Welcome to another Tech Mem Ride Home Bonus episode. I'm Brian McCullough.

One of my favorite people to read every single week is the Wall Street Journal tech columnist Chris

Mims. We talked about Chris's piece this week positing that email was back

baby and I read a piece that he did a while back about the new way of constructing

super energy efficient homes. But when I did the email piece this week, and remembered that he

did a piece recently about how I'm more likely to get a burrito delivered to me for lunch

from a self-driving vehicle than to have my self-driving wager come true by commuting to work

myself in a robot car. I knew it was time to hit Chris up to come on the pod.

And since he's a regular listener, he happily agreed.

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metabolism through your breath and on the app it lets you know if you're burning

fat or carbs and gives you tailored guidance to improve your nutrition,

workouts, sleep, and even stress management. All you have to do is breathe into your lumen first

thing in the morning and you'll know what's going on with your metabolism, whether you're burning

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and meals so you know exactly

what's going on in your body in real time and Loomin will give you tips to keep you

on top of your health game. My wife and I are currently on parallel get

healthier, get thinner regimens and have found

a lumen incredibly useful as a guide because your metabolism is at the center of everything

your body does.

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