NYT bestselling author (The Comfort Crisis, Scarcity Brain). I write Two Percent, the #1 Health/Wellness Substack newsletter and host the Two Percent podcast.
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Michael Easter retweeted
“Shit happens in life. It always has and always will. The question is how we bounce back when it does.”
Shit Happens. Here's How to Bounce Back.
(via @Michael_Easter)
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Michael Easter retweeted
A really good listen IMO:
Ever listen to a podcast episode so inspiring that you feel like you could run through a wall after listening? This is one of those episodes.
In 2025, Brian Driscoll became "accidental director" of the FBI through a clerical error.
Then he was asked to hand over the names of thousands of FBI employees who worked the January 6 investigations, a list that could have put their careers and safety in jeopardy.
He resisted and became a legend in the bureau. We talked about what pushing back cost him, and why he calls “it is what it is” the most accepted form of surrender.
We discussed:
-How Brian became the accidental FBI director
-The request for the names of thousands of agents
-From 9/11 to investigating the mob in NYC
-Lessons from the elite Hostage Rescue Team: be brilliant at the basics
-Getting fired with no reason given, and why standing up was worth it
-The motorcycle journey that came next
Listen or watch it here on @Substack
twopct.com/p/the-accidental-…
Ever listen to a podcast episode so inspiring that you feel like you could run through a wall after listening? This is one of those episodes.
In 2025, Brian Driscoll became "accidental director" of the FBI through a clerical error.
Then he was asked to hand over the names of thousands of FBI employees who worked the January 6 investigations, a list that could have put their careers and safety in jeopardy.
He resisted and became a legend in the bureau. We talked about what pushing back cost him, and why he calls “it is what it is” the most accepted form of surrender.
We discussed:
-How Brian became the accidental FBI director
-The request for the names of thousands of agents
-From 9/11 to investigating the mob in NYC
-Lessons from the elite Hostage Rescue Team: be brilliant at the basics
-Getting fired with no reason given, and why standing up was worth it
-The motorcycle journey that came next
Listen or watch it here on @Substack
twopct.com/p/the-accidental-…
Michael Easter retweeted
Dr. Lieberman is the 🐐
I interviewed Harvard evolutionary biologist Dan Lieberman in today’s Two Percent podcast.
We covered what evolution reveals about food, diet, health, and eating well.
Dan has influenced my thinking about health more than anyone.
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I interviewed Harvard evolutionary biologist Dan Lieberman in today’s Two Percent podcast.
We covered what evolution reveals about food, diet, health, and eating well.
Dan has influenced my thinking about health more than anyone.
twopct.com/p/harvard-profess…
Kelly Clarkson should go to any random bike shop next.
Gloria Liu of @BicyclingMag wrote a whole feature about this in 2019 titled "Hey, Bike Shops: Stop Treating Customers Like Garbage"
I don't think much has changed.
Lifted SUVs with roof-top tents that never go off-road can be explained by "symbolic self-completion."
It's buying symbols of an identity rather than doing what earns it.
Buying an adventurous rig signals you're adventurous—no adventure needed.
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Biological age is closer to astrology than hard science.
Biological age takes various health markers and turns them into a number that supposedly tells you your "true age."
But it has all kinds of problems. (Short 🧵)
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The problems:
Different biological age tests measure different things, use different reference groups, and spit out wildly different results.
Wearable age scores use data that's wrong then feed it into algorithms that have little independent validation.
That said, biological age can be useful.
If a questionable number motivates a person to exercise, sleep more, and eat well, that's still good.
Much like astrology, which gives people false information that often leads them to do beneficial things.
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Michael Easter retweeted
Physical books, always.
Currently reading The Comfort Crisis by @Michael_Easter.
It’s a great reminder of why stepping outside our comfort zone matters.
My theory: People don't want healthy food at restaurants.
You can make healthy food at home. At a restaurant, you want the food to taste good.
Not to mention, most restaurants have at least one healthy option now.
True Food Kitchen has filed Chapter 11. The company plans to close 12 locations, leaving it with 34. It plans to initiate a sale process.
The company was created in 2008 by restaurateur Sam Fox and Dr. Andrew Weil, with Oprah and Howard Schultz among its early backers. The concept’s mission was to serve healthier food.
The company has $42 million in debt and blamed a host of factors for the filing, including management turnover, frequent changes in expansion strategy, shifts in brand strategy that often strayed beyond its core mission, a few weak locations and naturally the pandemic.
Why do we hate hard things while we're doing them, then look back fondly and sign up again?
A 1993 experiment offered people a choice: repeat 60 seconds of pain, or repeat 90 seconds that ended slightly less painfully. More than 70% chose the longer one.
Today's post: the peak-end rule, and 10 ways to use it in fitness, work, relationships, and parenting.