I’m Done ‘Optimizing’ My Lifestyle | GQ
Vince Mancini on how he plans to resist the tech overlords pushing us to live (and work) more efficiently—and hopefully feel more alive in the process.
Save this story Save this story This month, GQ is asking men to share their counterintuitive wellness resolutions for 2025. Find all of the stories here. If there’s one thing we’ve learned over the course of the last 20 years, it’s that tech probably isn’t going to save us. And yet even for the most tech skeptical among us, it feels like we’ve largely fallen for the worst tech industry trap: the trend towards “human optimization.” That’s why this year, I’m resolving to be less optimized, less monetized, less lifehacked; and hopefully, more alive . The logic of coding dictates that the best cod
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