Picture your ancestor, ten thousand years ago, waking up with the light. Before the sun is fully over the horizon, that person is already moving. Walking to water. Climbing for food. Carrying, lifting, tracking, sprinting when the moment called for it. Every hour of the day asked something of the body. And here is the thing that gets me. That person had a sharper mind, a steadier mood, and a more resilient body than most of us walking around with everything we could ever want at our fingertips. We beat them on comfort. They beat us on almost everything that actually matters. And I think it is time we asked ourselves honestly why.

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