Jean Guerrero: This California millionaire is peddling eternal life. Why do so many people believe him?
LOS ANGELES -- For a moment, I fell under the spell of Bryan Johnson.
Bathed in early-morning sunlight, the 46-year-old L.A.-based tech centimillionaire and longevity celebrity didn't look much younger than his age, although he claims to have the wrinkles of a 10-year-old and organs that are several years younger than his lifespan.
We were standing at the Temescal Canyon trailhead in Pacific Palisades on Jan. 13, ahead of a Johnson-sponsored "Don't Die" hike, one of many organized across the world that day and the only one hosted by him. Of the 500-plus people who had RSVP'd for the L.A. event, about 200 showed up. Some had slept in their cars to make it.
"The world is so full of things that take us away from what we truly want," he told the crowd.
Johnson led us in a breathing exercise, swaying his
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