Bryan Johnson hunted and ate meat his whole life until an elk hunting trip changed everything. After shooting an elk and watching it die, he felt a collapse and became vegan. He believes that as intelligence evolves, compassion should come with it.
I had eaten meat my entire life. I had hunted my entire life. I was killing things from when I was five years old. I got my first gun, and I'd go out in the field and just shoot everything. And I had become a vegan. And there was one moment in particular where I went elk hunting, and I shot an elk. And I walked up on it after I'd shot it, and it was still breathing, and I saw this majestic creature breathing, and I just fell apart. That I had been responsible for taking its life. In that moment, I broke. So. So I became vegan because I do believe, I do hope that as intelligence progresses in this part of the universe, that compassion will be a part of it. You know, if you eat meat, that's fine. Do you. For me, it really hit home. And so I guess I just feel bad about taking life. It is complicated when you start talking about life. I just want to note that I am trying to incorporate compassion into my life as best I can.
