Ruby Justice Thelot
The a16z Show
The Age of Body Futurism | Ruby Justice Thelot
- Published
- September 15, 2026
- Duration
- 42:39
- Summary source
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- Last updated
- Sep 23, 2026
Discusses Elena Burger sits down with academic and cyber ethnographer Ruby Justice Thelot to explore the incre…
Summary
Elena Burger sits down with academic and cyber ethnographer Ruby Justice Thelot to explore the increasingly blurry line between internet culture and the real world, and how to tell the difference between a trend that’s actually changing behavior and one that simply feels enormous online.They use today’s wellness and optimization culture as a case study, f…
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Elena Burger sits down with academic and cyber ethnographer Ruby Justice Thelot to explore the increasingly blurry line between internet culture and the real world, and how to tell the difference between a trend that’s actually changing behavior and one that simply feels enormous online.They use today’s wellness and optimization culture as a case study, from peptides and GLP-1s to protein maxxing, wearables, microplastics, and the quantified self. Ruby explains her concept of “paracontent,” wher