There Are No Cave Drawings of Mattresses
If you walked into a bedroom ten thousand years ago, you wouldn’t find a pillow-top, multi-layer, pocket-sprung mattress with cooling gel. You wouldn’t find a frame that lifts you three feet off the ground. You would likely find a flat, firm surface—perhaps covered with a thin mat of woven reeds or a animal hide. As […]
There Are No Cave Drawings of Pillows
In my book, There Are No Cave Drawings Of Chairs, I challenge the idea that modern furniture is a “necessity” for human comfort. We’ve explored how the chair has essentially “caged” our hips and weakened our spines. But there is another modern convenience—one we spend roughly a third of our lives utilizing—that deserves the same […]
Parasite Dampening: Why Your Expensive Shoes and “Spare Tire” Are Starving Your Brain
We have a energy crisis. I’m not talking about fossil fuels or the power grid. I’m talking about you. Why is it that modern humans are more tired, more foggy, and more cold than ever before, despite having access to unlimited calories? We eat enough “fuel” (food), yet our batteries seem constantly drained. According to […]