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

In the grand scope of history, Africa time, Alaska time, and Aboriginal time are normal. For the vast majority of our history, people have lived with a time sense that was circular, flexible, expandable, fluid, contextual, organic, and seasonal. Time was rich, mysterious, and alive. The default pace was easy and casual.

White people would sometimes “go native,” but native people almost never “went white.” For Junger, this suggests that there was something fundamentally humane about native culture, or something inhumane about white culture. In general, tribal living was more coherent, more egalitarian, and more relaxed than the rigid, hierarchical culture of white

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

Creativity is blocked when we focus on ourselves, especially when we compare and compete. The more we see, feel, and promote our short self, the more we’re isolated from the very source of creative energy. The blockage comes from our myopia, and our inability to see and feel the vitality of the world around us.

To be on the safe side, he proposed to doubt everything, even the actual sensations from his own body. Descartes’ skepticism was vital for the creation of modern science, and we can be grateful for his work. But on the other hand, this may well have been one of the weirdest and most abnormal ideas in human history. Descartes would have been laughed

No amount of education, technology, wealth, exercise, or social status will insulate us from the uncertainty that’s woven into life.

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

Ivan Illich in his classic work Medical Nemesis. For Illich, modern medicine causes as much suffering as it cures. Most importantly, it disempowers the human animal. When every affliction is treated by some external substance or method, the body is no longer challenged to exercise its native powers of adaptability. And when these powers go unused,

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