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The Hidden Psychology of Wearable Anxiety
There's a word for being made sick by the device that was supposed to make you well. We should all know it.
Jul 2 • The Long Game

June 2026

Why the Next Status Symbol Is Preparedness
For twenty years we signaled status by how depleted we were. The signal is about to invert.
Jun 29 • The Long Game
Recovery Is Becoming a Team Sport
We spent a decade treating recovery as a solo optimization problem. That era is ending — and the reason is more interesting than "community is nice."
Jun 22 • The Long Game
Your Wearable Is Measuring You in a Private Language
The reason your devices don't agree isn't that the problem is hard. It's that agreeing would cost them you.
Jun 15 • The Long Game
The $5 Morning Ritual Nobody Asked For
Every morning, millions of us do unpaid data-integration work for four companies that refuse to talk to each other.
Jun 9 • The Long Game
An Oura 62 Is Not a Whoop 62
Everyone in your group chat is comparing recovery scores. Almost nobody realizes those scores are mathematically incompatible.
Jun 2 • The Long Game
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