Well Done with Kat Vong

Optimize Everything? The Rise of Wellness Tech in the Age of AI

Kat Vong Season 1 Episode 21

EP 21. Are we optimizing our health or outsourcing our own intuition? In this solo episode of Well Done, I dive deep into the $2 trillion wellness industry's most fascinating paradox: our simultaneous embrace and rejection of technology in our quest for better health.

From AI-powered personal trainers and smart dumbbells that correct your form in real-time to VR meditation experiences that transport you to serene beaches, I explore six major tech wellness trends reshaping how we approach fitness, mental health, and self-optimization. I also examine the ultimate question facing millennials and Gen Z: How much optimization is too much, and are we losing our ability to tune into our own bodies in the process?

In this episode:

  • How AI personal trainers and fitness wearables are redefining wellness personalization and optimization
  • The latest breakthroughs in women’s health tech, from fertility tracking to menopause support
  • The trend that really feels like something out of a science fiction movie
  • How VR meditation may actually calm your nervous system (and my own personal experience with it)
  • The rise of AI therapy and where it dangerously falls short
  • The surprising wellness trend that rejects tech entirely (and what that says about us)

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