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Tech exec who trashed his body for 23 years spends $2M/yr to reverse the damage

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Re: Tech exec who trashed his body for 23 years spends $2M/yr to reverse the damage

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post #7

> My mind was always a rascal and doing things that were self destructive in nature (...) > he commits to about 100 protocols each day to reverse his biological age, including taking 61 pills each day, eating 70 pounds of vegetables every month, and adhering to 8:30 p.m. bedtimes. It’s costing him $2 million a year. hmmmm...

yeah my thoughts when reading his stuff too. Just because its based in "health" doesnt mean its healthy. Hes still unfamiliar with balance it seems

Re: Tech exec who trashed his body for 23 years spends $2M/yr to reverse the damage

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I am a trans tech person who strongly suspects this person will transition based on pattern recognition of other software people I’ve known transitioning.

Well, statistically women live longer so there may be more than one angle here!

Re: Tech exec who trashed his body for 23 years spends $2M/yr to reverse the damage

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post #9

This is just my opinion based on what little I know of his protocols but I think he's getting ripped off. I do about half of what he does and I think most people could afford it at the risk of having to buy two or three less shiny things. Unlike him I am not publishing where I landed because it will vary by person. Each person should binge-read everything on nih.gov and binge watch a bunch of doctors, scientists and…

Have a list of generally useful low-hanging fruit?

As the first comment says:

Sleep 8-9 hours

Eat well

Aerobic Exercise

Reduce stress/meditate

Re: Tech exec who trashed his body for 23 years spends $2M/yr to reverse the damage

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post #7

> My mind was always a rascal and doing things that were self destructive in nature (...) > he commits to about 100 protocols each day to reverse his biological age, including taking 61 pills each day, eating 70 pounds of vegetables every month, and adhering to 8:30 p.m. bedtimes. It’s costing him $2 million a year. hmmmm...

yeah my thoughts when reading his stuff too. Just because its based in "health" doesnt mean its healthy. Hes still unfamiliar with balance it seems

Nothing bad about that lifestyle as long you can mentally tolerate it. Although I don’t see what about it should cost $2 million per year

Re: Tech exec who trashed his body for 23 years spends $2M/yr to reverse the damage

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post #8

I am a trans tech person who strongly suspects this person will transition based on pattern recognition of other software people I’ve known transitioning.

Sounds super interesting, I would love you to expand on this.

If you look at photos from recent years the changes are quite visible. Also he was Mormon for 34 years and then left the religion.

Re: Tech exec who trashed his body for 23 years spends $2M/yr to reverse the damage

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yeah my thoughts when reading his stuff too. Just because its based in "health" doesnt mean its healthy. Hes still unfamiliar with balance it seems

Nothing bad about that lifestyle as long you can mentally tolerate it. Although I don’t see what about it should cost $2 million per year

i disagree, but its worth noting that his main tenants seem sensible and i agree with those, its mostly around sleeping, exercising and stuff we all know. Its the 100 supplements a day periodically throughout the day which i think is untenable longterm.

and again, if the guy has a history of unhealthy min/maxing his life, seems like another endeavour to do so is a mistake imo.

Re: Tech exec who trashed his body for 23 years spends $2M/yr to reverse the damage

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post #18
post #8

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Sounds super interesting, I would love you to expand on this.

If you look at photos from recent years the changes are quite visible. Also he was Mormon for 34 years and then left the religion.

i dont think that's fair. Diff cultures associate different features with youthfulness and i think thats what this is. I also dont think being trans makes anyone an authority on whether other people will become trans
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