The Art is Long: Big Health and the New Warrior Activist

We use willpower when we repeatedly call our attention back to some unpleasant task, when we’re forced to rearrange our carefully crafted plans, and when we’re forced to remain seated through endless meetings. We use willpower when we’re called upon to read and revise difficult material, when we really want to express an opinion but are silenced by

We say, “This story is flawed at its core.”

The human animal now lives in a strange and unfamiliar world. Our bodies, sculpted by millions of years of evolution, are not just ancient. They are prehistorical. Our anatomy, physiology, and psychology are adapted to life in a wild, outdoor environment. At our core, we are hunters and gatherers, primed for life in natural habitat. But today we’re

the long body is far more expansive. It’s the totality of the short body plus its life-supporting systems of habitat, tribe, and culture. It includes the myriad plants, animals, people, microbes, memes, emotions, and ideas that flow through the larger system. It also includes the ancient history of our species, circulating in the collective unconsc

I never feel that I am inspired unless my body is also. It too spurns a tame and commonplace life. They are fatally mistaken who think, while they strive with their minds, that they may suffer their bodies to stagnate in luxury or sloth. A man thinks as well through his legs and arms as his brain. We exaggerate the importance and exclusiveness of t

By injecting radioactive gases into tree trunks, Simard was able to track the movement of substances between individual trees. Much to her astonishment, she discovered that different species of trees actually shared food underground.

Some people call this style of persuasion “disasturbation.”

theologian Thomas Berry, this model identifies the anthropocentric bias of existing legal structures as it seeks more equitable remedies for both people and ecosystems. The Center for Earth Jurisprudence

To put it simply, exercise is a repetitive, stereotyped pattern of movement that we engage in for a prescribed period of time, or until bored or exhausted. Movement, on the other hand, is a much broader category that includes any kind of kinetic physical activity, including things like dance, gardening, physical labor, and sex.