Restoring Baseline - Full

Modern society is a failed experiment. We built a world our brains and bodies were never designed for. The result is an entire generation that is depressed, addicted, and directionless. Zoo animals who built their own zoo.

This guide is 8,000 words and takes about 30 minutes to read. It contains 9 steps, listed in order of priority, that undo the damage the modern world has done to you. They are not goals. They are repairs. Fix these 9 problems and the rest takes care of itself.

You probably already know most of what is in here. The value is not in the information. It is in understanding why these things are so hard to do, through the lens of evolutionary psychology, neuroscience, and philosophy. Once you understand the mechanism, the action becomes obvious.

What is in the guide:

• The baseline principle: start from zero and add back only what helps
• Why willpower always fails, and the "decide once" system that replaces it
• The neuroscience of content addiction, screen addiction, and comfort addiction
• Exercise, nutrition, and supplement recommendations backed by research
• Why your taste buds, your screen, and your instincts are lying to you
• The AMCC: the brain structure that physically grows when you do hard things
• Why loneliness is a clinical health risk and what to do about it
• Why goals come last, not first

What you get:

• The full Restoring Baseline guide (PDF)
• Every future update and revision, for free, forever

Who this is for:

You already know what you should be doing. You are not doing it. This guide explains why, and gives you a system that does not rely on motivation.

£5. 30 minutes. Read it once and come back to it whenever you need to.

— Cameron (@whamron)