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In No Judgment, the novelist and critic explores the perilous activity of literary criticism in the era of social media.

Nootropics and intermittent fasting have been popular ways to hack one’s body into better health and diet. We explore the pros and cons.

Twitter founder Jack Dorsey does it (he only eats once a day and never on a weekend); so does Elon Musk (he’s developing a microchip that can be inserted straight into the brain); and even the half-naked guy shivering in the frigid tide-pool at 7am – biohacking. In its most rudimentary form, the practice of biohacking can be described as doing things that optimise your body and mind’s function. Essentially, having a regular sleeping schedule or cutting out sugar could be considered a bioh...