The Long Game 118: Lengthening a Woman's Fertility, Location & Wellbeing, How to Future, Most Stuff Won't Work
The Long Game 118: Lengthening a Woman's Fertility, Location & Wellbeing, How to Future, Most Stuff Won't Work💤 What if you Don’t need 8 Hours of Sleep, Emotion Perception, Rucking, Stop Trying, The Age of Algorithmic Anxiety, Instagram, TikTok and the Three Trends, and Much More!Hi there, it’s Mehdi Yacoubi, co-founder at Vital, and this is The Long Game Newsletter. To receive it in your inbox each week, subscribe here: In this episode, we explore:
Let’s dive in! 🥑 Health🧬♾ Lengthening a Woman's Fertility May Extend her Life as WellA recent and important paper looked into ways of restoring female fertility past a certain age. The abstract:
This piece is a good complement to understanding why it’s a big deal:
For more on menopause & female HRT, check out this episode, starting from 01:03:12 Menstruation, PMS & Menopause. For more on NAD: NAD and NAD precursors: help or hype? 🌱 Wellness🧘♀️ How You Feel Depends on Where You ArePicture the last five cities you’ve been to. Don’t you immediately get a certain feeling attached to them? For me, it’s immediate; as soon as I think of a city, I can rate my wellbeing attached to it. This article shows that I’m not alone! New research uses GPS data from cell phones to draw connections between people’s location and their mood.
It’s crazy the impact on your wellbeing that a city can have. Walkable, green, small streets, beautiful architecture, terraces everywhere… This is powerful.
Chose your city accordingly 🧠 Better Thinking📡 How to FutureHow do you predict the future? It’s impossible, but by being a careful observer of the present, you’ll already be ahead of almost everyone else. I loved this piece by Kevin Kelly:
You don't need to predict the future. You just need to be a good observer of the present. It will be enough. ⚡️ Startup Stuff🚢 Most Stuff Won’t WorkI liked this reminder from Jack Butcher, especially if you’re pre-PMF. There is no other way to put it: Some other good reads:
📚 What I Read🏁 The End of Social Media and the Rise of Recommendation MediaWhy friend graphs can‘t compete in an algorithmic world.
Pair with: Seeing Like an Algorithm 😰 The Age of Algorithmic AnxietyInteracting online today means being besieged by system-generated recommendations. Do we want what the machines tell us we want?
Pair with: The Best Way To Find Your Style 2022 📈 Instagram, TikTok, and the Three TrendsA must-read piece by Ben Thompson. The three trends, in short: 🤡 The Creative World’s Bullshit Industrial ComplexDon’t fall into the trap of being an expert before you’re ready. We have enough of those.
Pair with: the thread apocalypse and the misguided growth hacks people use, thinking it will give them legitimacy. Instead, Reject the Algorithm. 🍭 Brain Food👁 Emotion PerceptionHere’s a thought-provoking paper for you. It’s something I have noticed anecdotally in my life. The abstract:
Another challenge for longevity researchers! 🎥 What I’m Watching💤 What if you Don’t need 8 Hours of Sleep?⛔ The Harder You Try, The Worse It Gets🔧 The Tool of the Week🥾 Rucking AccessoriesI love walking and recently came across the concept of “rucking.” Rucking is a form of exercise, and the concept is simple: it's walking or hiking a set distance while carrying a weight on your back. It’s an easy way to make walking more demanding physically. Let me know if you’re a rucking enthusiast! 🪐 Quote I’m Pondering
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