The Human Operating Manual

The Environmental Rabbit Hole

The Environmental Rabbit Hole To be explored… Topics listed below are ideas that are yet to be summarized.  Higher BPA levels in urine than expected: https://gizmodo.com/we-have-dramatically-underestimated-our-exposure-to-nas-1840244071 Contact with the ground will build foot strength and overall body strength because of the integration of bodily systems. Calming and wound healing effect. Investigate the power of natural […]

Lifestyle Design

Lifestyle Design Taking control of your immediate environment so you no longer have to rely on luck. Boundless (ref) Use Dirty Electricity Filters In All the Main Rooms of the House: Shielded Healing, Greenwave, and Stetzer filters. Shielded Healing makes a model called the Power Perfect Box. Shielded Healing also has a dirty-electricity filter that […]

Clean Freak or Booger Eater?

Clean Freak or Booger Eater? Finding the right balance of hormetic stressors. The effect of soil on immune health: https://www.the-scientist.com/news-opinion/the-influence-of-soil-on-human-health-66885 Boundless (ref) Germs: Studies show that a kid’s snot harbors bacteria that, when eaten, help strengthen the body’s immune system. The Hygiene Hypothesis: Dr. David Strachan: Hay fever and eczema were less common in larger […]

The Elements

The Elements From your home to the planet itself, our environmental exposure shapes who and what we become. Boundless (ref) Shaky grounds. Requires further research Electricity Bioelectromagnetics, the interaction between living organisms and electric and magnetic fields, both those produced by organisms and those from other sources. Areas of study in bioelectromagnetics include cell membrane […]

Environmental Resources

Environmental Resources Biohacker’s Handbook: Upgrade Yourself and Unleash Your Inner Potential Boundless: Upgrade Your Brain, Optimize Your Body, & Defy Aging Super Human: The Bulletproof Plan to Age Backward and Maybe Even Live Forever Why We Sleep: Unlocking the Power of Sleep and Dreams Earthing: The most important health discovery ever? Healing Is Voltage: The […]

Purpose Speedrun

Purpose Speedrun Fast tracking the hero’s journey. Atomic Habits + Zen and the Art of Making a Living + Ikigai Jeremy Nixon Notes: These ideas seem to repeat over and over again in every self-help book and yet they help nobody. These are concepts that one can only derive once they’ve reached their destination. I […]

The Rabbit Hole of Purpose

The Rabbit Hole of Purpose To be explored… Topics listed below are ideas that are yet to be summarized.  What do humans need? Ethical purpose or hedonism? Meaning of life fallacy The utility of religion/groupthink and the reason why people dedicate themselves to them (despite obvious detriment) Creative people being more sensitive, but sensitivity results […]

Finding Your Tribe

Finding Your Tribe Why purpose cannot exist within a vacuum. It is important to establish what you enjoy and what you can contribute, by yourself. After you have discovered your “authentic” purpose it is advisable to find others like you. This can speed up your learning process and help you to remember that you aren’t […]

Confidently Ignorant and Ignorantly Confident

Confidently Ignorant and Ignorantly Confident The Dunning-Kruger effect, misguided dreams, and jumping on the bandwagon. It is energetically expensive maintaining a state of mental/physical growth. Unless of course you create a lifestyle that rewards learning and punishes stagnation.  The Dunning-Kruger effect is the easier path to take when you feel you’ve understood a concept to […]

Finding Meaning

Finding Meaning The Importance of Why I. The Convergence of Existential Philosophy and Molecular Biology For the better part of the twentieth century, the inquiry into the nature of human purpose belonged to theologians, philosophers, and existential psychologists. The question of whether life possesses inherent meaning, and the human drive to discover it, was treated […]