Scott Carney

What Doesn't Kill Us

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What Doesn't Kill Us, a New York Times bestseller, traces our evolutionary journey back to a time when survival depended on how well we adapted to the environment around us.

Our ancestors crossed deserts, mountains, and oceans without even a whisper of what anyone today might consider modern technology. Those feats of endurance now seem impossible in an age where we take comfort for granted. But what if we could regain some of our lost evolutionary strength by simulating the environmental conditions of our ancestors?

Investigative journalist and anthropologist Scott Carney takes up the challenge to find out: Can we hack our bodies and use the environment to stimulate our inner biology? Helping him in his search for the answers is Dutch fitness guru Wim Hof, whose ability to control his body temperature in extreme cold has sparked a whirlwind of scientific study. Carney also enlists input from an Army scientist, a world-famous surfer, the founders of an obstacle course race movement, and ordinary people who have documented how they have cured autoimmune diseases, lost weight, and reversed diabetes. In the process, he chronicles his own transformational journey as he pushes his body and mind to the edge of endurance, a quest that culminates in a record-bending, 28-hour climb to the snowy peak of Mt. Kilimanjaro wearing nothing but a pair of running shorts and sneakers.

An ambitious blend of investigative reporting and participatory journalism, What Doesn't Kill Us explores the true connection between the mind and the body and reveals the science that allows us to push past our perceived limitations.

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  • Юлия Рамьялгshared an impression7 years ago

    Это работает! Практика изменила мое тело и сознание. Холод теперь мой лучший друг, вместе с бегом.

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  • bazhindo4kahas quoted7 years ago
    He’s trying to correct what biological anthropologists call evolutionary mismatch diseases, or, in layman’s terms, what happens to the body when the pace of technology overshadows our fundamental biology.
  • bazhindo4kahas quoted7 years ago
    But what is comfort? It’s not really a feeling as much as it is an absence of things that aren’t comfortable.
  • bazhindo4kahas quoted7 years ago
    the technologies that we believe are our greatest strengths are also our most tenacious crutches. The things we have made to keep us comfortable are making us weak.

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