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Brendan Long's Shortform

by Brendan Long

18th Apr 2025

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Brendan Long1mo184

I just lowered my GLP-1 dose for the second time since quitting my job to focus on work I find more interesting (AI safety research and some side project apps). Now that I have so much I want to do, I find it too easy to forget to eat.

How much of the obesity epidemic is caused by boredom?

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8Harjas1mo

Anecdotally it seems person-dependent, some people lose weight when stressed and some do the opposite. probably normally distributed

6localdeity1mo

Wow, haven’t thought about that quote in years, and you’re probably right—maybe it’s even normally distributed within people…

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