The Long Game 62: US Army & Longevity, Good Strategy Bad Strategy, Happiness vs. Comfort
The Long Game 62: US Army & Longevity, Good Strategy Bad Strategy, Happiness vs. Comfort🏦 Billionaires, Drawing Cities, Going First, Oura Ring, The Myth of Panic, Dark Triad, 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: 📣 We are hiring at Vital, help us build the future of health optimization. In this episode, we explore:
Let’s dive in! 🥑 Health🧬♾ U.S. Special Operations Command to Test Anti-Aging PillA lot of great news in the longevity space recently. This week, this article caught my eyes:
I find this extremely exciting because you know that you can expect a lot of progress in the years to come when something becomes a strategic asset. This trial will most likely not be a revolution in the world of longevity. Still, the US army is actively looking to extend the healthy lifespan is a great step for longevity advocates.
May the Longevity Race begin. 🧬♾
"The U.S. military says it is months away from launching clinical trials of a pill designed to block or reduce many degenerative effects of aging"
genengnews.com/news/u-s-speci…
🌱 Wellness📉 Trading Happiness for ComfortOne of the great paradoxes of modern life is that happiness doesn’t always follow economic growth and more comfortable lives. This is an important point that Sebastian Junger makes in Tribe. This week, I came across this great article exploring the question in more detail:
The article gives three reasons that may explain this:
More generally speaking, I think society makes a mistake assuming that more comfort should lead to more happiness. It’s hard to know where to put the limit between a healthy amount of comfort and too much comfort. The article concludes with an idea I find particularly important: we don’t get happier as our society gets richer because we chase the wrong things. Here’s an antidote to modern consumerism the author suggests:
🧠 Better Thinking🌛 Go FirstI often come back to this speech from Peter Kaufman. I believe it holds some crucial elements that will help you think better about everything in your life:
Going first has the potential to change your life. ⚡️ Startup Stuff⚖️ Good Strategy, Bad StrategyThis week was about strategy. I read Good Strategy, Bad Strategy by Richard Rumelt following the advice of some friends. The book is a great entry point to the world of strategic thinking that I recommend. It will help you become an effective strategist. Here are some notes on the book:
— Ben Horowitz 📚 What I Read☣️ The Myth of PanicScholar Stage explains the Myth of Panic:
🏳🏴 The Light Triad vs. Dark Triad of PersonalityThe great newsletter of Rob Henderson on Human Nature got me interested in Light Triad vs. Dark Triad personalities. This article is a great starting point:
🌇 Drawing Pictures of CitiesOn top of longevity and space, I’m very interested in Charter Cities. I got Mark Lutter, Mwiya, and Patri Friedman on the podcast to talk about charter cities at large (new episodes of The Long Game Podcast are coming this summer.) Noah Smith had a great piece this week about why we need to visualize the kinds of urban environments we want to live in.
I highly recommend following Wrath of Gnon for urbanism threads: 🎙 Podcast Episode of the WeekThis week in podcasts:
As a follow-up to the episode, check out this cool study showing that, if you’re fasting, it might be beneficial to get your meals early in the day instead of later. It’s harder on a social level but better for sleep and muscle hypertrophy. 🤷♂️ Protein-rich breakfast may help sustain muscle mass in humans.
Night active rodents build muscle when fed a protein rich diet in the evening.
This time-of-day effect of diet on muscle is abolished in mice lacking a circadian clock. @CellReports
cell.com/cell-reports/f… 🍭 Brain Food🏦 BillionairesSo many people complained about billionaires going to space this week, so I thought it was the right moment to bring this great article about billionaires by Applied Divinity Studies.
The same idea, but from Chamath! 🎥 What I’m Watching🇸🇬 Singapore: The World’s Only Successful Dictatorship?Ever since I read From Third World to First by Lee Kuan Yew, I’m fascinated with everything related to Singapore. I found this video thought-provoking. ♾ Why Living Forever Would (Probably) Be AwfulA beautiful reflection on whether death is what gives life meaning. I find Pursuit of Wonder to be exceptionally good at imagining how the future could look like. 🔧 The Tool of the Week⭕ Oura RingI got an Oura Ring recently to track my sleep. Before that, I was using Autosleep with the Apple Watch. To be honest, I like how the ring looks, but I find the experience underwhelming so far. I’ll write more about it in the coming weeks. How do you track your sleep? Let me know! 🪐 Quote I'm Pondering
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