The Shortgevity Story

Bryan Johnson Is Not a Role Model

What is the point of adding years to a life from which all present pleasure has been removed? A sincere question about Bryan Johnson's Blueprint, not a mockery.

Bryan Johnson Is Not a Role Model

What is the point of adding years to a life from which all present pleasure has been removed? A sincere question about Bryan Johnson's Blueprint, not a mockery.

The Art of Sleeping Without Scoring It

Orthosomnia — sleep anxiety caused by sleep tracking — is a documented clinical phenomenon. The goal of sleep is not a score.

The Art of Sleeping Without Scoring It

Orthosomnia — sleep anxiety caused by sleep tracking — is a documented clinical phenomenon. The goal of sleep is not a score.

The Presence Economy: What It Means

Where the attention economy extracts attention as a resource to be traded and protected, the presence economy spends it freely in the moment. A definition, and an argument for why...

The Presence Economy: What It Means

Where the attention economy extracts attention as a resource to be traded and protected, the presence economy spends it freely in the moment. A definition, and an argument for why...

The Hedonic Treadmill and Why More Self-Improve...

Hedonic adaptation research shows humans return to a baseline level of happiness regardless of positive changes. The optimization never terminates in satisfaction, by design.

The Hedonic Treadmill and Why More Self-Improve...

Hedonic adaptation research shows humans return to a baseline level of happiness regardless of positive changes. The optimization never terminates in satisfaction, by design.

What Zurich Gets Right

Zurich as a Shortgevity city. A financial capital that solved the future better than almost anywhere on earth, then kept the river, the long evening, and the hour that earns...

What Zurich Gets Right

Zurich as a Shortgevity city. A financial capital that solved the future better than almost anywhere on earth, then kept the river, the long evening, and the hour that earns...

The Whoop Problem: When Your Body Becomes a Das...

There is a growing category of people who can no longer trust how they feel — because a device tells them otherwise. What happens when you outsource proprioception to a...

The Whoop Problem: When Your Body Becomes a Das...

There is a growing category of people who can no longer trust how they feel — because a device tells them otherwise. What happens when you outsource proprioception to a...