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Outdoor Research

So I have a funny theory… I think most of our modern day melodies arise from the fact that we’re simply indoors too much.

There’s no such thing as bad weather only bad clothing 

My friend Mattias L told me the infamous Swedish saying; “there’s no such thing as bad weather only bad clothing”. And this is when we are in Stockholm in the dead of winter, and I still remember us being on a train terminal, him just wearing a light track jacket and trainers, not even wearing a jacket or a hat, or even winter boots.

Certainly human desire fairer weather. For example, when we think in consider… Why were the ancient Greek so productive? One of the theories is that the Mediterranean climate is actually very very conducive to leisure and thinking! It does get cold, but not that cold. Not like Detroit cold.

As a consequence, I think this encourages more people to be outdoors more often, which might be better for thinking, philosophizing, even military exercises? 

The secret of Napoleon

One of the things that Nietzsche talked a lot about was his admiration for Napoleon, and on describing how Napoleon was able to remain so productive healthy and strong, continual marches through the winter all year long, a life outdoors.

spend more money on your clothes

So once again… Then seems that the optimal strategy is if you want to spend maximum time outdoors, and train your body (askesis, body strengthening in Ancient Greek)-- to become more spendthrift with your clothing seems like a good idea.

Typically the best fabrics include down, Merino Wool, alpaca, leather, -- typically animal fabrics seem to work the best. Why? If you’re going to be butt naked in the middle of the winter, at night, perhaps having a mink fur is a good idea.

for the sake of what?

So first and foremost, I think a simple thought is our prime joy is thinking, being active, the feeling of strength. As a consequence, more time outdoors is more better.

Why?

First, information density. Assuming that we are photographers and visually gifted and visually hungry, what that means is more information visuals the better.

Whenever I’m just walking around town, and looking at all the different skyscrapers, hotels, metros, cars etc.… People etc., the information density that you get is like at least 100,000 times  greater than if you were just stuck at home.

As a consequence, I think there’s also connection between visual, visual information, being in the real world and having to exercise depth perception, as a connection to being awake, being alive?

military training

So for a long time, I think my overall fitness ethos was towards powerlifting, one rep Max lifting etc. But now, I feel a slight change of heart, maybe a new echo is towards some sort of military training?

Kid fitness