Each Friday, I gather all the stories about health and sports technologies – "wellness," "fitness," whatever – that I've seen over the past week. It's all in an attempt to identify the prevailing narratives about the future of our minds and bodies. I'
In a recent essay in The New Yorker, Kyle Chayka writes about the "new generation" of online culture creators: curators, who "guided by their own cultivated sense of taste, ... bring their audiences news and insights in a particular cultural area, whether it’s fashion, books, music, food,
Happy Friday! Each week, I round up some of the latest stories circulating about the business of health, fitness, and sports technologies. This newsletter is free – thanks for reading! – but please consider becoming a paid subscriber. We're approaching the first anniversary of Second Breakfast, and I'm
This weekend, I shelled out $5.99 for a month-long subscription to the streaming service Peacock. I wanted to watch the Prefontaine Classic, the annual track and field event held at Hayward Field at the University of Oregon. In particular, I wanted to watch Sha'Carri Richardson in the
Welcome to The Extra Mile, where I hash out some ill-formed ideas about technology, bodies, and knowledge. This newsletter is bonus content for Second Breakfast paid subscribers. Thank you for your support (and apologies, I guess, that your reward is yet another email in your inbox).
I am a Luddite, as I'm sure you are all well aware by now. But just to be clear, this does not mean I am anti-technology. It means I am pro-human and more specifically pro-worker. As a Luddite, I am wary of — hell, opposed to — the development of
Welcome to “The Extra Mile,” a new feature here: bonus Second Breakfast content for paid subscribers (although – introductory bonus! – everyone is getting today's email). As we approach the first anniversary of this publication, I’ve been trying to think of something special to do for all of you
Happy Friday! What's good? If you're going to sit down and read this weekend – and please do be a person that reads... and reads long form – I strongly suggest The New Yorker article by Rachel Aviv on the criminal case again Lucy Letby, the British nurse
Happy Friday! What's good? In one of his Garbage Day posts this week, Ryan Broderick pointed to the flood of AI-generated content that's taking over social media – some of it falling into familiar and popular genres for online content (recipes, for example) but much of it
Last Sunday’s Real Simple Women’s Half Marathon was my fourth race at that distance. And it was my fourth best time. Yes, that’s me, trying to put a positive spin on a rather challenging day that came at the end of a very challenging training block that
Happy Friday! What's good? I'll have a longer essay on Monday about my half marathon – about the race and the (mostly) technology-free training block. But I did want to make one related observation: Sunday's race had over 8200 finishers, up from 5900 the year
Welcome to Episode 5 — I think it's 5 — of the Second Breakfast podcast. I have to say, I am not very good at this whole podcasting thing. I should apologize in advance for the quality of the sound in this one. And today's guest — Amy Collier