People say it in a relaxed voice, almost kindly: “Look, other religions are nonsense. Mine is the good one.” Then they add a few details, because details make any claim feel more serious. “Their rituals are stupid.” “They’re dirty.” “They have crazy limitations.” “They fast in the daytime and then try to cheat by turning off the lights, as if God can’t see.” Everyone laughs. The laughter has that … Read the rest
Work, in the long view, is a moving target. For most of our species’ history we did not “have jobs”; we had tasks that followed daylight, seasons, and stomachs. Hunter-gatherer life combined bursts of high effort with long stretches of social time—mending, storytelling, tool care, childcare. Ethnographic estimates vary, but the pattern is consistent: subsistence came in pulses, not in 8-hour rectangles. The body we still carry—ultradian focus cycles, circadian … Read the rest
Content 16+ A hundred years ago, a diagnosis of diabetes was a death sentence. No insulin, no modern medicine, no way out. A slow, painful demise. By that definition, I am a dead man walking. And yet, here I am—stronger, healthier, more alive than I have ever been. It’s a strange paradox: the very thing that should have stolen my life gave it back to me instead.
Before diabetes, I … Read the rest
