MyStrangeMind
Creative explorations in technology & imagination — the companion wiki to mystrangemind.com
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Sedentary BehaviorSedentary behavior is not the same as a lack of exercise, and that distinction is the whole problem. You can run every morning and still spend the other…notes · 2026-06-28Non-Exercise Activity Thermogenesis (NEAT)Non-exercise activity thermogenesis, or NEAT, is the energy you burn doing everything that is neither sleep, meals, nor deliberate exercise: walking to the…notes · 2026-06-28Standing DeskThe sit-stand workstation is the most visible response to a sedentary workday — and the most oversold. Used well, it is a useful tool for breaking up long…notes · 2026-06-28Movement BreaksIf sitting is the exposure, the cheapest antidote is not a gym membership but a timer. "Movement breaks" — sometimes called activity snacks — mean interrupting…notes · 2026-06-28Metabolic SyndromeMetabolic syndrome is the name for a cluster of cardiometabolic warning lights that tend to come on together — abdominal fat, blood fats, blood pressure, and…notes · 2026-06-28The BasijThe Basij is the Islamic Republic of Iran's mass volunteer militia — formally the Basij-e Mostazafan , the "Mobilization of the Oppressed" — and one of the…notes · 2026-06-26The Economics of AbundanceThe economics of abundance is what happens to prices, work, and buying power when the marginal cost of cognition falls toward zero. For most of history,…notes · 2026-06-26Electric VehiclesThe electric vehicle stopped being a bet sometime around 2025. In that year global EV sales crossed 18 million units , with China alone past 12 million, and…notes · 2026-06-26