Bryan Johnson: AI Makes Death Optional, Humanity Is Birthing New Gods
mjdramstead · x · 2026-09-14
Bryan Johnson argues that for 2,000 years spiritual traditions had to orbit the unavoidable reality of physical death, and that this certainty is now in question — opening a crack for a new global spirituality. He says humanity is birthing new God(s) before our eyes, yet we have no scripture to guide, soothe or foretell them.
A philosophy professor quote-tweeted the take, joking that emails like this arrive about once every other week.
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