This is the link for part 1.https://www.evomedindia.com/2021/06/29/a-firmware-upgrade-for-the-human-brain-part-1/ Sometime after we started off with perfecting our projectiles, things started getting hairy on the climate front. It wasn’t greenhouse gases or a nuclear winter. It was one of the many ice ages. And by some estimates humans went down to 10000 individuals globally, before clawing back from […]
Month: June 2021
Shamans in healthcare
You can laugh now, Modern human! You’ve got oxygen concentrators antibiotics and ICU beds in the millions. You can laugh. But once upon a time, when all your tribe had, was a slightly (or severely) eccentric old man or woman, who dabbled with herbs and weird music, having access to a shaman in your tribe, […]
Hunting and pattern recognition
This post ideally should have been the prologue to yesterday’s post about the firmware upgrade to the human brain https://www.evomedindia.com/2021/06/29/a-firmware-upgrade-for-the-human-brain-part-1/ but it occurred to me to write about it only this morning, so the timeline switches non linearly in this series. Apologies. Humans went from weak prey animals on the Savannah to apex ape ,inhabiting […]
A firmware upgrade for the human brain. Part 1
The modern human brain has existed in essentially it’s current form for the last 160,000 years. But something happened 40000 years ago. What is known as the upper paleolithic transition. 1. Projectile technology2. Trade3. Psychotechnolgy in the form of shamans This one is about projectile technology.Humans were using sticks and stones before that, but they […]
Make walking great again
Possibly the only exercise that is universally recommendable to people with 4 limbs and control over them. No other exercise is so democratic. There’s no other exercise with do little downside. The main objection to it is that- it’s boring. It doesn’t feel like a workout. If that is your reason to avoid walking, that […]
Breathing and baby steps in meditation
My first experience with the power of breath was with the Wim Hoff method, and after seeing it’s effect on me, I’ve been experimenting with more. There’s different kinds of meditation, and the ones that I was attracted to initially were the more physical kind. Cycling, running, swimming, swinging kettlebells, clubs or canes. Being physically […]
Physical culture for children- part 3. Age.
Depending on age, the earlier they start, the better. Because the foundation needs to be laid. Like I had said earlier in part 2 of this series, ages 3 to 6, needs to be play. No structured activity required. You just need to ensure that they have the opportunity to run, hop, skip, jump, climb, […]
Physical culture for children- part 2
Preventing injury The previous post was about preventing boredom. https://www.evomedindia.com/2021/06/15/physical-culture-children-part-1/This is mainly about preventing injury If you follow 3 main priciples you can avoid most of the problems that occur with inappropriate exercise regimes.We’re talking about human children. Not insect larvae. So…. 1. Don’t be in a hurry. They have 80 years of life ahead […]
Physical culture- Children part 1.
My children are stronger and healthier than I ever was at their age. That’s not a very lofty target when considering my childhood, but still….That improvement in my next generation, came from conscious hard work. Both on my part and on theirs. My job is to to provide them with the basics when they are […]