Too much focusing on books and computer screens at a young age fostered myopia. My body had good reason to complain because it wasn’t designed for these accessories. What could be more normal?Īccording to the author, a human evolutionary biologist at Harvard named Daniel Lieberman, shoes, books and padded chairs are not normal at all. “This chapter focuses on just three behaviors … that you are probably doing right now: wearing shoes, reading, and sitting.” OK, I was. Where were my glasses? My toes felt hot and itchy: My athlete’s foot was flaring up again. When I glanced out the window, the garden looked fuzzy. I squirmed to relieve an ache in my lower back. It was the sort of book guaranteed to make me increasingly, uncomfortably aware of my own body. I sat in my padded desk chair, hunched over, alternately entering notes on my computer and reading a book called The Story of the Human Body.
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