Bryan Johnson got his pilot's license but learned that 70% of aviation incidents involve amateur pilots, so he never flew alone. He compares this to biohacking: cobbling together health advice from podcasts and books is like solo flying, statistically dangerous. Structured, certified approaches to wellness beat DIY experimentation.
I got my pilot's license several years ago, and in doing so, I was assessing the risk of death. And one of the stats that stood out to me was that over 70% of incidents in aviation were attributable to amateur pilots. And so while I went through the certification of every plane I flew, I refused to fly alone. The risk of error was just the math was there, the stats were there. The same is true with health and wellness. I tried to do this on my own. You know, almost like going around this little bag, listening to podcasts, reading books, reading literature, and trying to put little gems of insight into my bag and try to piece together my own protocol. It's the same as trying to fly an airplane by myself.
