Venkatesh Rao@vgrQuantified self sometimes feels like 19th century invalidism with techbro characteristics. They may play at super-fit instead of super-ill but health concerns are still a big chunk of attention.brontehoroine.wordpress.comThe Cult of InvalidismDuring the Victorian era there arose a fashion for invalidism. This ‘cult’ challenged the male desire for fertile, hourglass figures since the invalid woman was thin, frail and rendered so ‘ill’ as…11:40 PM · Oct 21, 20181 Retweet1 Quote Tweet10 Likes