\u201cFirstly: body and upright posture,\u201d he said. \u201cThe ability to hold the body straight, later upright walking. That is not just a way of moving. It is a foundation for health, mobility and fitness \u2013 even in old age. We are not built to sit permanently. Sitting is not neutral. It is a deviation from the blueprint.\u201d<\/p>\n
Hans saw how the man next to him, who had already changed his sitting position once, involuntarily placed his legs differently. The speech had a physical effect; that is the advantage of the biological: it hits.<\/p>\n
\u201cSecondly,\u201d Dr. AuDHS continued, \u201csocial interaction and empathy. Curiosity about others, dealing with hierarchies, reading emotions, affection through gestures and gifts, popularity through favors.\u201d<\/p>\n
He said \u201cfavors\u201d with an ironic emphasis, as if he knew how unedifying this word sounds in the bourgeois ear \u2013 and how true it is nonetheless.<\/p>\n
\u201cThat sounds banal,\u201d he said, \u201cbut it is still central today: relationship competence is a survival advantage. And it is an advantage for happiness. Because a person without belonging is not only alone \u2013 he is biologically on alert.\u201d<\/p>\n
Hans thought of the height, of the seclusion, of the valley that does not count; and he thought that alarm sometimes also means secrecy.<\/p>\n
\u201cThirdly: sleep and regeneration,\u201d said Dr. AuDHS. \u201cSafe, quiet sleep was not a luxury, but the basis of life. And it remains so: regeneration is not a break from life. It is a condition for a good life. A well-rested person experiences the world differently from an overtired one. And he makes different decisions.\u201d<\/p>\n
Hans felt his ring on his finger grow cold, as if it wanted to contradict: decisions, yes; but protocols, above all protocols.<\/p>\n
\u201cFourthly: omnivory and adaptation,\u201d said Dr. AuDHS. \u201cWe are biologically flexible. We can eat in different ways. Not ideologically, but practically: our system is built for variation. Quality and overall balance are decisive \u2013 not the perfect dogma.\u201d<\/p>\n
One could hear someone somewhere in the room, who perhaps had still eaten an ideology yesterday, exhale softly.<\/p>\n
\u201cFifthly: tools become technology,\u201d he said. \u201cFrom \u2018using something\u2019 to \u2018mastering a procedure\u2019. Acting in a goal-oriented way. Solving problems. That not only gives success \u2013 it also gives self-efficacy. And self-efficacy is a factor of happiness: the feeling of not just being at the mercy of things, but being able to shape them.\u201d<\/p>\n
Hans thought: shaping. He, who had once withdrawn, had not shaped; he had saved himself. Is rescue shaping? Or is it escape? And how long can escape count as shaping?<\/p>\n
\u201cSixthly: health care,\u201d said Dr. AuDHS. \u201cAlready early on: medicinal plants, avoidance of poisonous things, passing on knowledge. Health was always a project \u2013 never a coincidence.\u201d<\/p>\n
The word \u201cproject\u201d sounded modern, but it meant something old: the attempt not to die.<\/p>\n
\u201cUp to this point,\u201d said Dr. AuDHS, \u201cthe message is clear: we are made for movement, relationship, regeneration, problem-solving, prevention.\u201d<\/p>\n