Comment by mcdeltat

5 months ago

Really sad that modern life/society is generally not structured for actual wellbeing. One thing I will complain about forever is the sheer lack of time one has. After work/study, chores, and basic self care, there is no time left in the day. I would exercise more if it wasn't competing on a list of 100 other things I need to do today in the 1 spare hour I have. By the time it gets to the weekend, I'm so tired I don't want to do anything much, let alone difficult exercise.

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tasuki  5 months ago

> After work/study, chores, and basic self care, there is no time left in the day.

I find that hard to believe.

I'm a single parent and manage to find the time for exercise. I wonder what life situation you have that you have "1 spare hour".

> By the time it gets to the weekend, I'm so tired I don't want to do anything much, let alone difficult exercise.

I can't help but think you just don't want to exercise...

  • Herring  5 months ago

    Again, you need a better solution than just blaming individuals because that isn't working at scale. The US is a significant global outlier in healthcare. It spends substantially more per capita and as a percentage of its economy than any other high-income nation. Despite this high spending, the health outcomes are average to below-average on a wide range of key metrics (life expectancy, infant mortality, etc). It's not sustainable long-term. And there's no silver bullet, you'll need multiple great solutions.

    • tasuki  5 months ago

      I'm not blaming anyone, just observing that they don't actually want to exercise.

      > The US is a significant global outlier in healthcare.

      What has the US to do with any of this?

      > Despite this high spending, the health outcomes are average to below-average on a wide range of key metrics

      That's because health outcomes are mostly affected by lifestyle and luck, rather than high spending.

      > And there's no silver bullet, you'll need multiple great solutions.

      (Only slightly tongue in cheek) There is a silver bullet: Get rid of the cars, start using self-powered modes of transport, such as walking and cycling.