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Comment · 2 years ago
Can you believe kids these days get to grow up with cognizant computers? My starving teenage mind had to dial-up to a BBS.
Comment · 12 years ago
Makes me wonder what a sense deprivation tank workstation would be like. Insane productivity? Or just insanity?
Comment · 12 years ago
Then give up whatever device you are typing on, and never set foot again in whatever structure you are typing from. Surely you know that your activities have destroyed at least as much nature as whatever you're criticizing.
Comment · 12 years ago
The tide is probably turning against that opinion: the aches and pains are not due to the body doing too much, but too little.
Comment · 12 years ago
Actually, at such a low speed I find it only helps focus. It's meditative, similar to how a labyrinth is an ancient meditative walking device.

Also, our bodies evolved walking 10+ miles per day. Not standing in one place for hours. The broader point is about reconciling modern lifestyles with the evolutionary past that we are still largely bound by.

Comment · 12 years ago
That is the last paragraph. Shouldn't be the last word though. You're seeing it cut off with the word "for" ? Anyone else?
Comment · 12 years ago
Does it really just cut off? I colored the second, less essential half of the article grey for visual simplicity. Is it not showing up as such for you?
Comment · 12 years ago
The extended content in grey covers my experiments with standing desks prior to this. tl;dr: Standing for a half hour leads to aching body parts — walking doesn't.

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