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Source: Axios

LOS ANGELES — Bryan Johnson, the face of the longevity movement who believes he may never die, announced recently that he had an incurable autoimmune disease — and his critics cheered, he told "The Axios Show" in an exclusive interview Monday."I mean, I think people really want me to die. Now I get it. It's funny. It's ironic. I push a lot of buttons that people don't like," he said.The big picture: As Johnson himself acknowledged, there's an irony in the founder of the "Don't Die" movement watching people celebrate his diagnosis. But Johnson sees his diagnosis as rocket fuel for his mission to promote longevity, rather than a setback. Catch up quick: Johnson, 49, has autoimmune gastritis (AIG), a chronic condition in which the immune system attacks healthy cells in the stomach lining. Johnson said "there was joy all around the world" after he announced his diagnosis in July.He spends millions of dollars a year on extreme health interventions, documenting the experiments for an online following that has ballooned to roughly 8 million across platforms including YouTube.When asked if any of his interventions could have fueled his AIG diagnosis, he said: "No. I got diagnosed with hypothyroidism when I was...