Data,
without obsession.

Useful — until it becomes
a second job.

Lab values, wearables, cycle apps. Genuinely useful tools, right up until they replace listening to your own body. Plus: a recurring reminder that most reference ranges were built on men, which is, to put it mildly, annoying.

Sub-topics

What we cover here.

Lab values Wearables & trackers HRV Sleep tracking Reference ranges Quantified self Health anxiety Bloodwork basics

No essays live here yet. First one drops in mid-June.

01

When your wearable makes you worse

The line between informed self-knowledge and outsourced self-trust.

Coming · Mid-June
02

"Your labs are normal" — what that actually means

Reference ranges, normal ranges, and the population they were built on.

In research · July
03

HRV is a number. You are not.

What heart rate variability actually tells you, why women's data looks different.

Planned · August

Data,without obsession.

What we cover here.

When your wearable makes you worse

"Your labs are normal" — what that actually means

HRV is a number. You are not.

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Data,
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