Expanding

In 1964, Marshall McLuhan coined the phrase: "The medium is the message"^[11].

We all experienced this directly in 2024, particularly with the advent of mobile phones, texting, social media, and 24/7 connections. These "mediums" control, reward, and manipulate our attention for profit and at our expense.

Our lives, breaths, and how we eat, socialize, connect, share, and love are intimately interwoven with the mediums we use every day.

Evolutionary Adaptation (the adjustment of organisms to their environment to improve their chances of survival in that environment) suggests that technology is changing us physiologically, and not all for the better.

So, how can we assess and regain control of our minds & bodies?

Can we create flourishing "algorithms" (systems/operating environments) that improve our well-being, community, and the planet?

What skills and tools do we need to assess our actions and develop methodologies and practices?

Multiple scientific studies have evaluated the transgenerational costs of our decisions by examining the role of epigenetics and inheritance. There is an increased awareness that the parental environment may result in non-genetically transferred costs expressed in the offspring, sometimes lasting for several generations.

We often think our decisions today are fleeting and have little impact on what might happen tomorrow.

But science suggests that the opposite is true.

What if every small decision we make - to improve ourselves and our environment - has a durable and lasting effect on our lives, the lives of our children, and the generations that come after us?

Effective Altruism (EA) is a philosophical and social movement that advocates "using evidence and reason to figure out how to benefit others as much as possible, and taking action on that basis." To benefit others - we must be able to take care of ourselves.

To care for ourselves, we must focus our attention, develop awareness, and create resilient environments that allow us to flourish.

If your body is not healthy, fit, and operating at its best, the other has to pick two areas up the slack.

The same is true for your mind. When our minds are burned out, stressed, depressed, and fearful - the consequences for our bodies and joy are profound.

When we have a joy-filled life, we feel connected to the unknown - energy beyond ourselves - but inside of everything. When it is absent - disease and grief thrive.

I have spent most of my professional life helping people discover the connection between these three things. I am grateful to have had the opportunity to explore the intersection of what it means to be and live an extraordinary life.

I believe in science and the scientific method.

I aspire to find solutions that improve my well-being(body, mind, playful joy) to help others do the same.

My curiosity and drive are shaped by a deep longing to know - a human's search for meaning and purpose is never done.

I am energized and enthusiastically love to learn how to incorporate new concepts, methods, ideas, and questions from scientific inquiry, like (epigenetic inheritance and effective altruism) to live my life in service of others.

I have dedicated my life to helping others, coaching, teaching, mentoring, exploring, and creating environments - ways of being algorithms of flourishing for all.

My work explores the connection between our minds and bodies and the joy and pain of existence in theoretical and practical ways.

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Footnotes & Reference Links:

Evolutionary Consequences of Epigenetic Inheritance - Heredity