Johnson’s endeavors to prolong his life and reverse aging through any means possible have been widely met with both intrigue and ridicule. He is not, however, the only person pursuing a prolonged youth.
“When your heart stops beating, you’re guilty of mass cellular genocide,” Kenneth Scott, an 81-year-old biotech investor and real estate developer, told Quartz. “Our culture has the mentality that we were born to die. From childhood, we were taught that we’re going to die. But I suggest that that culture is out of date.”