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Comment by Earw0rm | original | Healthy but sedentary people show early decline in cellular energy production
[−]Earw0rm · 2026-07-02 Thu 06:46 UTC · link
This is a recent phenomenon.

The original reason for low population density was agricultural work, which - even in the early days of mechanisation - was plenty physical.

Living in exurbia to work and consume like a city dweller is a new kind of stupid.