All articles tagged with #modern life
Modern life creates a mismatch with our evolutionary past, leading to issues like obesity, mental health problems, and relationship challenges. Understanding this mismatch can help us make better choices and design lives that align more closely with our innate needs, emphasizing community, purpose, and moderation.
Ian Sample discusses with James Kinross the importance of the gut microbiome, its vulnerability to modern lifestyle changes, and ways to maintain its health. This episode is a re-run due to industrial action by the National Union of Journalists at the Guardian and Observer.
"Old Dads" is Bill Burr's feature directorial debut, where he plays Jack, a curmudgeonly father who came to fatherhood late. The film explores Jack's frustrations with modern life, including issues like parenting concerns, adult scooter riders, and parking. Burr's comedic style shines through as he tackles contemporary issues with profane non-sequiturs. While the movie may resonate with Burr's fans, it may not appeal to a wider audience.
Older adults reminisce about the experiences younger generations may never have due to modern technology, including the simplicity of going to the movies, the freedom of walking alone as a child, the satisfaction of slamming flip phones shut, the rarity of entertainment, the joy of listening to music on bulky stereos, the ability to leave bullies at school, the safety of smaller and slower cars, the whimsy of paper maps, the excitement of snow days, the spontaneity of going to Disneyland, the fun of camping out for concert tickets, the convenience of analog controls in cars, the novelty of dialing "0" for a phone operator, the anticipation of waiting for songs on the radio, the surprise of checking answering machines, the openness of cities, the value of listening to others, and the freedom of doing nothing.
In his latest Extra Punctuation article, Yahtzee talks about missing long loading times in video games and being conscious of nostalgia when reviewing new games. He acknowledges that his view may come across as an old man grumbling about modern life, but still feels a sense of nostalgia for the loading screens of the past.