Philosophy of Exercise - by Andrew Wu - flights of fantasy
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What is exercise? Why do people do it? Should you do it? Can we make it interesting to think about?
Notes / syllabus from Philosophy of Exercise, a class I taught at SPARC. I’ve made changes since camp ended, so some things are slightly different. I am not super fit or athletic, but it seemed like something important to convey to the average SPARC student (relatively nerdy, more interested in introspection and intellectualism.) Please feel free to take these notes and teach this class yourself if you’d like! I wrote the content for the class, but got some help along the way.1 TW: discussions of the human body and health. Intended to apply mostly to able-bodied people. I am aware that…
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