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Michael J. Joyner
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Michael J. Joyner writes Human Limits, a personal blog at drmichaeljoyner.com about health and science. Since 2014, 5 different Hacker News readers have linked it 5 times, most often “Sam Fussell: an interview with the author of Muscle (2014)”. The last post was in 2017, but the archive is still widely read.
Too few sampled comments (1) to say how often HN recommends it.?
Why HN links it
One commenter says the essay reads like Neal Stephenson in tone and topic, then recommends Sam Fussell's book Muscle and links an interview with Fussell on this site.
Summarised by Claude from a sample of 1 HN comments that link here. Each comment is marked recommending, critical or neutral (citing without judging); how this works.
Exploring performance and health with Michael J. Joyner, M.D.
Most-linked posts?
- Sam Fussell: an interview with the author of Muscle (2014)2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2023-07-31
- Sam Fussell: An interview with the author of Muscle (2014)2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2021-03-27
What Hacker News says?
It reads a lot like Neal Stephenson to me, both the tone and the topic. Anyway, if you like that sort of dives into a weird subculture let me recommend Sam Fussell's Muscle. Here's an interview with the author that got me to read the book: http://www.drmichaeljoyner.com/sam-fussell-an-interview-with...
Comment linking /sam-fussell-an-interview-with-the-author-of-muscle/
on “I don’t want to be an internet person”Submitted Sam Fussell: An interview with the author of Muscle (2014) as a story · 109 points
HN discussionSubmitted Sam Fussell: an interview with the author of Muscle (2014) as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted From English PhD to Pro Bodybuilder Back to Writer as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted What Happens If Life Expectancy Keeps Rising? as a story · 1 points
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