Jesse Scott

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Carpentered corners create greater susceptibility to certain optical illusions. Overreliance on chairs creates all manner of negative health outcomes. What, then, might deodorants and perfumes have done to our ability to smell the signals emitted by our bodies? What might lives filled with clocks have done to our sense of time? What have airplanes done to our sense of space, or the internet to our sense of competence? What have maps done to our sense of direction, or schools to our sense of family? You get the point.
A Hunter-Gatherer's Guide to the 21st Century: Evolution and the Challenges of Modern Life
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