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I've been having a similar discussion with all of my friends lately. When I brought a plant to work someone asked 'Why did you bring that?' and I explained to him that not 50 years ago the majority of Americans would see green on a daily basis, in fact so much green it would seem like a jungle. Now we work in concrete jungles, grey cubes, beige walls and highways.

People forget that for thousands of years we were hard wired to kill those attacking us, hunt for food, and protect our family. We struggled through disease, famine, lived in every condition this world can throw, and now we only use our brain and our bodies become confused when the genes tell them one thing and we do another.

Its probably going to be a while until our bodies catch up to our brains(maybe never).

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