for for two years. So I wouldn't expect myself to just look 20
though is the markers I have like for example that I've slowed down my speed of aging by the equivalent of 31 years and my speed of aging is now uh at the think that's more interesting. So a lot of people look at me and they'll say
wait a second but you don't you look 45. That's fine. You're really missing a larger point. You have to look at the data of what we've accomplished. It's um That's why it's I I hope you guys all start incorporating this stuff now
because it's so much harder to reverse out damage after it's happened. Goat Antichrist, thank you. I'm trying my best. I I I would love to be Satan, you know, like I think Satan got that like he's
been misunderstood for so for so long. I would like to step into that role. Yes, my sleep dramatically improved my peacefulness and happiness. peacefulness and happiness. Thank you. I look 25. Thank you.
on wrinkles has not been that great because uh the technologies we have tried have not worked like we thought we had hoped they would. We just got a brand new device, a BT BTL Exilus. It uses ultrasound and it's upstairs and
we're going to try it in the next two or three days and we're very excited about the potential reduction in wrinkles and also in elastin increase. Yes, blueprint for women is coming. The blueprint xx, she's doing blueprint
tests, some interesting results. There's some, you know, some drama around that. Uh, no cheat days. Cheat days. No, like when you do it one day, you do it two
ever, for any reason whatsoever under no circumstance. I think cheat days are awful. They just train you to be in a awful. They just train you to be in a bad state of mind.
guess like this is just when you nail your circadium rhythm, you uh like when you have a schedule that's extremely specific, predicts it. And so I my sleep is unbelievably good to every night. And I
I know that everyone's life circumstances are different, but man, sleep is like the best. Last time I had McDonald's, McDonald's, 10 years, I don't know.
Blueprint, never ever say never to anything ever. So, right now there's no plan for plastic surgery, but like I just never This project takes the wildest turns. Yeah. No cheat days. Oh my god. Yeah. No
cheat days. Don't do cheat days, you guys. It's really bad. This exactly right. Best wake up time is your circadium rhythm. Yes, I have an eight circadium rhythm. Yes, I have an eight bed. I do blue light glasses.
I look 35, not 45. Skin looks beautiful. But wait, you know what? Uh, look at my of stuff for the past few months that needs to heal a little bit. Um, I'm happy with the skin progress. I've been working on this operation baby face. I
use Whoop or is great. So, Aura or Whoop. I just use Whoop because I've had it for over 600 days now and I have the continuity, but Whoop is also wonderful.
Hi, Peru. Glad you're making progress. Yeah, I mean I I I'm vegan uh by choice, but you know, I have nothing against meat. So, uh people can incorporate meat
and just share your data. We're trying to define the right path. What's with I, you know, I love humor. I love messing around. Uh I love the messing around. Uh I love the nonseriousness of life. Like,
you know, it's all cool and it's all fun and I like playing on the dark side. I and I like playing on the dark side. I like this this idea. um look into the dark to avoid being blinded by the light. Oftentimes we think in life that
uh the answers and looking in the light, but oftentimes it's where you can't expect the answer to be. Um Niogen, yeah, I um I do NR with Niogen. We tried NMN uh and NR both increase my intracellular
uh and NR both increase my intracellular NAD levels to age 16. So they both work. Just make sure you there's a test I have on the website from J Infinity where you can test your intracellular NAD levels. So, am I religious or an atheist? I like
this quote from Edward Edward, a World War II reporter. He said, "Anyone who's not confused by the situation doesn't really understand what's going on." uh I just continually bump up against my my limitations of intellect and I just
don't know how I could possibly engage in a conversation about what exists uh beyond my awareness outside of using scientific instrumentation. No, I never get headaches which is I love it. I used to get a lot of headaches.
being nice, huh? What's what's happening? Like, so I I am I'm right there on the edge if this is worth doing on a regular
basis. Um I don't know if it is. Is this like should we do this? In what way is it valuable to you?
one no. Thank you. I do love negativity as you can tell. I love I love hate and as you can tell. I love I love hate and you know like here. Is this is this basically better like doing this discussion within the
comments of instead of like uh interviews with people? Yeah, I mean it's pretty crowded. These comments are streaming so fast.
the people like the interviews and after this I'll go through these comments. Uh time, we're going to post it with the video. Then we'll be able I'll be able video. Then we'll be able I'll be able to see more of these.
uh Ashwagandha we're not cycling that right now and I can haven't discussed cycling Ashwagandha but you know I a lot 600 milligrams a day it's the KSM66 it's uh this is the thing on the blueprint website uh everything is chosen uh
specifically because we've done some analysis on it it's ever haphazard and analysis on it it's ever haphazard and so uh the blueprint website is a great so uh the blueprint website is a great source of information for you
in in two years so um I would consider myself to be like a a recovering addict night and I couldn't stop myself like that's legit an eating disorder like if I couldn't stop myself from doing it I had a problem and uh so no I haven't and
had a problem and uh so no I haven't and it's liberating to not be, you know, uh, just overridden by, yes, I've tried psychedelics. I did ketamine for the kernel trial. I did ketamine. I did, uh, 67 milligrams of intramuscular
ketamine, and I wore kernel flow, the brain interface before, 5 days before, during ketamine, and afterwards. And we got to see the data on what happened to experience. It was amazing. It's the first time in the world someone had done
a full like 30-day analysis of brain data on what happens to the brain when which is why kernel is so promising. Thank you for the love. stuff. Again, I didn't design blueprint to like in immediately become a mass
market product. I was really trying to do like a Wright brothers demonstration. Can you fly? And if you can fly, then other people are going to build a lot of airplanes. But I'm really trying to say, "Hey everybody, uh, yes, the world's
kind of falling apart. The world's always falling apart. And, um, it's okay. And there's a bright spot that carve out a future we love.
The um therapy, so with with the the um plasma, I did that uh I did it for six months, once a month, six months, and then I had Talmage. uh I did that with my father and I I haven't done it since
we're we've taken a break to look at my biomarkers to assess whether it's worth doing or not. I facial hair because I have all these have hair on my face either when we're doing laser or ultrasound or micro
doing laser or ultrasound or micro needling. know that's like a question human opinion domain. I would not trust my opinion on procrastination. Uh, I I don't trust my opinion on almost
anything. I just, you know, like like all of us, I just make stuff up that sound into pretty stories. But then, do they mean anything? I don't know. Maybe they mean anything? I don't know. Maybe not.
Yeah. Some book recommendations. Uh, I would recommend The Biography of Zero. That's my favorite book. Change the way I understand reality.
don't want to color my hair, but it's either that or see my gray hair. And I hate seeing my gray hair and I hate coloring my hair. I think I hate coloring my hair less. So, I hope we the um the gray hair reversal stuff we've
been doing has reversed has li reduced my gray hair by a substantial amount, but it's just unstable. Some days it looks great, some days it comes back. looks great, some days it comes back. And we really want something that is um
hoping to release something soon for all of you. Yeah, it's Yeah, hair coloring is not great. Yeah, we can definitely work on the comments. I agree this is very fast and it might be frustrating for many of
you to ask questions then not get them answered. Um I'm not signed up for Cryionic. I'm not convinced the technologies.
know what? I bet you it would just make me sick. I would probably hate myself me sick. I would probably hate myself for a few hours. Maybe I Maybe I should for a few hours. Maybe I Maybe I should get this on video and uh like a Big Mac,
a large fry, a like a I like what do you call it? The ice cream shake or whatever. I should do ice cream shake or whatever. I should do one of those. But then like I you know,
suffer with me? I don't want to suffer by my miserable. I'm gonna have to lay down for a couple hours. How's my immune system? I never ever get sick. My inflammatory Yeah, my inflammatory
biomarkers are uh Oh, yeah. They would go crazy. Yeah, my body would be go would like go nuts over this. Uh I don't take any uh the the sc this
is like one of the most commonly asked questions. It's not in our protocol. It doesn't pass my team's assessment that the scientific evidence is there for our objective. And this goes back to the thing. I mean, Sinclair is a friend of
mine. So, I'm glad he does it himself. And this is the thing. It's not that we knows nothing. It's just that people disagree on different paths. And so, we that's why we try to publish all my data to say here's what we're doing. So,
here's a result for you. We try to remove it from opinion and straight to data. Uh that's really the best place to be.
Yeah. Um, my circadian rhythm when I travel, I try to maintain my bedtime. So, if I'm in a three-hour time zone change, I will go to sleep as though it light in the room, of course, with like a mask or something.
actually talk about the hair protocol quickly. I have a a 312 diode laser hat I put on my hair every day. And, um, that's for six minutes a day. We have a custom compound of pharmacy who put together this this uh custom
formulation. We have uh 5% minoxidil and then a bunch of other goodies. And then I do hair PRP for the past few months. I've been doing it monthly. And the
formulation I have in there is I do so PR PRF actually then uh dutasteride PR PRF actually then uh dutasteride asel and um we've been trying these supershot exosomes. I'm not sure about exosomes like they I don't know if it's
um we're not convinced it's there yet but that's what we've been doing and uh one provider I had is uh was using a gun with like nine needles and they just that's been really nice. The other one a
needles and you put in the head and it but that's once a month. Yeah, being on but that's once a month. Yeah, being on Joe Rogan would be great.
status of that we have not talked about that or not uh whether to do that that or not uh whether to do that okay search yep okay I'll I'll share the hair formulation
uh no I'm still taking collagen peptides that are non-vegan so um would if you have any recommendations for vegan that'd be
What is my real age? That's honestly complicated.
drinking I've got a tea mix. This one is um I forget the brand. This has 15 drink caffeine on a regular basis. To me, it's an escalation when I start doing it. Uh, I just have to have more and it just soon I get addicted. So,
really fun. It's Sunday morning. I'm hanging out with you guys. I'm having fun. And 15 grams of caffeine is just a nice little boost.
this going forward, we're going to have a different software we can uh do this a different software we can uh do this live. Talage and I watch things here and there. Uh we
three, four hours a week watching stuff together. weight, it's a big deal. I used to be 60 lbs heavier than I am right now. So, a trying to tighten up my skin uh around my body. So, this is a thing. Don't
Yeah. Fixing dam uh olive oil. So, we're we're coming out with our own olive oil in the next month or so. Getting high quality olive oil that consistently hits the targets has been really hard.
So, we have one we've solved for sourcing from spheres. So, trying to solve for these basic things that just been really hard for us.
That's a That's a great philosophical question. internationally available. I'll I'll look into that. I know we're only shipping to the US to start with, but the issue is on internationally. It's in
a it's I'm not sure if that's going to be a problem. going to try this BTL Exuxilos device. So, it uses ultrasound. So, like for
example, if you look at my chin, you see this like loose skin right here. Uh that's from uh being 60 lbs heavier and now being a lot leaner. So, we're going to try to clean that up and see if it can do it. I don't want to do a scalpel.
I don't want to go under uh the knife to do the stuff. Everything we're trying to do regenerative. Yeah, Talmage graduated. He's uh going to school in the fall and he's going to study math uh physics, computer science.
We talked about this years ago and we were trying to map how he could uh how were trying to map how he could uh how he could try to find stability in skill set acquisition instead of career choice. So how can he learn things that
will continually help him in life? and we chose math, physics, and CS as his um path, you know, like man, I would have loved if somebody would have helped me
loved if somebody would have helped me think through life like that. Soy, uh I don't know if we have a strong opinion on that or not.
Can I get a quick peek? Everyone tell me what your assessment is of today. Was it worth hanging out? Do we want to do it again? Is there a different format you again? Is there a different format you think would be more interesting?
Cringe. Very worth. these comments when a bit slower. It seems like there's a lot of positive.
the comments coming. Let me know where you're at. Uh I you know like I enjoy uh trying to add value to
your life. Um in the same way I appreciate people who intervene in my life and help me solve really tricky problems. I know that when I was growing up, uh there was um this one guy I knew, this neighbor I had and
when I would go to him, it was like such a weird thing, just like this random neighbor in the down the street, but I I drive my bike by and sometimes I'd see him and I would talk to him and I was just blown away by how clearly he
thought about things. I could take him, my question could be so poorly uh worded elegant construction of that he would reframe my mind around this thing. And I
love people who have that ability. I've always aspired to have it is, you know, take any sort of scrambled piece of information and think it through with this clarity. And that's really what I a skill set I've tried to to acquire. And
so that's what I'm trying to practice here with you is here with you is um hoping to get good.
feedback. We'll review this and see. So let's let's plan on this. I'll be back next week. We're going to use a different software so that uh it will be uh you can schedule on YouTube and minded. We've been using this Riverside
software so that we haven't been able to state it. So it let's do next week. This completes the four weeks I said I would do uh for doing this and then next week uh let's make a decision whether we keep on doing this or not and if
cool. Okay everyone uh here's to you all of us for being our very best selves. here is to uh our ability to
seize this extraordinary future that we could have that's at our fingertips and could have that's at our fingertips and that we can be wise enough uh to
into the future. Okay, everyone be your best selves. See you.