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WISING UP!!!

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"The saddest aspect of life right now is that science gathers knowledge faster than society gathers wisdom."                                                  Isaac Asimov             Wising Up. By this point in the game almost everyone in the Paleo world is familiar with the idea of mismatch (Or, to dress it up in sexy academic language, "the evolutionary discordance hypothesis.") The idea is simple: Our bodies evolved in a wild environment and are deeply wired for natural habitat, natural movement, natural sensation and natural human relationships. But for better and for worse, we now live in a radically different world, an alien environment that challenges our minds, bodies and spirits. As a consequence, our health suffers. Specific solutions to mismatch are diverse and individual, but in a more general sense, what we're really seeking is a wiser and more humane way of living in this alien world. In other words, our goal is not simply to do things