"I intended to begin a new life without modern technology. There would be no running water, no fossil fuels, no clock, no electricity or any of the things it powers: no washing machine, internet, phone, radio, or light bulb......What are we prepared to lose, and what do we want to gain, as we fumble our … Continue reading Not So Simple: Notes from a Tech-Free Life by Mark Boyle
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How Changing The Way You Sit Could Add Years To Your Life
"Replacing chair sitting and associated muscular inactivity with more sustained active rest postures may represent a behavioral paradigm that should be explored in future experimental work."—David Raichlen, et al., "Sitting, squatting, and the evolutionary biology of human inactivity." "How changing the way you sit could add years to your life." PNAS. March 31, 2020.
