Hey, what's up folks, it's Ben Greenfield.

Before we even mess around with today's podcast,

I have a very special announcement for you.

I just found out that the company

that makes the ring that I wear, the aura ring

for self-quantification, they just release

their brand new version.

This thing is sick.

It's smaller.

It's basically as small as a wedding band.

Extremely beautiful.

It has all the same advanced sleep tracking

and HRV tracking, wireless charging,

the complete absence of the Wi-Fi and Bluetooth,

so it's not radiating your body all day long.

Everything that you might be accustomed to

from this fabulous device,

including complete water resistance,

the ability to smash it to pieces during workout

and still have it hold up.

But they've also added amazing, amazing new features.

They've got chronotype detection

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