Treasure Trove
A running collection of essays, interviews, and ideas worth returning to — curated outside my regular research rotation. If my blog is the workshop, this page is the reading nook.
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July 2026
The Gift of Getting Weirder With Age — The New York Times 2026/05/01, Jancee Dunn.
"Weirdness isn’t “a flaw to fix, but a thread to follow“
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There’s an Ancient Solution to Our Modern Crisis of Attention — The New York Times 2026/07/12, S.J. Murray
"Seneca observed that the minds of those who read too many scrolls too quickly became restless and unsteady. This kind of mind was less able, he noted, to “stay in one place and spend time with itself.”
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The Longevity Dividend: The Business Case for Linking Health and Wealth — WEF, Insight Report June 2026
"Three low-tech interventions could save the world’s healthcare systems upwards of $5.8 trillion and unlock another $645 billion in productivity by 2040"
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May 2026
Three pieces outside my regular research rotation that earned a second read this month:
The power imbalance between parent and child leaves a trace — Aeon Essays
A quietly unsettling exploration of how the asymmetry of childhood becomes an internal grammar — shaping how we relate to power, control, and closeness long into adulthood.
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Cellular Rejuvenation has the Potential to Reverse Aging — The New York Times
Not longer life — but younger cells. A compelling look at why the rejuvenation approach may be fundamentally different from conventional longevity research.
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This Muscle Is the Unsung Hero of Longevity — The New York Times
The glutes. Not glamorous, but the case for why building them now is one of the highest-return investments in staying independent and injury-free in midlife and beyond.
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