Navigating Evolutionary Mismatch and Technology

Episode Highlights With Anjan Katta

• His own experience with the pitfalls of modern technology 
• The downside of so much blue light at all times of day and night
• What the designer of LCD screens thought they would be used, and what he would have done differently if he had known we’d be using them this much
• Light is a master signaling mechanism for hormone and circadian health
• What are the most harmful negative impacts of modern technology
• Evolutionary mismatch with modern technology 
• The comparison of the evolutionary mismatch with sugar
• What flicker rate is, and why it's important to understand 
• The real deal with blue light and how this confuses our nervous system
• Light is the master switch for so many aspects of hormones and health
• The evidence that a lot of ADHD is a circadian dysfunction and how light comes into play
• What screen apnea is, and why it's an emerging term
• Nature deficit disorder 
• How screens affect even our breath rate and thus our nervous system 
• The circadian-aligned computer he created that is blue-light-free, flicker-free, and usable in the sunshine 

Resources We Mention

• Daylight Computer
• BONCHARGE light bulbs
• Flicker Free Bulbs