alt Hacker News> I can't traverse as much land on foot as my ancestors did, but I can travel further by car/plane/etc
Which is partially how we found ourselves in the midst of an obesity epidemic.
> I can't traverse as much land on foot as my ancestors did, but I can travel further by car/plane/etc
Which is partially how we found ourselves in the midst of an obesity epidemic.
Only either indirectly or extremely partially. Everybody was driving by the 40s in the US but the obesity epidemic didn't start until the late 70s. Really, obesity is an example of exactly what the GP was talking about- our evolved relationship with food is not inherently good, and it's better for us to change our behaviors than to abandon our advancements and return to the food-scarce world we're adapted to.