News Summary

• Bryan Johnson, an investor and entrepreneur, took a 5.24 gram dose of psilocybin mushrooms to see if psychedelics could aid him in his quest for immortality.
• Over a million people viewed the livestream on X, either in real time or as a replay.
• While some people see Johnson’s methods as elaborate, vampiric performance art, his Silicon Valley contemporaries think he's a visionary.
• The purpose of Johnson's public trip is to measure the potential use of psychedelics in life extension research.