19 November 2018 - unhealthy

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Saving Graces of Industrial Civilization?

Humans evolved to be unhealthy. Ancient populations were malnourished and illness prone, and at least by the time early farming communities developed, generally infested with parasites, like North Koreans today. They got good exercise, though. If you are healthy, leaving aside laziness, excess weight, allergies, and the occasional Thing Going Around, then there is something wrong with you.

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