Tall Simon on Nostr: Shortly after arriving in 🇨🇭 I was outpaced on the 500m climb up the neary hill ...

Shortly after arriving in 🇨🇭 I was outpaced on the 500m climb up the neary hill by some folks who could have been 80.

I realized I really had stepped through the looking glass.

When I left 🇨🇭 I was not only slimmer, but in the best shape of my life. Six years of walking everywhere, not owning a car, and getting involved in local sports and hobby clubs paid off.

In 🇨🇦 the same approach to life is not actually possible because of our built environment, work habits, and social structures. I've tried. I've failed.

I'm confident the obesity crisis is entirely a manufactured one, built out of a lack of democratically guided thought and control over social decision making.