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Mind & Method

The morning protocol industrial complex

What the evidence actually supports, and why the format keeps spreading

A genre has emerged in which a successful person describes their twelve-step morning routine and the audience is invited to copy it. The interesting question is not whether the protocols work — some do, some don't — but why the format itself has become the thing.

#habits #circadian #caffeine #light #mental-models #contested #stress

By Mick

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Longevity Practice

A framework for evaluating supplement claims

Three tiers, one worked example, and a way to keep one's wallet shut

The supplement industry generates tens of billions of dollars in revenue from claims that range from well-evidenced to fabricated. A three-tier framework helps separate what is worth taking, what is worth experimenting with, and what is worth ignoring entirely.

#supplements #evidence #mental-models #biomarkers #habits

By Mick

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Field Notes

Does TV really "eat your dopamine"?

What the neuroscience says about passive consumption and reward, and where the slogan overreaches

The claim that television "depletes dopamine" has spread from Lembke and Huberman into general health discourse. The underlying neuroscience does not say what the popular version claims it says. The behavioural concerns about passive consumption are real, and largely independent of dopamine.

#contested #neuroscience #habits #attention #evidence #social

By Mick

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Mind & Method

The goal-setting research, briefly summarised

What Locke and Latham actually found, and the implementation intention research that followed

Goal-setting theory is one of the most-replicated findings in industrial psychology. The popular literature has built itself around the surface features while sometimes missing the conditions that make the underlying mechanism actually work.

#habits #mental-models #evidence #behaviour-change

By Mick

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