Bryan Johnson, Billionaire Seeking Immortality, Begins Below The Belt Electroshock Therapy

Bryan Johnson, the billionaire behind Venmo, has purportedly started electrocuting his "member" several times a week in order to live forever.

He is currently 49 years old but seeks to have the body of an 18-year-old, which, apparently, means the entire body — including the genitals.

In a kind of extreme act of self-disclosure, Johnson is sharing his journey to reverse his biological age online through YouTube videos, social media posts and his website that meticulously details his health stats.

As such, he claims to be the "most measured" human of all time and has shared it all with a growing online audience. While there are some who are genuinely interested in his attempts, many are left asking, "Does he want attention or does he want to live forever?"

It's safe to say that Bryan Johnson will likely not live forever, but he has certainly earned a lot of attention through his various efforts.

In particular, his choice to employ his son as a "blood boy," as well as a recent profile in Fortune about his troubled dating life (he recently broke up with his fiancé who had cancer), have earned him plenty of press and virality.

What Johnson is doing is certainly unique, as very few people have precisely tracked the amount of time they are erect while asleep each night and then posted this data online in order to "help others" (as he puts it).

He appears to have a healthy sense of humor about his penile modifications, sharing memes about his experience, but he is dead serious about his broader philosophy of optimizing the human body.

Some billionaires might wish to go to Mars and some might wish to buy up newspapers and governments. It is a rare billionaire who wishes to buy the Fountain of Youth and become a niche health influencer.