Future Tense

Future Tense

The Longevity Lottery

Why Silicon Valley's death denial is really about class

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A Z Mackay
Jan 04, 2026
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Bryan Johnson wakes before dawn to add another day to his life. The ouroboros of optimization eats its own tail and calls it progress. Two million dollars annually. A hundred supplements. Algorithmically optimized meals. Microsecond sleep tracking. All to reverse aging by thirty-one years. His metrics. This isn’t optimism. It’s desperation with a budget.

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