The Expedition: May '26

21 ideas to live healthier, wealthier, and wiser this month.

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 better and longer.

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:

  • Doctors and malpractice.

  • AI e-book boom.

  • AI vs. doctors in ER cases.

  • America runs on diabetes.

  • Step counts (and step count complexities).

  • What kids want: money and stuff.

  • How many people believe in health B.S.

  • The NBA Chaos Theory.

  • Suicide rates.

  • Boring diets.

  • The greatest airport in the world.

  • A prolific hippy jam band.

• How the UK would rank in 16 categories if it were a U.S. state.

• A brief history of why teens can’t win.

• A controversy about exercise and mental health.

• Debate: Are vegan diets for rich elites?

• The most research-backed way to improve gut and digestion issues.

• Is your core strong enough? A classic test you can take right now.

• A parting quote.