Testing life one idea at a time
Reality vs the promise of “a little bit of magic” I didn’t start microdosing because I wanted to escape reality.I started because I was curious. Online, microdosing is sold as this subtle life upgrade. Better…
What really happened when I took 20 grams a day You know the standard creatine dose: 5 grams a day.I’ve taken that for years. Very consistently. Very boring. So naturally I wondered: What if I…
I didn’t do this experiment to become a minimalist monk or to impress Silicon Valley.I did it because I wanted to know what would happen if I removed the one object that has basically become…
The idea In the summer of 2021, I gave myself one year to prepare for a simple yet insane goal: to survive for a week in the Swedish wilderness with minimal equipment.No fancy tent, no…
Curiosity on a Train When I was twenty, I took the train to Antwerp with a strange mission in mind: I wanted to live like a homeless person for a while. Not as a social…
I decided to walk barefoot outside for one hour a day, for 30 days straight.Not to break records or prove mental toughness, but because I was curious. Would it make me calmer? Help me sleep…
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