Why Our Health Doesn't Really Matter to Us: And Why It Should

David explains why we set out to "be healthier" but then contradict ourselves by serving systems, people, and ideas which are supposedly more important than ourselves or our health. In order to do this, he also has to explain how it's possible for civilization to simultaneously be our savior and our captor. Along the way, he answers questions such as: Why do we sometimes feel uncomfortable with our complex societies - the very things that give us our modern conveniences? Are we slaves to "the system"? In what way? Is it possible to become voluntarily enslaved? Join David on both an intellectual and a hearty journey through time, across cultural boundaries, and into your - and everyone else's - human mind! From the back cover: David Henise is a detailed thinker and adventurer whose main credential is that he spent the first years of his adult life obsessing over why people seem to share common misgivings in their modern lives. He set out to come up with a theory for what is causing these misgivings. Like any adventurer, he was bold enough to not agree with people who told him he was wasting his time. He discovered that our deepest misgivings come from how we mis-perceive our health, i.e., how we mis-perceive the connections within ourselves and to everything around us. He also discovered that many of our mis-perceptions are side-effects of recent human history - the history of civilization. When David is not busy exploring his thoughts, he is exploring the world or trying new experiences. Whether you enjoy reading ideas from gallant adventurers who dare to go where no one has gone before, you happen to be looking for something new, or you just want to understand the world a little better, crack open the cover and go on an adventure through our human past and the effects that past has left on our minds. What's the worst that can happen?? Adventures can be scary! However, like a caring guide, David personally guarantees you won't become less healthy from reading this book.