Read this today... and tomorrow...

... read it again. (hat tip: Seth)

unNotified Bodies - Stubborn Resistance to Change: "I can't think of anything the human brain is better at than this: inventing reasons NOT to do new things. Please don't tell me that modern psychology has shown that continuous learning makes you happier and healthier and delays senility and so on. Right. And eating a diet high in leafy greens and low in carbohydrates will help you stay skinny, which is why everyone at the mall is so fit and trim. So here's a parable drawn from my life, to support my claim that the natural state of the human mind is sloth, followed by a short sermon."