Primal BoundBlog
Each post takes one modern life problem, traces it back to the world your brain was built for, and ends with something you can actually do. Sourced and checked.
August 5, 2026 · Mind & Body
The real reason you sleep badly isn't your phoneThree groups living without electricity sleep about 6.4 hours, less than you do, and almost none of them have insomnia. What separates them from you happens in daylight.
Watch the film (2:31)August 5, 2026 · Mind & Body
Your brain isn't broken — it's running ancient softwareScattered, tired, restless, low for no reason. Four inputs your build expects every day have gone missing, and each one has a number attached.
August 5, 2026 · Social Bonds
How to make friends as an adult (why it got so hard)You already know how to make friends; you did it effortlessly for twenty years. Then the machine that was doing it for you got dismantled, and nobody mentioned it.
Watch the film (15:17)August 5, 2026 · Attention & Dopamine
The truth about brain rot (it's not what you think)Oxford's own definition says 'supposed' deterioration. The panic is mostly wrong, but the mechanism underneath it is proven and older than your phone.
Watch the film (10:04)August 5, 2026 · Environment
How every third place died12,000 bowling alleys became 3,000. We didn't stop wanting to gather; we built a world with nowhere left to do it.
July 20, 2026 · Social Bonds
Why tribes don't get lonely (and you do)Loneliness is a signal, like hunger or thirst, from hardware built for a world of thirty faces you knew by name.