Bryan Johnson grew up in rural Utah in a tight-knit Mormon community where everyone shared the same faith and values. He and his friends used small rebellions like unusual haircuts and chains to stand out in a culture that demanded uniformity.
Yeah. I was born into a rural Utah area. My grandpa had a farm. The community was deeply religious, so everyone believed the same thing. So little Brian here, he doesn't know what's going on, but he is about to enter a situation where he's told that only one reality in existence is true. Because we were all Mormon, there was very little opportunity to be different in any horizontal way. Like, you know, you. We all believe the same thing. We had the same morals. We had the same ethics. We went to the same church. We. We believe the same things. And so to be different was really hard. You had to do other things to be distinct and unique. And so my friends and I, we cut lines in the side of our head as a style. I also got braces. Oh, I'm wearing a chain. So I guess I'm back to that.
