The Expedition: January '26 Edition

16 new ideas to make you smarter, healthier, and wealthier this month.

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The Expedition is our monthly journey into thoughts, opinions, ideas, observations, studies, facts, figures, etc.

Good ones, insightful ones, interesting ones, weird ones, and ones you can use to live well and long.

It’s a roundup of all the worthwhile stuff I’ve discovered in the last month. The Expedition is a bit of an island of misfit toys. But, hey, the greatest journeys are winding.

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In this month’s Expedition, you’ll learn:

• Numbers on:

  • Why cancer is becoming a chronic disease rather than a death sentence.

  • The wildly different mental health impacts of TikTok vs. Instagram.

  • Why we should ban gas-powered leaf blowers.

  • The “de-diagnosing” movement for ADHD and Autism.

  • The surprising link (or lack thereof) between economic inequality and happiness.

  • How medical tech is secretly suppressing the murder rate.

• The real roots of depression (hint: flips trauma theories on their head)

• A 60-second test to see how fast you can actually read.

• The hotel workout I did this week.

• What the greatest NFL quarterback of all time can tell us about the value of spontaneity (important info for managers).

• Two new products I’m using (and one my wife is stealing).

• A smart middle-ground in the alcohol wars.

• A quick mindset trick to flip paranoia on its head.

• An important parting quote.

Let’s roll…