What Is Health?Peter Sterling
What Is Health?
by Peter Sterling · first published 2020
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…and prediction are so important in getting a leg-up in the real world. Real-world physical processes take time. Cannot just wait for food to enter the mouth to start revving up the digestive system. What is Health? by Peter Sterling is a lovely book that goes into this. Peter Sterling is a neuroscientist and the "co-inventor" of the term Allostasis (from Wikipedia: "Allostasis is the efficient regulation required…
on “Brains Speed Up Perception by Guessing What’s Next (2019)” ↗…kilowatt-hours’ worth of fuel requires knowledge, wit, skill, and persistence — plus considerable help from your friends. H. sapiens occupies every niche — but always with company." - from the book "What is Health?" by Peter Sterling What are your favorites?
on “Ask HN: What is the most memorable sentence you read in 2022?” ↗i read today in Peter Sterling's - What is Health?... that the brain doesnt stop maturing until 45...i dont think social media is good for anyone - at any time.
on “Yes, social media is a cause of the epidemic of teenage mental illness” ↗