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I'm pretty sure future generations that look back on the health foibles of our modern era will not conclude that the solution to the health problems caused by s
by inimino 6y ago
I'm pretty sure future generations that look back on the health foibles of our modern era will not conclude that the solution to the health problems caused by sitting and working on a computer all day was lying down and working on a computer all day.
Sleep is restorative. Lying down all day is not. Just ask literally any nurse.
- crazygringo 6y agoBut the question is whether lying down all day is better than sitting down all day, if you already have no choice but to work all day. As long as you're taking breaks to be active, it's not harming you the way that sitting can do great harm to your back and shoulders and neck. That's the point.
- inimino 6y agoWe have lots of data on sitting all day because we have a large percentage of otherwise healthy adults who sit all day. We don't have the same data for lying down all day, because that's not a thing that healthy people generally do. "It's probably fine" isn't a wise conclusion to draw from this state of affairs.
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- Aeolun 6y agoI’m not sure about that. When my body gets tired of sitting all day my natural inclination is to go lie down for a bit somewhere. I’m inclined to think that a few million years of evolution gave us the right inclinations.