Why I’m Bad at Dating Apps (and So Are You) Evolution + algorithms virtually guarantee a bad experience. I made it to the end of another dating app today, meaning I swiped through every profile in my city and selected age range, and arrived at the loading screen where there’s nothing left. I always congratulate myself for being so discriminating and efficient, but I might just be struggling with the “paradox of choice.” For humans, more options make us less happy. It’s harder to pick...
26 days ago • 2 min read
The Dog at the Gym After growing up in the suburbs, I am having a novel experience here in urban Miami. Dog owners take their dogs wherever they go — into the drug store, the supermarket, even restaurants. Nobody seems to notice or care. Either we live in a new culture where dogs are equivalent to children, or there is something unique about animals in a pedestrian environment. The good thing for pets and owners is that running errands outside delivers a meaningful amount of natural light....
about 2 months ago • 1 min read
My Awkward Miami Cold Plunge Encounter When I signed up last month at a new cold plunge spa, I asked them if they had any requirements for what can be worn (or more accurately, must be worn). Just as receiving sunlight directly on your privates helps stimulate testosterone production, the more skin that touches cold the more significant the brown fat activation and metabolic effect. My minimalist approach to plunging is to do it in my Speedo. I recently bought a second one on Amazon that...
3 months ago • 2 min read
Gym Multitasking and the New Age of Fitness I am striving at the gym to be less judgmental and more open minded. When I see somebody doing something absurd, I ask myself: Is this ridiculous, or is it a different kind of mastery? For example, I am always impressed by the guys talking to their Bluetooth earbud while doing a set of pullups. I certainly don’t have the lung capacity to grind away in good form and keep up a conversation. Recently, I came across a guy sitting on a machine who was...
4 months ago • 1 min read
Is Apple’s Brightest Phone Ever a (Bigger) Threat to Your Health? Apple’s new iPhone 17 has caused Twitter’s EMF watchdogs to erupt in protest. Engineers increased the iPhone’s maximum screen brightness to 3,000 nits, a 50% boost over prior phones. In theory, the risks to the new iPhone users from artificial blue light — from cataracts to endocrine disruption — have increased by half. Is Apple in fact run by psychopaths? Exposure to isolated blue light is toxic to humans, causing circadian...
4 months ago • 2 min read
Is Sitting to Blame for Low Back Pain? Maybe sitting isn't the problem but rather where the sitting takes place. I was generally pleased with how my physical therapist treated my low back pain. However, my biggest issue was, and remains, moving from a seated position to standing. When I asked my PT for a precision solution, he said, “Have you considered not sitting down?” While ridiculous, my PT may have been on to something. Sitting destroys backs. One guy from my gym told me that despite...
5 months ago • 2 min read
The 150 Year Vitality Decline The documented century-and-a-half decline in human vitality comes from vaccines, mercury-based medicine, and one other man-made harm that profiteers are desperate to conceal. Many doctors who write freely about decentralized medicine do so only after prioritizing self-preservation. Dr. Robert Yoho outran discipline from medical licensing boards by retiring prior to publishing books about how to avoid ineffective and overused treatments. Dr. Jack Kruse gave up...
6 months ago • 3 min read
A Generation That Can’t Speak for Itself The New York Times recently made its contribution to the genre of finding any explanation for health crises, except the truth. The mainstream media, to distract from the link between COVID vaccines and heart attacks, has published a series of absurd explanations for the demise of young people. Since 2021, the media has blamed the rise in heart attacks on: Hot sauce Exposure to sudden gushes of water (i.e., showers) Car headlights Climate change Video...
6 months ago • 2 min read
The Math of Modern Life Corporations cutting corners, large and small, is a fact of life. The good news is that with a little thought and effort, solutions present themselves. On the night of December 2, 1984, toxic gases erupted from a Union Carbide pesticide plant in Bhopal, India. The gasses, 2.5 times heavier than air, hugged the ground and spread over dozens of square miles, killing families as they slept in their homes. The disaster affected more than 500,000 people, including immediate...
7 months ago • 3 min read