Nasubi - a life of prizes. Documents a man who enters a Japanese game show that requires him to live alone for over a year, living only off what he can win from competitions in magazines. A study on what happens when jobs at elite banks and consulting firms disappear - the people who would have gone on to join those banks and firms become entrepreneurs instead, and they’re pretty successful!
Re: the future of weight loss, may I recommend
Stephan J. Guyenet's article on Metaculus, with embedded predictions: https://www.metaculus.com/notebooks/8702/the-promise-and-impact-of-the-next-generation-of-weight-loss-drugs/