Bryan Johnson says religion is humanity's most durable form of organization. He's building one around shared health practices: sleep schedules, exercise, biomarker tracking. The goal is a community that outlasts any single person.
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What, a third of the people in the world are Christians, right? So, what is that like called? 2, 3 billion people? Yeah. And so, you mentioned this at the summit. It's like, yeah, you're trying to— correct me if I'm wrong here— you're trying to build a religion, right? And that seems like something that's worthwhile and that's something that can live on beyond you, right? And that's going to take the rest of your life to do it. So, why not?
Exactly. Yeah. Religion is the most durable form of human organization ever built. And religion does not need to be in the same format as it has been. It means there's a community of people who share a set of values and beliefs who work together towards a given objective. And yes, don't die, that we are at this moment. So the more of us that can band together, you know, with our evil designs of going to bed on time and exercising, you know, and having good biomarkers.