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The Wedge: Evolution, Consciousness, Stress, and the Key to Human Resilience. [Buy it!] | Scott Carney | USD 15.95 (Sun Jun 2 10:06:59 2024) | Abebooks | Michael Patrick McCarty, Bookseller | ISBN10: 1734194308, ISBN13: 9781734194302, [publisher: Foxtopus Ink] Softcover Thrive or die: That's the rule of evolution. Despite this brutal logic, some species have learned to survive in even the most hostile conditions. Others couldn't—and perished. While incremental genetic adaptations hone the physiology of nearly every creature on this planet, there's another evolutionary force that is just as important: the power of choice. In this explosive investigation into the limits of endurance, journalist Scott Carney discovers how humans can wedge control over automatic physiological responses into the breaking point between stress and biology. We can reclaim our evolutionary destiny.In his New York Times bestseller, What Doesn't Kill Us, Carney submerged himself in ice water and learned breathing techniques from daredevil fitness guru Wim Hof. It gave him superhuman levels of endurance and quieted a persistent autoimmune illness. At the core of those methods is a technique called The Wedge that can give a person an edge in just about any situation. [New Castle, CO, U.S.A.] [Publication Year: 2020] |